Hi Jarkko,

On 09.01.2017 23:09, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 04, 2017 at 06:47:52PM +0100, Maciej S. Szmigiero wrote:
>> (Resending as no reply received, this time with CCs to TPM maintainers and
>> author of the original commit).
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Commit 1107d065fdf1 (tpm_tis: Introduce intermediate layer for TPM access)
>> broke TPM support on ThinkPad X61S (and likely also on other machines which
>> use TPMs with a static burst count).
>>
>> It looks like tpm_tis code before this commit had spun on TPM_STS_DATA_AVAIL 
>> |
>> TPM_STS_VALID status bits in the read case and TPM_STS_VALID in the write 
>> case
>> when it got a zero burst count.
>>
>> I have attached a patch against current code (linux-tpmdd tree) that brings
>> back this old behavior.
>> With this patch the TPM works again on X61S.
>> However, somebody with more TPM experience should comment whether such 
>> behavior
>> was OK or the change brought by commit 1107d065fdf1 was intentional.
>>
> 
> For me this commit makes perfect sense. Could you do the following things:
> 
> 1. Clean up the description a little bit
> 2. Add your Signed-off-by tag.
> 3. Add "Cc: [email protected]" tag right after your signed-off-by.
> 4. CC this [email protected], [email protected],
>    [email protected].
> 5. Run scripts/checkpatch.pl
> 6. Re-send for review.

Yes, I will respin this as a proper submission, just wanted to make sure
that it makes sense to restore the old behavior.

> Thanks for fixing the issue. Keep up the good work!

Thanks for kind words and all your TPM work!

> /Jarkko

Maciej


------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Developer Access Program for Intel Xeon Phi Processors
Access to Intel Xeon Phi processor-based developer platforms.
With one year of Intel Parallel Studio XE.
Training and support from Colfax.
Order your platform today. http://sdm.link/xeonphi
_______________________________________________
tpmdd-devel mailing list
[email protected]
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tpmdd-devel

Reply via email to