RE: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] [Linux] Transfer TPM locality info in th

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Subject:	RE: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] [Linux] Transfer TPM locality info in the ringstructure
From:	"Cihula, Joseph" <joseph.cihula@xxxxxxxxx>
Date:	Thu, 3 Jan 2008 17:48:41 -0800
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Thread-topic:	[Xen-devel] [PATCH] [Linux] Transfer TPM locality info in the ringstructure

On Wednesday, January 02, 2008 11:27 AM, Stefan Berger wrote:
> Transfer TPM locality information in the ring structure. Add a version
> identifier to the ring structure for possible future extensions.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@xxxxxxxxxx>

Stefan,

How do you expect to use the locality value and how would it get set (to
a non-zero value)?

Since the locality value is provided by the originating domain, it can't
really be "trusted" by the backend without some other type of
validation.

Joe

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