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[Xen-devel] [PATCH 0/12] VTPM mini-os



The following set of patches add vtpm-stubdom, a vtpm mini-os domain. They also add vtpmmgrdom, a mini-os domain for the vtpm manager.

Also included are number of bug fixes to the original vtpm system, some mini-os enhancements, and a few new pieces of software ported to the stubdom build structure.

Xen vtpms are now robust and stable and there are many ways to use them:
vtpmd (dom0 process) and vtpm_manager (dom0 process)
vtpm-stubdom (domain) and vtpm_manager (dom0 process)
vtpm-stubdom (domain) and vtpmmgrdom (domain)

Domains communicate using the paravirtualized tpmfront and tpmback drivers. Ports of these drivers from linux have been written for mini-os. Also included is a tpm hardware driver for mini-os for the vtpm manager domain to talk directly to the hardware tpm and bypass dom0.


These patches do not require the previous set of vtpm patches I submitted back in august that were not included into xen. In those previous patches I had a rudimentary method of disabling certain features in mini-os so vtpms would not have unnecessary drivers like network and pci. Since there was debate on the implementation this has not been included.

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