Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] char: tpm: cr50: Move i2c locking to request/relinquish locality ops

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> On Thu, Nov 03, 2022 at 03:54:50PM +0100, Jan Dabros wrote:
> > Move i2c locking primitives to request_locality and relinquish_locality
> > callbacks, what effectively blocks TPM bus for the whole duration of
> > logical TPM operation.
> >
> > With this in place, cr50-equipped TPM may be shared with external CPUs -
> > assuming that underneath i2c controller driver is aware of this setup
> > (see i2c-designware-amdpsp as an example).
>
> Nit: s/CPUs/peripherals/ ? I'm not sure why you want to emphasize external
> chips having CPU.

My point was that we can have a multi-controller setup and each
controller may work with the TPM chip, so let me s/CPUs/controllers/.

Best Regards,
Jan



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