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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2011 The Chromium OS Authors.
+ *
+ * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
+ * project.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
+ * MA 02111-1307 USA
+ */
+
+#ifndef _INCLUDE_TPM_H_
+#define _INCLUDE_TPM_H_
+
+#include <common.h>
+
+/*
+ * tis_init()
+ *
+ * Initialize the TPM device. Returns 0 on success or -1 on
+ * failure (in case device probing did not succeed).
+ */
+int tis_init(void);
+
+/*
+ * tis_open()
+ *
+ * Requests access to locality 0 for the caller. After all commands have been
+ * completed the caller is supposed to call tis_close().
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success, -1 on failure.
+ */
+int tis_open(void);
+
+/*
+ * tis_close()
+ *
+ * terminate the currect session with the TPM by releasing the locked
+ * locality. Returns 0 on success of -1 on failure (in case lock
+ * removal did not succeed).
+ */
+int tis_close(void);
+
+/*
+ * tis_sendrecv()
+ *
+ * Send the requested data to the TPM and then try to get its response
+ *
+ * @sendbuf - buffer of the data to send
+ * @send_size size of the data to send
+ * @recvbuf - memory to save the response to
+ * @recv_len - pointer to the size of the response buffer
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success (and places the number of response bytes at recv_len)
+ * or -1 on failure.
+ */
+int tis_sendrecv(const uint8_t *sendbuf, size_t send_size, uint8_t *recvbuf,
+			size_t *recv_len);
+
+#endif /* _INCLUDE_TPM_H_ */