[LinuxBIOS] TPM Support

Segher Boessenkool segher at kernel.crashing.org
Sat May 5 18:37:14 CEST 2007


>>> Do we have public datasheets for this stuff? Any datasheets at all?
>>
>> There are Linux drivers for it.
>
> Device drivers, yes. But do we need to initialize anything before Linux
> can use the hardware?

Yes.  You need to first configure the TPM's address and
interrupt, and then tell the TPM to start up.

> If so, do we have good enough datasheets for that?

The second part is the same for all TPM chips and
described in the TPM spec; the first part you might
be able to derive from the Linux drivers.


Segher





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