linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] add xen-tpmfront.ko: Xen Virtual TPM frontend driver

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Message-ID: <20121116154451.GM22320@phenom.dumpdata.com>
Date:	Fri, 16 Nov 2012 10:44:51 -0500
From:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
To:	Matthew Fioravante <matthew.fioravante@...apl.edu>
Cc:	"key@...ux.vnet.ibm.com" <key@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	"mail@...jiv.net" <mail@...jiv.net>,
	"tpmdd@...horst.net" <tpmdd@...horst.net>,
	"tpmdd@...rix.com" <tpmdd@...rix.com>,
	"jeremy@...p.org" <jeremy@...p.org>,
	"tpmdd-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net" 
	<tpmdd-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com" <xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] add xen-tpmfront.ko: Xen Virtual TPM frontend driver

On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 12:22:01PM -0500, Matthew Fioravante wrote:
> On 11/12/2012 11:30 AM, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> >On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 09:29:58AM -0500, Matthew Fioravante wrote:
> >>This patch ports the xen vtpm frontend driver for linux
> >>from the linux-2.6.18-xen.hg tree to linux-stable. This
> >>driver is designed be used with the mini-os tpmback driver
> >>in Xen as part of the new mini-os virtual tpm subsystem.
> >>See docs/misc/vtpm.txt in Xen and the xen-devel mailing list
> >>for details.
> >I didn't look in details but off the bat - you are missing
> >the Documentation/../sysfs file.
> It looks like Kent submitted a patch that documents sysfs generically
> for all of the TPM drivers.

Great!
> >
> >I still think you should include the full vtpm.txt in this
> >patch description and refer at the end to the docs/misc/vtpm.txt
> >in Xen as the source for the up-to-date version.
> The current docs/misc/vtpm.txt in Xen is still the old version. I've
> just written a new one and am reviewing it. It will come in the next
> resubmission of my vtpm patches to xen. I'll include the text here
> for the next resubmission of this patch as well.

Fantastic. Thank you.
> 
> 


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