TPM module is failing to load on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • With Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 (kernel 2.6.32-504.el6.x86_64) we use, the TPM chip (Version 1.2), which is not detected/probed successfully during boot. In /var/log/dmesg the following entry appears:
tpm_tis: probe of 00:13 failed with error -5
  • No /dev/tpm0 device gets created.
  • We tried with RHEL 6.7 (kernel 2.6.32-573.1.1.el6.x86_64) with the same result. On RHEL 7.1 however the TPM Chip gets detected/probed just fine and an according device /dev/tpm0 gets created.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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