Re: [PATCH v5 3/3] tpm: ibmvtpm: Add support for TPM 2

From: Jarkko Sakkinen
Date: Tue Mar 03 2020 - 15:11:42 EST


On Mon, Mar 02, 2020 at 11:21:27AM -0500, Stefan Berger wrote:
> On 3/2/20 6:15 AM, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 27, 2020 at 10:03:30PM -0500, Stefan Berger wrote:
> > > From: Stefan Berger <stefanb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > Support TPM 2 in the IBM vTPM driver. The hypervisor tells us what
> > > version of TPM is connected through the vio_device_id.
> > I'd prefer "TPM2" over "TPM 2".
> Fixed.
> >
> > > In case a TPM 2 is found, we set the TPM_CHIP_FLAG_TPM2 flag
> > > and get the command codes attributes table. The driver does
> > > not need the timeouts and durations, though.
> > A TPM2 what? TPM2 is not a thing.
>
>
> I don't know what you mean? Is it the word 'found' and it should be
> 'present' ? Otherwise a TPM2 is a 'thing' / object / device, at least to me.

TPM2 chip would be better. TPM2 can refer either to the protocol or to a
chip.

/Jarkko