Re: [tpmdd-devel] [PATCH] tpm, tpm_crb: remove redundant CRB_FL_CRB_START flag

From: Jarkko Sakkinen
Date: Fri Oct 21 2016 - 11:12:02 EST


On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 02:24:21PM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 05:00:11PM +0300, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
>
> > > > I have a 4th Gen Core NUC where I experienced this issue. It reported
> > > > requiring only ACPI start but actually required ACPI + CRB start. The
> > > > comment could have been better.
>
> Shouldn't bios work arounds be keyed on something? What happens if a
> system rolls around that cannot do ACPI + CRB start? How does this
> system work in windows?

I didn't find anything better to key it on at the time and it has been
working for two years now without any problems.

/Jarkko