Re: TPM 2.0 Linux sysfs interface

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On Fri, Aug 30, 2019 at 02:20:54PM -0700, Tadeusz Struk wrote:
> On 8/28/19 9:15 AM, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> >>> So exposing PCRs and things through sysfs is not going to happen.
> >>>
> >>> If you had some very narrowly defined things like version, then
> >>> *maybe* but I think a well defined use case is needed for why this
> >>> needs to be sysfs and can't be done in C as Jarkko explained.
> >> Piotr's request for a sysfs file to differentiate between TPM 1.2 and
> >> TPM 2.0 is a reasonable request and probably could be implemented on
> >> TPM registration.
> >>
> >> If exposing the PCRs through sysfs is not acceptable, then perhaps
> >> suggest an alternative.
> > Use the char dev, this is exactly what is is for.
> 
> What about a new /proc entry?
> Currently there are /proc/cpuinfo, /proc/meminfo, /proc/slabinfo...
> What about adding a new /proc/tpminfo that would print info like
> version, number of enabled PCR banks, physical interface [tis|crb],
> vendor, etc.

I thought we were not really doing new proc entries?

Why this focus on making some textual output?

Jason



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