TSPI_CONTEXT_CREATE(3)

💖 Tspi_Context_Create — bestie, let's make a context 💖

okay so real talk, this is a page from the TCG Software Stack Developer's Reference, and it's a man page — section 3, if you were wondering — and it's lowkey one of the first things you'll ever call in the TSS world. Buckle up, it's short and sweet and honestly kind of iconic. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

Tspi_Context_Create — create a TSP context handle. that's it, that's the whole job, and she does it flawlessly 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

first things first, you gotta include the whole little family of headers. yes, all of them. no skipping, bestie, they're a package deal 🎀

#include <tss/platform.h>
#include <tss/tcpa_defines.h>
#include <tss/tcpa_typedef.h>
#include <tss/tcpa_struct.h>
#include <tss/tss_typedef.h>
#include <tss/tss_structs.h>
#include <tss/tspi.h>

TSS_RESULT Tspi_Context_Create(TSS_HCONTEXT* phContext);

look at her. one function, one argument, returns a TSS_RESULT. main character energy fr fr 👑

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

so like, Tspi_Context_Create creates a handle to a brand new context object. that's the moment. the birth of a context. 🐣

and then?? the context gets used by all the other API functions to track resources related to it. it's giving "everyone's favorite group chat that everything else gets posted in" — the context is the group chat, and every other function is just dropping messages in it. the way that one handle keeps everything organized is genuinely so satisfying ngl 🫶

✨ PARAMETERS ✨

💜 phContext

Receives the handle to the created context object. so you pass in a pointer, and she fills it in with the fresh new handle. she's handing you the keys to the group chat. take them. 🔑

🎀 RETURN CODES 🎀

Tspi_Context_Create returns TSS_SUCCESS on success. obviously. slay. 🌟

otherwise, one of the following values is returned:

• TSS_E_INTERNAL_ERROR — An internal error occurred in the TSS. 😭 not her fault, something went sideways inside the TSS itself. happens to the best of us.

👑 CONFORMING TO 👑

Tspi_Context_Create conforms to the Trusted Computing Group Software Specification version 1.1 Golden. certified. approved. spec-compliant. we love a rule-follower who still eats 💅

🌸 SEE ALSO 🌸

• Tspi_Context_Close(3)
• Tspi_Context_Connect(3)

ngl, Tspi_Context_Create is basically the "new chat" button of the TSS. you make the context, then you go connect it and eventually close it. the full arc. the character development. 🌱

okay that's the whole page, bestie, and it was brought to you by TSS 1.1 — dated 2004-05-26, which is literally vintage, a classic, a retro baddie that still runs 🩷 thanks for reading, mwah, go create some contexts 💖✨🦋🎀