linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] tpm: Fix the description error of the help information in Kconfig

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Message-ID: <21de5951-c2d3-a7fb-683e-9d18fc59d8ae@linux.alibaba.com>
Date:   Tue, 28 Jul 2020 20:32:45 +0800
From:   Tianjia Zhang <tianjia.zhang@...ux.alibaba.com>
To:     Peter.Huewe@...ineon.com, arnd@...db.de
Cc:     peterhuewe@....de, jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com, jgg@...pe.ca,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, christophe.ricard@...il.com,
        Alexander.Steffen@...ineon.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tpm: Fix the description error of the help information in
 Kconfig


On 2020/7/27 16:33, Peter.Huewe@...ineon.com wrote:
> Hi,
> On 2020/7/27 15:10, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>> On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 4:54 AM Tianjia Zhang
>> <tianjia.zhang@...ux.alibaba.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Obviously, the TPM version number in the help message is wrong, which
>>> will cause confusion. This patch fixes it.
>>
>> How is this "obvious"? I tried finding the specification and could not
>> see anything to back up TIS 1.3 being only supported with TPM 1.3, or
>> the existence of a TPM 1.3 specification at all.
>>
> There is no TPM 1.3.
> 
> There is a TIS Specification 1.3 which applies to TPM1.2
> These are different specs, with different version numbers.
> So the fix is incorrect.
> 
> Thanks,
> Peter
> 

You are right, I was careless, thanks for your reply.

Thanks and best,
Tianjia