linux/Documentation/ABI/stable
Jarkko Sakkinen 313d21eeab tpm: device class for tpm
Added own device class for TPM. Uses MISC_MAJOR:TPM_MINOR for the
first character device in order to retain backwards compatibility.
Added tpm_dev_release() back attached to the character device.

I've been running this code now for a while on my laptop (Lenovo
T430S) TrouSerS works perfectly without modifications. I don't
believe it breaks anything significantly.

The sysfs attributes that have been placed under the wrong place
and are against sysfs-rules.txt should be probably left to
stagnate under platform device directory and start defining
new sysfs attributes to the char device directory.

Guidelines for future TPM sysfs attributes should be probably
along the lines of

- Single flat set of mandatory sysfs attributes. For example,
  current PPI interface is way way too rich when you only want
  to use it to clear and activate the TPM.

- Define sysfs attribute if and only if there's no way to get
  the value from ring-3. No attributes for TPM properties. It's
  just unnecessary maintenance hurdle that we don't want.

Signed-off-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Jasob Gunthorpe <jason.gunthorpe@obsidianresearch.com>
Reviewed-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Tested-by: Scot Doyle <lkml14@scotdoyle.com>
Tested-by: Peter Huewe <peterhuewe@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Peter Huewe <peterhuewe@gmx.de>
2015-01-17 14:00:10 +01:00
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firewire-cdev
o2cb
syscalls
sysfs-acpi-pmprofile
sysfs-bus-firewire
sysfs-bus-usb USB / PM: Drop CONFIG_PM_RUNTIME from the USB core 2014-12-04 00:51:54 +01:00
sysfs-bus-xen-backend
sysfs-class-backlight
sysfs-class-rfkill
sysfs-class-tpm tpm: device class for tpm 2015-01-17 14:00:10 +01:00
sysfs-class-ubi
sysfs-class-udc usb: gadget: udc: document our sysfs ABI 2014-11-03 10:01:00 -06:00
sysfs-devices-node mm: remove noisy remainder of the scan_unevictable interface 2014-10-09 22:25:55 -04:00
sysfs-devices-system-cpu powerpc: Document sysfs DSCR interface 2014-05-28 13:35:40 +10:00
sysfs-devices-system-xen_memory
sysfs-driver-ib_srp IB/srp: Add multichannel support 2014-11-12 12:05:24 +01:00
sysfs-driver-qla2xxx
sysfs-driver-usb-usbtmc
sysfs-driver-w1_ds28e04
sysfs-firmware-efi-vars
sysfs-firmware-opal-dump powerpc/powernv Platform dump interface 2014-03-07 16:19:10 +11:00
sysfs-firmware-opal-elog powerpc/powernv: Read OPAL error log and export it through sysfs 2014-03-07 16:19:00 +11:00
sysfs-module
sysfs-transport-srp scsi_transport_srp: Add periodic reconnect support 2013-11-08 14:43:16 -08:00
thermal-notification
vdso