Re: [PATCH v5 1/5] tpm_crb: implement driver compliant to CRB over FF-A

From: Jarkko Sakkinen
Date: Thu Feb 20 2025 - 04:31:45 EST


On Thu, Feb 20, 2025 at 11:28:58AM +0200, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 19, 2025 at 02:10:10PM -0600, Stuart Yoder wrote:
> > The Arm specification TPM Service CRB over FF-A specification
> > defines the FF-A messages to interact with a CRB-based TPM
> > implemented as an FF-A secure partition.
> >
> > Spec URL:
> > https://developer.arm.com/documentation/den0138/latest/
> >
> > This driver is probed when a TPM Secure Partition is
> > discovered by the FF-A subsystem. It exposes APIs
> > used by the TPM CRB driver to send notifications to
> > the TPM.
> >
> > Acked-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@xxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Stuart Yoder <stuart.yoder@xxxxxxx>
>
> Cutting hairs now but as I cannot test this and this is 1/5:
> can this patch be run without 2/5-4/5?
>
> The policy is that every patch should leave kernel tree to
> a state where it compiles and runs.

The root reason for this is that wrong ordered patch sets
commited to Git add difficulty to bisection in the long-term.

BR, Jarkko