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

From: Winkler, Tomas
Date: Sat Oct 08 2016 - 12:58:41 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.

Actually, currently it is more common to have the device in the idle state, so in case a driver is not loaded for any reason by the kernel, the platform won't leak power.
Thanks
Tomas