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Message-ID: <20161008170837.GB8747@intel.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2016 20:08:37 +0300
From: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>
To: Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@...idianresearch.com>
Cc: "Winkler, Tomas" <tomas.winkler@...el.com>,
"tpmdd-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net"
<tpmdd-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] tmp/tpm_crb: fix Intel PTT hw bug during idle state
On Sat, Oct 08, 2016 at 10:42:03AM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 08, 2016 at 07:00:06PM +0300, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
>
> > Rather you it would be better not to use cmdReady/goIdle at all if
> > kernel is not compiled with CONFIG_PM.
>
> It would be best practice to ensure the tpm is powered up no matter
> how the kernel is compiled.. The firmware may have left it in idle or
> something
>
> FWIW, I broadly agree there is no need to put the device into idle on
> the error paths. It probably wasn't idle when the driver attached to
> it.
I'll keep the current commit because it's anyway tested code.
If I want to change this I'll send a separate patch for review.
> Jason
/Jarkko
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