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Date:      Wed, 4 Aug 2010 20:27:43 +0200
From:      Hans-Joerg Hoexer <tss-project@genua.de>
To:        Takanori Watanabe <takawata@init-main.com>
Cc:        tss-project@genua.de, freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Driver tpm(4) and third party packages for trusted platform modules
Message-ID:  <20100804182743.GA16796@modermoor.genua.de>
In-Reply-To: <201008041039.o74AdfYO047937@sana.init-main.com>
References:  <201008040347.o743leeR046013@sana.init-main.com> <201008041039.o74AdfYO047937@sana.init-main.com>

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Hi,

On Wed, Aug 04, 2010 at 07:39:41PM +0900, Takanori Watanabe wrote:
> In message <201008040347.o743leeR046013@sana.init-main.com>, wrote:
> >Quick review and hack:
> >
> >1.How about attaching it as acpi child driver?
> >
> >In some case, TPM may appear in ACPI namespace (with _HID) and
> >TPM spec defines ACPI method to handle TPM specific request.
> >
> >2. Is identify method needed? 
> >
> >Writing device hint will attach isa child driver, I think.
> >
> >3.Module build
> >
> >I don't know it is proper in TPM nature.

With respect to using a TPM as a PKCS#11 token for eg. ssh using a module
for the driver seems ok to me.

> Update my patch. Split bus attachment from main driver file
> (need to update sys/conf/files), add detach method for convinience, 
> and attach softc to cdev.si_drv1 .

many thanks for your feedback!

I will try to integrate your diff tomorrow.

Regards,
HJ.



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