linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] tpm_tis: Use timeouts returned from TPM

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Date:	Tue, 8 Feb 2011 22:45:42 +0100
From:	Guillaume Chazarain <guichaz@...il.com>
To:	Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, srajiv@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	tpmdd-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tpm_tis: Use timeouts returned from TPM

[ + jmorris ]

On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 11:44 PM, Guillaume Chazarain <guichaz@...il.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 8:37 PM, Stefan Berger
> <stefanb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
>> The current TPM TIS driver in git discards the timeout values returned
>> from the TPM.
>
> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=c4ff4b829ef9e6353c0b133b7adb564a68054979
> broke the TPM for me on a thinkpad T410. When using the TPM, dmesg
> complains:
>
> [   65.728310] tpm_tis 00:0b: Operation Timed out
> [   67.651450] tpm_tis 00:0b: Operation Timed out
> [   69.669421] tpm_tis 00:0b: Operation Timed out
>
> This patch fixes it, so consider it:
>
> Tested-by: Guillaume Chazarain <guichaz@...il.com>

This patch (https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/1/11/341) fixes a regression
introduced in 2.6.38-rc3, any chance of having it merged?

Thanks.

-- 
Guillaume
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