linux-kernel - Re: [tpmdd-devel] [PATCH RFC 0/4] RFC: in-kernel resource manager

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Message-ID: <20170106190252.GA19421@obsidianresearch.com>
Date:   Fri, 6 Jan 2017 12:02:52 -0700
From:   Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@...idianresearch.com>
To:     James Bottomley <jejb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:     "linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org" 
        <linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org>,
        "tpmdd-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net" 
        <tpmdd-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [tpmdd-devel] [PATCH RFC 0/4] RFC: in-kernel resource manager

On Thu, Jan 05, 2017 at 04:36:42PM -0800, James Bottomley wrote:

> I'm seriously pissed of with trousers and will port the trousers based
> TPM1.2 RSA key patches I've done to whatever direct connect API you
> come up with (just send me a link to the git tree or package or
> whatever), so this should generate some use experience for 1.2, like
> whether we actually need a RM without trousers and also what the safety
> issues might be.  My main laptop is now TPM2, but I have a backup one
> that's TPM1.2 and also has all the TPM key stuff as well.

I would like to add basic 1.2 support to Jarkko's RM. I'm not sure if
my 5mth old will ever let me..

If we do that we write a simple broker as I described that works on
both 1.2 and 2.0 and trousers can go away.

Jason