System startup / tcsd failing to load tpm_atmel.ko

b1 forum at b1online.de
Wed Feb 16 15:22:00 UTC 2011


Sounds great. Thank you very much.

On Wed, 2011-02-16 at 13:21 +0100, Heinz Diehl wrote:
> On 15.02.2011, b1 wrote: 
> 
> > So I do not need tcsd in order to mount encrypted directories?
> 
> No, it has nothing to do with mounting directories. Tscd is a userspace
> daemon for TPM. As long as you don't have an Atmel TPM chip installed on
> your machine, you don't need tcsd in this case. For TPM to work, it needs
> both hardware and software support. 
> 
> >  Why is it then installed as a dependency?
> 
> I guess it's simply a bug.
> 
> > Do you have filled a bug report already? 
> 
> No, because I don't have any Atmel TPM chip and I simply switched it off.
> Will do it now.
> 




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