[PATCH v2 1/3] acpi: Extend TPM2 ACPI table with missing log fields
Jarkko Sakkinen
jarkko.sakkinen at linux.intel.com
Mon Mar 30 19:28:57 UTC 2020
On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 11:15:34AM -0400, Stefan Berger wrote:
> From: Stefan Berger <stefanb at linux.ibm.com>
>
> Recent extensions of the TPM2 ACPI table added 3 more fields
> including 12 bytes of start method specific parameters and Log Area
> Minimum Length (u32) and Log Area Start Address (u64). So, we extend
> the existing structure with these fields to allow non-UEFI systems
> to access the TPM2's log.
>
> The specification that has the new fields is the following:
> TCG ACPI Specification
> Family "1.2" and "2.0"
> Version 1.2, Revision 8
>
> Adapt all existing table size calculations to use
> offsetof(struct acpi_table_tpm2, start_method_specific)
> [where start_method_specific is a newly added field]
> rather than sizeof(struct acpi_table_tpm2) so that the addition
> of the new fields does not affect current systems that may not
> have them.
>
Cc: linux-acpi at vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb at linux.ibm.com>
You have this comment:
/* Platform-specific data follows */
Can you elaborate a bit which platform you are speaking of? It is now
enabled for everything.
/Jarkko
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