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Message-ID: <20120815200458.GB27618@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:	Wed, 15 Aug 2012 15:04:58 -0500
From:	Kent Yoder <key@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	"Zhang, Xiaoyan" <xiaoyan.zhang@...el.com>
Cc:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Cihula, Joseph" <joseph.cihula@...el.com>,
	"Wei, Gang" <gang.wei@...el.com>,
	"tpmdd-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net" 
	<tpmdd-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
	"debora@...ux.vnet.ibm.com" <debora@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	"srajiv@...ux.vnet.ibm.com" <srajiv@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	"m.selhorst@...rix.com" <m.selhorst@...rix.com>,
	"shpedoikal@...il.com" <shpedoikal@...il.com>,
	"linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org" 
	<linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org>,
	"james.l.morris@...cle.com" <james.l.morris@...cle.com>,
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	"linux-api@...r.kernel.org" <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 1/2] driver: add PPI support in tpm driver

On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 09:45:29AM -0500, Kent Yoder wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 02:38:56AM +0000, Zhang, Xiaoyan wrote:
> > Hi Kent,
> > 
> > Thanks for your comment on the patch. But there's some confusion on my side.
> > You mentioned not to change the tpm driver name. But the driver is linked from tpm.c and tpm_ppi.c, so I should change the original tpm.c file name, right? Is it acceptable to change tpm.c to tpm_common.c or tpm_utils.c or else?
> 
>   I think you can just add tpm_ppi.c like this:
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/Makefile b/drivers/char/tpm/Makefile
> index beac52f6..96b9222 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/tpm/Makefile
> +++ b/drivers/char/tpm/Makefile
> @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
>  obj-$(CONFIG_TCG_TPM) += tpm.o
>  ifdef CONFIG_ACPI
>         obj-$(CONFIG_TCG_TPM) += tpm_bios.o
> -       tpm_bios-objs += tpm_eventlog.o tpm_acpi.o
> +       tpm_bios-objs += tpm_eventlog.o tpm_acpi.o tpm_ppi.o
>  endif
>  obj-$(CONFIG_TCG_TIS) += tpm_tis.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_TCG_TIS_I2C_INFINEON) += tpm_i2c_infineon.o

Hi Xiaoyan,

  Can you please resubmit the PPI patches applying on top of this tree?

  git://github.com:shpedoikal/linux.git v3.6-rc1-tpmdd-staging

Thanks,
Kent

> 
> Kent
> 
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Xiaoyan
> 
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