On Wed, Sep 02, 2015 at 04:35:49PM +0200, Tormen wrote: > Hi, > > I am contacting you, hoping that either you can maybe help > or you know someone who can help :) > > I opened a bug related to the tg3 driver when hot-plugging via pciehp: > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=100191 > > I am desperate because : > (a) there is also a brcmfmac related driver. > So both wireless and wired internet have problems: > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=100201 > (b) there was no input by anybody so far. Maybe because I wrongly > categorized the tg3 bug ? > > The bug is related to Broadcom tg3 driver and the pciehp hotplug framework. > In order to sort out where the problem(s) lies, I wanted to kindly ask > you if you could have a look at the bug : > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=100191 > ? > And/or if you could help me figuring out if pciehp is causing this > problem and/or if tg3 is to blame. Odds are neither are the issue, this is a thunderbolt problem. Make sure you have enabled thunderbolt properly in your kernel if you want hot-add of a device to work. I think the code has only been tested on older macbooks, changes might be needed for newer ones given that Apple's thunderbolt controller is "special" (i.e. doesn't follow the specification.) good luck! greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-hotplug" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
