> On July 14, 2021 at 8:13 PM Chris Adams <linux@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Once upon a time, Stephen Morris <samorris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said: > > I thought the TPM was in the cpu, because someone I work with was > > indicating it was in the cpu, and in my motherboard's bios the > > activation/deactivation of the fTPM is in the cpu configuration > > section. > > There are different implementations of the TPM spec. Both Intel and AMD > have CPU-based versions in more recent models; for AMD, this is called > fTPM. It's also possible to have a discrete TPM module, which a bunch > of motherboards include a header for. > > The rush to buy modules is uninformed; probably a lot of those systems > could just enable the CPU-based TPM in their BIOS. I don't remember > when Intel added it (5 years ago?) and don't know if they added it for > all CPU models or just some. I think AMD added their fTPM when they > introduced socket AM4 (almost 5 years ago). > > I think the advantage of a discrete and socketed module would be that > you can take it with you; either literally (unplug it when you leave the > house for example) or just when you replace the motherboard. > -- > Chris Adams <linux@xxxxxxxxxxx> Is there some app that will tell you if your mobo (or cpu) has the tpm? --doug _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
