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Re: [Xense-devel] tpm_vtpm: tpm_transmit: tpm_send: error 4294967294

To: Stefan Berger <stefanb@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xense-devel] tpm_vtpm: tpm_transmit: tpm_send: error 4294967294
From: Martin Hermanowski <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2006 15:20:40 +0200
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Stefan Berger wrote:
> 
> xense-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 06/30/2006 05:40:05 AM:
> 
>> Hello,
>>
>> I downloaded xen-testing yesterday evening, and there is a strange
> problem:
>>
>> I start the vtpm_managerd, and when I load the tpm_xen module inside my
>> DomU, I can see that the vTPM gets initialized:
>>
>> Initializing tpm: clear
>> ...
>> TPMD[1]: tpm/tpm_startup.c:44: Info: TPM_Startup(1)
>>
>> The vtpm_managerd also reacts on unloading the modules:
>> INFO[VTPM]: [1]: RECV[14}: 0x0 0 0 0 1 c1 0 0 0 e 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1
>> INFO[VTPM]: Closing DMI 1.
>> INFO[TCS]: Calling TCS_CloseContext.
>> INFO[VTPM]: Killing dmi on pid 9446.
>> INFO[VTPM]: [1]: SENT: 0x0 0 0 0 1 c1 0 0 0 a 0 0 0 0
>>
>> So I would assume that the communication channel between the DomU and
>> vtpm_managerd is fine.
>>
>> But when I try to access the vTPM (directly or using /sys), I get an
>> error message:
>>
>> tpm:~# cat /sys/devices/platform/tpm_vtpm/pcrs
>>  tpm_vtpm: tpm_transmit: tpm_send: error 4294967294
>>
>> This is the same error message I get when the vtpm_managerd is not
>> running, also the vtpm_managerd does not display anything at this moment
>> (using strace it looks like it doesn't receive anything).
>>
>> The strange part is, that I was able to use the vTPM once, but I am not
>> able to reproduce this...
> 
> I you can, please switch over to xen-unstable, though there you will
> also currently have to wait until several patches are going into the
> repository.

I nearly was waiting for this answer *g*.

Is -unstable stable enough to be run on a workstation? I can live with
random lock ups if they don't happen to often, but I would like to avoid
data corruption...

Regards,
Martin

-- 
Martin Hermanowski
http://martin.hermanowski.name

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