[RFC/RFT] KEYS: trusted: Add generic trusted keys framework

Sumit Garg sumit.garg at linaro.org
Fri Jul 12 05:13:38 UTC 2019


On Fri, 12 Jul 2019 at 00:52, Jarkko Sakkinen
<jarkko.sakkinen at linux.intel.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jul 05, 2019 at 08:02:34PM +0530, Sumit Garg wrote:
> > Current trusted keys framework is tightly coupled to use TPM device as
> > an underlying implementation which makes it difficult for implementations
> > like Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) etc. to provide trusked keys
> > support in case platform doesn't posses a TPM device.
> >
> > So this patch tries to add generic trusted keys framework where underlying
> > implemtations like TPM, TEE etc. could be easily plugged-in.
> >
> > Suggested-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen at linux.intel.com>
>
> 1. Needs to be somehow dissected into digestable/reviewable pieces.

Sure, will try to split this patch in next version.

> 2. As a precursory step probably would make sense to move all
>    existing trusted keys code into one subsystem first.

Okay.

-Sumit

>
> /Jarkko



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