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Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 08:47:55 +0000 From: <Peter.Huewe@...ineon.com> To: <key@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> CC: <tpmdd-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>, <linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org> Subject: RE: [tpmdd-devel] [PATCH] tpm: add documentation for sysfs interfaces Hi Kent, thanks a lot for this effort! I really appreciate it. > +What: /sys/class/misc/tpmX/device/active > +Date: April 2006 > +KernelVersion: 2.6.17 > +Contact: tpmdd-devel@...ts.sf.net > +Description: The "active" property prints a '1' if the TPM chip is accepting > + commands. An inactive TPM chip still contains all the state of > + an active chip (Storage Root Key, NVRAM, etc), and can be > + visible to the OS, but will not accept commands. Hmm, I know this is a tricky one (enabled/activated). maybe this would be better as: - visible to the OS, but will not accept commands. + visible to the OS, but will only accept a restricted set of commands. + See TCG specification(...) for more information. > +What: /sys/class/misc/tpmX/device/cancel > +Date: June 2005 > +KernelVersion: 2.6.13 > +Contact: tpmdd-devel@...ts.sf.net > +Description: The "cancel" property allows you to cancel the currently > + pending TPM command. Echoing any value to cancel will call the > + TPM vendor specific cancel operation. I'd go for writing instead of echoing but this might only be bike-shedding. - pending TPM command. Echoing any value to cancel will call the + pending TPM command. Writing any value to cancel will call the The rest is great. Reviewed-by: Peter Huewe <peter.huewe@...ineon.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Huewe <peter.huewe@...ineon.com> Thanks, Peter -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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