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

[Winkler, Tomas]

> 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