Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751772AbWEIOCX (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 May 2006 10:02:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751753AbWEIOCX (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 May 2006 10:02:23 -0400 Received: from e32.co.us.ibm.com ([32.97.110.150]:36812 "EHLO e32.co.us.ibm.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751310AbWEIOCW (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 May 2006 10:02:22 -0400 Subject: Re: [tpmdd-devel] RE: [PATCH] tpm: update module dependencies (PNPACPI) From: Kylene Jo Hall To: "Brown, Len" Cc: linux-kernel , akpm@osdl.org, TPM Device Driver List , linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 09:00:33 -0500 Message-Id: <1147183233.29414.66.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.4 (2.0.4-7) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2184 Lines: 59 On Mon, 2006-05-08 at 18:26 -0400, Brown, Len wrote: > >On Mon, 2006-05-08 at 17:59 -0400, Brown, Len wrote: > >> >The TIS driver is dependent upon information from the ACPI table for > >> >device discovery thus it compiles but does no actual work > >with out this > >> >dependency. > >> > > >> >Signed-off-by: Kylene Hall > >> >--- > >> > drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig | 2 +- > >> > 1 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > >> > > >> >--- linux-2.6.17-rc3/drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig 2006-04-26 > >> >21:19:25.000000000 -0500 > >> >+++ linux-2.6.17-rc3-tpm/drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig > >> >2006-05-08 16:11:03.707961750 -0500 > >> >@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ config TCG_TPM > >> > > >> > config TCG_TIS > >> > tristate "TPM Interface Specification 1.2 Interface" > >> >- depends on TCG_TPM > >> >+ depends on TCG_TPM && PNPACPI > >> > >> I think you want simply "ACPI" rather than "PNPACPI" here, yes? > > >No I think I really want PNPACPI because I have a pnp_driver which > >probes based on a CID value. PNPACPI is dependent on ACPI. Am I > >misunderstanding something. It works with PNPACPI on but turning off > >only PNPACPI causes it to not work. > > So if you boot with "pnpacpi=off" it fails to probe? > Nice to have proof that PNPACPI finally obsoletes PNPBIOS > on a real system in the field. Correct probe fails with pnpacpi=off. Thanks, Kylie > > thanks, > -Len > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0709&bid&3057&dat1642 > _______________________________________________ > tpmdd-devel mailing list > tpmdd-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tpmdd-devel - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/