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[src/trunk]: src/share/man/man4 Add note about enabling TPM and rnd(4) source.
details: https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/7726e769f908
branches: trunk
changeset: 950178:7726e769f908
user: riastradh <riastradh%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date: Tue Jan 19 05:05:39 2021 +0000
description:
Add note about enabling TPM and rnd(4) source.
diffstat:
share/man/man4/tpm.4 | 14 ++++++++++++--
1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diffs (30 lines):
diff -r 36c95595545b -r 7726e769f908 share/man/man4/tpm.4
--- a/share/man/man4/tpm.4 Tue Jan 19 03:41:22 2021 +0000
+++ b/share/man/man4/tpm.4 Tue Jan 19 05:05:39 2021 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: tpm.4,v 1.6 2021/01/16 01:47:23 thorpej Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: tpm.4,v 1.7 2021/01/19 05:05:39 riastradh Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2019 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -51,9 +51,19 @@
.El
.Pp
Note that the supported interface version is TIS1.2 in each case.
+.Pp
+The TPM may need to be enabled in the system's firmware or BIOS, which
+requires a reboot to take effect.
+This is generally beyond the control of
+.Nx .
+Enabling a TPM does not require using trusted boot \(em it can be
+enabled, for example, only for the
+.Xr rnd 4
+entropy source.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr config 1 ,
-.Xr intro 4
+.Xr intro 4 ,
+.Xr rnd 4
.Sh AUTHORS
.An -nosplit
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