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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-06-12 03:50:42 +0000
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+<!ENTITY % entities SYSTEM "custom-entities.ent" >
+%entities;
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+<!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later -->
+<refentry id="systemd-tpm2-generator">
+
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <title>systemd-tpm2-generator</title>
+ <productname>systemd</productname>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>systemd-tpm2-generator</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>systemd-tpm2-generator</refname>
+ <refpurpose>Generator for inserting TPM2 synchronization point in the boot process</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <para><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/system-generators/systemd-tpm2-generator</filename></para>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para><filename>systemd-tpm2-generator</filename> is a generator that adds a <varname>Wants=</varname>
+ dependency from <filename>sysinit.target</filename> to <filename>tpm2.target</filename> when it detects
+ that the firmware discovered a TPM2 device but the OS kernel so far did
+ not. <filename>tpm2.target</filename> is supposed to act as synchronization point for all services that
+ require TPM2 device access. See
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.special</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> for
+ details.</para>
+
+ <para>The <option>systemd.tpm2_wait=</option> kernel command line option may be used to override
+ behaviour of the generator. It accepts a boolean value: if true then <filename>tpm2.target</filename>
+ will be added as synchronization point even if the firmware has not detected a TPM2 device. If false, the
+ target will not be inserted even if firmware reported a device but the OS kernel doesn't expose a device
+ for it yet. The latter might be useful in environments where a suitable TPM2 driver for the available
+ hardware is not available.</para>
+
+ <para><filename>systemd-tpm2-generator</filename> implements
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+ <para><simplelist type="inline">
+ <member><citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></member>
+ <member><citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.special</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry></member>
+ <member><citerefentry><refentrytitle>kernel-command-line</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry></member>
+ </simplelist></para>
+ </refsect1>
+</refentry>