linux-kernel - Re: TPM driver changes to support multiple locality

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Message-ID: <27383.1192045583@turing-police.cc.vt.edu>
Date:	Wed, 10 Oct 2007 15:46:23 -0400
From:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
To:	"Agarwal, Lomesh" <lomesh.agarwal@...el.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: TPM driver changes to support multiple locality

On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:51:11 PDT, "Agarwal, Lomesh" said:
> Current TPM driver supports only locality 0. I am planning to add
> support so that it can access any locality. Locality parameter will be
> passed as parameter. Will this change be acceptable? If yes then I will
> modify the driver and send the patch.

Make sure you extend the API in such a way that older userspace programs
that don't pass the new locality parameter still work correctly.

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