Hi Wolfgang, On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 5:26 PM, Wolfgang Denk <w...@denx.de> wrote: > Dear Simon, > > In message > <capnjgz0rv991pa7mevxr463g-tkka+rzf8gn7r0_zbznowo...@mail.gmail.com> you > wrote: >> >> > I recommend to remove the whole TPM code instead. >> >> It is actually used in the x86 Chromebook, but the patch to enable it >> never made it to mainline. There was quite a bit of push-back on the >> x86 side at the time and the person working on it finally had enough >> :-( >> >> I have recently taken this up again to see if we can get x86 into a >> better state for newer Intel chips and the latest x86 Chromebooks. The >> patch to enable the TPM there is: >> >> http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/190813/ > > I don;t see how this uses it in any way in U-Boot. It still would not > even compile most of the code, right?
It compiles the driver which is the main thing. The command can be enabled/disabled as needed. If it helps I can post a patch to enable it. > >> I accept that it has sat there for a while without a board config to >> use it. But I would very much like to keep this code and see no sense >> in removing it now that it is actually in use. > > Feel free to re-add it when there are any real users. > > I've posted a removal patch. Can you please explain what you mean by 'real users'? Are you looking for an entire verified boot implementation before you will accept the TPM driver? Regards, Simon > > Best regards, > > Wolfgang Denk > > -- > DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel > HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany > Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: w...@denx.de > ...when fits of creativity run strong, more than one programmer or > writer has been known to abandon the desktop for the more spacious > floor. - Fred Brooks, Jr. _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
