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SYSTEMD-TPM2-GENERATOR(8) systemd-tpm2-generator_SYSTEMD-TPM2-GENERATOR_(8)

NAME top

   systemd-tpm2-generator - Generator for inserting TPM2
   synchronization point in the boot process

SYNOPSIS top

   /usr/lib/systemd/system-generators/systemd-tpm2-generator

DESCRIPTION top

   **systemd-tpm2-generator** is a generator that adds a _Wants=_
   dependency from sysinit.target to tpm2.target when it detects that
   the firmware discovered a TPM2 device but the OS kernel so far did
   not.  tpm2.target is supposed to act as synchronization point for
   all services that require TPM2 device access. See
   [systemd.special(7)](../man7/systemd.special.7.html) for details.

   The **systemd.tpm2_wait=** kernel command line option may be used to
   override behaviour of the generator. It accepts a boolean value:
   if true then tpm2.target will be added as synchronization point
   even if the firmware has not detected a TPM2 device. If false, the
   target will not be inserted even if firmware reported a device but
   the OS kernel does not expose a device for it yet. The latter
   might be useful in environments where a suitable TPM2 driver for
   the available hardware is not available.

   **systemd-tpm2-generator** implements [systemd.generator(7)](../man7/systemd.generator.7.html).

SEE ALSO top

   [systemd(1)](../man1/systemd.1.html), [systemd.special(7)](../man7/systemd.special.7.html), [kernel-command-line(7)](../man7/kernel-command-line.7.html)

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Pages that refer to this page:kernel-command-line(7), systemd.directives(7), systemd.index(7), systemd.special(7)