Re: [Xen-devel] How to make xl support the old version of vTPM tools

[Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 2013-06-26 at 17:35 +0800, Bei Guan wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> 2013/6/26 Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
>         On Wed, 2013-06-26 at 13:00 +0800, Bei Guan wrote:
>         
>         > Now, the vtm-manager can communicate with vtmd, but DomU
>         cannot boot
>         > when it's configured with a vtpm option in the config file.
>         I think
>         > maybe xl doesn't support the old vTPM tools very well.
>         
>         
>         Of course not, since we no longer support that mode why would
>         it?
>         
>         > If this is the case, can you give me some advice on how to
>         modify the
>         > xl to support the old vTPM?
>         
>         
>         I think basically you will need to understand how this stuff
>         fits
>         together and then implement the required xl support, there are
>         unlikely
>         to be any short cuts or quick hacks. Certainly you will have
>         to do a lot
>         more leg work such that you are able to ask more specific
>         technical
>         questions.
> Because we will hit the deadline, we don't have much time to work on
> the vTPM.
> Well, it seems there is huge amount of work to make xl support the old
> vTPM.
> 
> 
> Oh, in your opinion, is it possible to make xm re-work in the
> Xen-4.3-unstable in short time?

I'm afraid I have no idea.

>  If it's possible, maybe we can use xm to support the old vTPM in the
> latest Xen. Thanks a lot.
> 
> 
>  
>         
>         Ian.
>         
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Best Regards,
> Bei Guan



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