linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 4/6] tpm: TPM 2.0 sysfs attributes

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Date:	Mon, 20 Oct 2014 00:09:27 +0300
From:	Tomas Winkler <tomasw@...il.com>
To:	Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, Peter Huewe <peterhuewe@....de>,
	Ashley Lai <ashley@...leylai.com>,
	Marcel Selhorst <tpmdd@...horst.net>,
	tpmdd-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-api@...r.kernel.org, josh.triplett@...el.com,
	christophe.ricard@...il.com, will.c.arthur@...el.com,
	monty.wiseman@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 4/6] tpm: TPM 2.0 sysfs attributes

>
> Here the options are limited because misc_register already spawns
> KOBJ_ADD. Not much to do unless we would wipe the current use of
> misc driver completely.

I would strongly recommend to drop the misc layer here, as tpm itself
can provide the needed abstraction for the devices.
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