1 What: /sys/class/tpm/tpmX/ppi/
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6 This folder includes the attributes related with PPI (Physical
7 Presence Interface). Only if TPM is supported by BIOS, this
8 folder makes sense. The folder path can be got by command
9 'find /sys/ -name 'pcrs''. For the detail information of PPI,
10 please refer to the PPI specification from
12 http://www.trustedcomputinggroup.org/
14 In Linux 4.2 ppi was moved to the character device directory.
15 A symlink from tpmX/device/ppi to tpmX/ppi to provide backwards
18 What: /sys/class/tpm/tpmX/ppi/version
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22 This attribute shows the version of the PPI supported by the
24 This file is readonly.
26 What: /sys/class/tpm/tpmX/ppi/request
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30 This attribute shows the request for an operation to be
31 executed in the pre-OS environment. It is the only input from
32 the OS to the pre-OS environment. The request should be an
33 integer value range from 1 to 160, and 0 means no request.
34 This file can be read and written.
36 What: /sys/class/tpm/tpmX/ppi/response
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40 This attribute shows the response to the most recent operation
41 request it acted upon. The format is "<request> <response num>
42 : <response description>".
43 This file is readonly.
45 What: /sys/class/tpm/tpmX/ppi/transition_action
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49 This attribute shows the platform-specific action that should
50 take place in order to transition to the BIOS for execution of
51 a requested operation. The format is "<action num>: <action
53 This file is readonly.
55 What: /sys/class/tpm/tpmX/ppi/tcg_operations
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59 This attribute shows whether it is allowed to request an
60 operation to be executed in the pre-OS environment by the BIOS
61 for the requests defined by TCG, i.e. requests from 1 to 22.
62 The format is "<request> <status num>: <status description>".
63 This attribute is only supported by PPI version 1.2+.
64 This file is readonly.
66 What: /sys/class/tpm/tpmX/ppi/vs_operations
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70 This attribute shows whether it is allowed to request an
71 operation to be executed in the pre-OS environment by the BIOS
72 for the verdor specific requests, i.e. requests from 128 to
73 255. The format is same with tcg_operations. This attribute
74 is also only supported by PPI version 1.2+.
75 This file is readonly.