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SubjectRe: [PATCH] TPM: ACPI/PNP dependency removal
On Tue, 04 May 2010 18:49:20 -0300 Rajiv Andrade wrote:

> This patch pushes the ACPI dependency into the device driver code
> itself. Now, even without ACPI/PNP enabled, the device can be registered
> using the TIS specified memory space. This will however result in the
> lack of access to the bios event log, being the only implication of such
> ACPI removal.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rajiv Andrade <srajiv@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Acked-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
> drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig | 14 +++++++++++---
> drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis.c | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
> 2 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig b/drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig
> index f5fc64f..0a9ec0b 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig
> @@ -17,20 +17,28 @@ menuconfig TCG_TPM
> obtained at: <http://sourceforge.net/projects/trousers>. To
> compile this driver as a module, choose M here; the module
> will be called tpm. If unsure, say N.
> - Note: For more TPM drivers enable CONFIG_PNP, CONFIG_ACPI
> - and CONFIG_PNPACPI.
> + Note: For more TPM drivers and BIOS LOG access enable
> + CONFIG_PNP, CONFIG_ACPI and CONFIG_PNPACPI.
>
> if TCG_TPM
>
> config TCG_TIS
> tristate "TPM Interface Specification 1.2 Interface"
> - depends on PNP
> ---help---
> If you have a TPM security chip that is compliant with the
> TCG TIS 1.2 TPM specification say Yes and it will be accessible
> from within Linux. To compile this driver as a module, choose
> M here; the module will be called tpm_tis.
>
> +config TCG_BIOS_LOG
> + bool "TPM bios mesurement log"

BIOS measurement

> + depends on X86
> + select ACPI
> + ---help---
> + ACPI is required for access to bios measurements lists and therefore

BIOS

and if I had any say-so, I would Nack this part of the patch.
Selecting ACPI adds a huge amount of code, so it should just depend on ACPI IMO.

Also, ACPI depends on PCI and PM, so if this "select" part remains,
this should be more like:

depends on X86 && PCI && PM

(unless that's already enforced somewhere else).

> + to validate the PCR[0] value. So say Yes in case you want this
> + feature and, consequently, ACPI will be enabled.
> +
> config TCG_NSC
> tristate "National Semiconductor TPM Interface"
> ---help---


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~Randy
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