Re: [PATCH 2/4] tmp/tpm_crb: fix Intel PTT hw bug during idle state

From: Jason Gunthorpe
Date: Sat Oct 08 2016 - 12:42:23 EST


On Sat, Oct 08, 2016 at 07:00:06PM +0300, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:

> Rather you it would be better not to use cmdReady/goIdle at all if
> kernel is not compiled with CONFIG_PM.

It would be best practice to ensure the tpm is powered up no matter
how the kernel is compiled.. The firmware may have left it in idle or
something

FWIW, I broadly agree there is no need to put the device into idle on
the error paths. It probably wasn't idle when the driver attached to
it.

Jason