linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [RFC] TPM: be silent if disabled or deactivated

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Date:	Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:04:06 +0200
From:	Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>
To:	Rajiv Andrade <srajiv@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	Debora Velarde <debora@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Marcel Selhorst <m.selhorst@...rix.com>,
	tpmdd-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [RFC] TPM: be silent if disabled or deactivated

On Tue, 2012-04-24 at 11:47 -0300, Rajiv Andrade wrote:
> [...], we do want to trigger this as an error in case a faulty
> hardware claims to be functional after the tpm_do_selftest(), but decides
> to return this error code when already registered. I'll modify
> tpm_do_selftest() to handle these two scenarios. 

If you think your patch needs some testing (against v3.3.x) feel free to
send something my way.

By the way, would anyone know whether a patch that suppresses unneeded
error messages qualify for stable (once it is in Linus' tree, of
course)?


Paul Bolle

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