Re: [PATCH v2] tpm: Fix the description error of the help information in Kconfig

From: Arnd Bergmann
Date: Mon Jul 27 2020 - 04:32:24 EST


On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 10:22 AM Tianjia Zhang
<tianjia.zhang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> SPI protocol standardized by the TCG is described in the TCG PTP
> specification 1.3 (chapter 6.4.6 SPI Bit Protocol), It was published by
> TCG_PCClientTPMInterfaceSpecification_TIS__1-3_27_03212013.pdf.

I'm still not convinced you got this right, the document you cite only
seems to mention TPM 1.2 as the base for TIS 1.3, but not TPM 1.3.

Arnd

> The TPM version number in the help message is wrong, which will
> cause confusion. This patch fixes it.
>
> Fixes: 0edbfea537d1 ("tpm/tpm_tis_spi: Add support for spi phy")
> Signed-off-by: Tianjia Zhang <tianjia.zhang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig b/drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig
> index 58b4c573d176..8eedb3e704f3 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig
> @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ config TCG_TIS_SPI
> help
> If you have a TPM security chip which is connected to a regular,
> non-tcg SPI master (i.e. most embedded platforms) that is compliant with the
> - TCG TIS 1.3 TPM specification (TPM1.2) or the TCG PTP FIFO
> + TCG TIS 1.3 TPM specification (TPM1.3) or the TCG PTP FIFO
> specification (TPM2.0) say Yes and it will be accessible from
> within Linux. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here;
> the module will be called tpm_tis_spi.
> --
> 2.17.1
>