Re: [PATCH v2 1/8] docs: documentation and schema for the new TPM Proxy model

[Daniel Henrique Barboza <danielhb413@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 5/13/20 12:45 PM, Stefan Berger wrote:
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> I think users need to understand that a pSeries guest will not benefit from this but only a pSeries guest that is a secure virtual machine that needs special hardware to run and where there is an Ultravisor. Everyone would want more security for their pSeries guest, especially if it comes for free. Unfortunately this is not the case and one needs new hardware...

True. I propose this wording:

          <span class="since">Since 6.4.0</span>, a new model called
          <code>spapr-tpm-proxy</code> was added for pSeries guests. This model
          only works with the 'passthrough' backend. It creates a TPM Proxy
          device that communicates with an existing TPM Resource Manager in the host,
          for example /dev/tpmrm0, to enable secure virtual machine support for the
          guest with the help of an Ultravisor. Adding a TPM Proxy to a pSeries guest
          brings no security benefits unless the guest is running in a PPC64 host that
          has Ultravisor support and access to a TPM Resource Manager. Only one TPM
          Proxy device is allowed per guest, but a TPM Proxy device can be added together
          with other TPM devices.


If you agree, I'll use a similar text in the news.xml changes (patch 8/8) as well.


Thanks,


DHB


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