[U-Boot] [PATCH 08/25] tpm: tpm_tis_i2c: Drop struct tpm_vendor_specific

[Simon Glass]

Hi Christophe,

On 13 August 2015 at 14:32, Christophe Ricard
<christophe.ricard at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Simon,
>
> On 13/08/2015 03:30, Simon Glass wrote:
>>
>> Hi Christophe,
>>
>> On 11 August 2015 at 15:47, christophe.ricard
>> <christophe.ricard at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Simon,
>>>
>>> Locality concept are valid almost on any chip assuming if no locality are
>>> supported the default one is locality 0.
>>> I would leave this change open for discussion.
>>>
>>> However, as per patch 06 & 07, i would keep req_complete_mask,
>>> req_complete_val, req_canceled, timeout_a, timeout_b, timeout_c,
>>> timeout_d
>>> in tpm_vendor_specific structure as this is chip specific.
>>>
>>> I really think tpm_vendor_specific is usefull for managing different kind
>>> of
>>> TPM "the same way"/following standards.
>>
>> That code belongs in the uclass I think. If there really are generic
>> settings that are needed for all TPMs then it should sit there. We
>> don't want to have an additional layer of stuff that doesn't relate to
>> driver model.
>
> After reviewing your previous comments, i think we can drop this
> tpm_vendor_specific structure to simplify the code a bit.
> However, the work we are doing may stick only to TPM1.2. I think it will be
> fine as we have only drivers for those kind of TPMs.
> I believe a new uclass may be necessary when going to provide support TPM
> 2.0.
>
> In short, may be we can anticipate that and make it explicit in the uclass
> name ? (UCLASS_TPM12 ?)

Ick, I'd rather worry about this when we have a problem.

Regardsimon