Module Name: src
Committed By: riastradh
Date: Tue Jan 19 05:05:39 UTC 2021
Modified Files:
src/share/man/man4: tpm.4
Log Message:
Add note about enabling TPM and rnd(4) source.
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cvs rdiff -u -r1.6 -r1.7 src/share/man/man4/tpm.4
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Index: src/share/man/man4/tpm.4
diff -u src/share/man/man4/tpm.4:1.6 src/share/man/man4/tpm.4:1.7
--- src/share/man/man4/tpm.4:1.6 Sat Jan 16 01:47:23 2021
+++ src/share/man/man4/tpm.4 Tue Jan 19 05:05:39 2021
@@ -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 @@ TPM 1.2 chips over ACPI and ISA
.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
The
