tpm_chip_start(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay so bestie, this is the tpm_chip_start(9) page from the Kernel API Manual, and it's literally the “power on the TPM” moment ✨

• tpm_chip_start — power on the TPM 💥

🛠️ SYNOPSIS 🛠️

int tpm_chip_start (struct tpm_chip *chip );

🧚 ARGUMENTS 🧚

• chip — a TPM chip to use 🫶 this is the TPM chip you're handing over, no cap.

🍓 RETURN 🍓

• The response length — OK ✅
• -errno — A system error 😭

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the kernel file is ./drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c, and the whole little squad is right here:

• tpm_chip_stop(9)
• tpm_try_get_ops(9)
• tpm_put_ops(9)
• tpm_default_chip(9)
• tpm_dev_release(9)
• tpm_class_shutdown(9)
• tpm_chip_alloc(9)
• tpmm_chip_alloc(9) 👀 yes, that double m is iconic and stays

okay bye bestie 💖 this page came from source/version ./drivers/char/tpm, dated October 2026 — periodt 🎀