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In case a TPM in failure mode is detected, the TPM should be accessible through a transparent communication channel for analysing purposes (e.g. TPM_GetTestResult) or a field upgrade. Since a TPM in failure mode has similar reduced functionality as in field upgrade mode, the flag TPM_CHIP_FLAG_FIRMWARE_UPGRADE is also valid. As described in TCG TPM Main Part1 Design Principles, Revision 116, chapter 9.2.1. the TPM also allows an update function in case a TPM is in failure mode. If the TPM in failure mode is detected, the function tpm1_auto_startup() sets TPM_CHIP_FLAG_FIRMWARE_UPGRADE flag, which is used later during driver initialization/deinitialization to disable functionality which makes no sense or will fail in the current TPM state. The following functionality is affected: * Do not register TPM as a hwrng * Do not get pcr allocation * Do not register sysfs entries which provide information impossible to obtain in limited mode Signed-off-by: Stefan Mahnke-Hartmann <stefan.mahnke-hartmann@infineon.com> Reviewed-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@kernel.org>
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.