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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] Documentation: tpm_tis
From: "Jarkko Sakkinen" <jarkko () kernel ! org>
Date: 2024-03-24 2:14:36
Message-ID: D01M8YKG5ZG0.287OTMCUU2KP5 () kernel ! org
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On Sat Mar 23, 2024 at 8:40 PM EET, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> > Would it be worth clarifying here that one of those interfaces is
> > defined in the Mobile TPM specification, which also refers to its
> > interface as the CRB interface. In the past, this has caused great
> > confusion when working with individuals from the embedded community,
> > e.g., Arm. The Mobile TPM CRB interface, which can also be found being
> > used by some generations of AMD fTPM, is a doorbell style interface
> > using general-purpose memory. I would also point out that the Mobile TPM
> > CRB interface does not provide for the concept of localities.
>
> I don't necessarily disagree but it is out of scope for this. I'm not
> sure tho why "mobile" CRB would ever need that sort of separate
> dicussion.
>
> Some CRB implementations have localities some don't, and also fTPM
> implementations on x86 vary, no need to state that separately for
> mobile.
I.e. the variance exist but it is not "mobile" specific.
E.g. when I developed tpm_crb in 2014 at that time Intel PTT only
had a single locality (AFAIK later multiple localities were added
to support TXT).
In all cases this tpm_crb discussion is not really part of tpm_tis
discussion.
BR, Jarkko
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