linux-kernel - RE: [tpmdd-devel] [PATCH] tpm: add documentation for sysfs interfaces

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Message-ID: <74A44E99E3274B4CB570415926B37D440F6973@MUCSE501.eu.infineon.com>
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
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