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    "date": "2026-03-27T11:48:21",
    "name": "[v2,0/3] hw/tpm: add PPI support to tpm-tis-device on ARM64 virt",
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        "From": "Mohammadfaiz Bawa <mbawa@redhat.com>",
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        "Subject": "[PATCH v2 0/3] hw/tpm: add PPI support to tpm-tis-device on ARM64\n virt",
        "Date": "Fri, 27 Mar 2026 17:18:21 +0530",
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    "content": "The ARM virt machine's tpm-tis-device lacks Physical Presence Interface\n(PPI) support - no _DSM, _STA, or PPI operation regions in the ACPI\nnamespace. This causes Windows 11 ARM64 guests to log Event ID 15\n(tpm.sys) errors per boot.\n\nThis series documents the change, refactors tpm_build_ppi_acpi() to\naccept a dynamic PPI base address, then wires up PPI MMIO and ACPI\non tpm-tis-sysbus via the platform bus.\n\nTested: aarch64 KVM, upstream QEMU, Win11 ARM64 25H2, swtpm.\nEvent ID 15 eliminated.\n\nChanges in v2:\n- Moved tpm.rst documentation hunk from patch 3 into patch 1 (Stefan)\n- Added Reviewed-by tags\n\nSigned-off-by: Mohammadfaiz Bawa <mbawa@redhat.com>\n---\nMohammadfaiz Bawa (3):\n      docs/specs/tpm: document PPI support on ARM64 virt\n      hw/acpi/tpm: parameterize PPI base address in tpm_build_ppi_acpi\n      hw/tpm: add PPI support to tpm-tis-device for ARM64 virt\n\n docs/specs/tpm.rst       | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++\n hw/acpi/tpm.c            |  8 ++++----\n hw/arm/virt-acpi-build.c |  9 ++++++++-\n hw/tpm/tpm_tis_isa.c     |  2 +-\n hw/tpm/tpm_tis_sysbus.c  | 11 +++++++++++\n include/hw/acpi/tpm.h    |  3 ++-\n 6 files changed, 50 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)\n---\nbase-commit: 8e711856d7639cbffa51405f2cc2366e3d9e3a23\nchange-id: 20260324-tpm-tis-sysbus-ppi-ef31a7d71753\n\nBest regards,"
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