[Buildroot] [PATCH v3] tpm2-tools: drop dependency on tpm2-abrmd
Peter Korsgaard
peter at korsgaard.com
Tue Jan 29 22:07:29 UTC 2019
>>>>> "Peter" == Peter Korsgaard <peter at korsgaard.com> writes:
> tpm2-tools is commonly used with the resource manager, tpm2-abrmd - But it
> CAN be used without, E.G. by setting the TPM2TOOLS_TCTI_NAME environment
> variable to communicate directly with the kernel driver:
> export TPM2TOOLS_TCTI_NAME=device
> Either directly with the TPM device (/dev/tpmN) or through the in-kernel
> resource manager provided by Linux kernel since 4.12 (/dev/tpmrmN)
> For some use cases (E.G. initramfs) it makes sense to use tpm2-tools
> without abrmd, so remove the tpm2-abrmd select, and instead a note in the
> help text that it may be needed.
> Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter at korsgaard.com>
> ---
> Changes since v2:
> - Drop the imply and instead add a comment as suggested by Yann and Arnout
Committed to 2018.11.x, thanks.
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Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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