tpm1_startup(9)

🌸 tpm1_startup(9) 🌸

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for tpm1_startup(9) — the function whose whole job is literally turning on the TPM. ✨

💖 NAME 💖

tpm1_startup — turn on the TPM 🔥

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int tpm1_startup (struct tpm_chip *chip );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• chip — the TPM chip to use 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Normally, the firmware should start the TPM. This function is here as a workaround for when that does not happen. A legal case for using it could be, for example, when a TPM emulator is used. 💅

🌈 RETURN 🌈

Same as tpm_transmit_cmd. periodt. 👑

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file: ./drivers/char/tpm/tpm1-cmd.c

• tpm1_calc_ordinal_duration(9)
• tpm1_get_random(9)
• tpm1_continue_selftest(9)
• tpm1_do_selftest(9)
• tpm1_auto_startup(9)
• tpm1_pm_suspend(9)
• tpm1_get_pcr_allocation(9)

signing off from ./drivers/char/tpm with the October 2026 edition of tpm1_startup(9) — mwah 💋✨