From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261333AbULSTtD (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Dec 2004 14:49:03 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261334AbULSTtD (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Dec 2004 14:49:03 -0500 Received: from gprs215-234.eurotel.cz ([160.218.215.234]:51585 "EHLO amd.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261333AbULSTtA (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Dec 2004 14:49:00 -0500 Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 20:48:44 +0100 From: Pavel Machek To: Kylene Hall Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, greg@kroah.com, sailer@watson.ibm.com, leendert@watson.ibm.com, emilyr@us.ibm.com, toml@us.ibm.com, tpmdd-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] driver: Tpm hardware enablement --updated version Message-ID: <20041219194844.GB1432@elf.ucw.cz> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040722i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! > This patch is a device driver to enable new hardware. The new hardware is > the TPM chip as described by specifications at trustedcomputinggroup.org. > The TPM chip will enable you to use hardware to securely store and protect > your keys and personal data. To use the chip according to the > specification, you will need the Trusted Software Stack (TSS) of which an > implementation for Linux is available at: > http://sourceforge.net/projects/trousers. Could we get some [short] description of what this chip does and userland intereface into Documentation/? Pavel -- People were complaining that M$ turns users into beta-testers... ...jr ghea gurz vagb qrirybcref, naq gurl frrz gb yvxr vg gung jnl!