On Wed, Nov 09, 2016 at 03:42:53PM +0000, Levy, Amir (Jer) wrote: > On Wed, Nov 9 2016, 04:36 PM, Simon Guinot wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 09, 2016 at 04:20:00PM +0200, Amir Levy wrote: > > > This driver enables Thunderbolt Networking on non-Apple platforms > > > running Linux. > > > > > > Thunderbolt Networking provides peer-to-peer connections to transfer > > > files between computers, perform PC migrations, and/or set up small > > > workgroups with shared storage. > > > > > > This is a virtual connection that emulates an Ethernet adapter that > > > enables Ethernet networking with the benefit of Thunderbolt > > > superfast medium capability. > > > > > > Thunderbolt Networking enables two hosts and several devices that > > > have a Thunderbolt controller to be connected together in a linear > > > (Daisy > > > chain) series from a single port. > > > > > > Thunderbolt Networking for Linux is compatible with Thunderbolt > > > Networking on systems running macOS or Windows and also supports > > > Thunderbolt generation 2 and 3 controllers. > > > > > > Note that all pre-existing Thunderbolt generation 3 features, such > > > as USB, Display and other Thunderbolt device connectivity will > > > continue to function exactly as they did prior to enabling Thunderbolt Networking. > > > > > > Code and Software Specifications: > > > This kernel code creates a virtual ethernet device for computer to > > > computer communication over a Thunderbolt cable. > > > The new driver is a separate driver to the existing Thunderbolt driver. > > > It is designed to work on systems running Linux that interface with > > > Intel Connection Manager (ICM) firmware based Thunderbolt > > > controllers that support Thunderbolt Networking. > > > The kernel code operates in coordination with the Thunderbolt user- > > > space daemon to implement full Thunderbolt networking functionality. > > > > > > Hardware Specifications: > > > Thunderbolt Hardware specs have not yet been published but are used > > > where necessary for register definitions. > > > > Hi Amir, > > > > I have an ASUS "All Series/Z87-DELUXE/QUAD" motherboard with a > > Thunderbolt 2 "Falcon Ridge" chipset (device ID 156d). > > > > Is the thunderbolt-icm driver supposed to work with this chipset ? > > > > Yes, the thunderbolt-icm supports Falcon Ridge, device ID 156c. > 156d is the bridge - http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/include/linux/pci_ids.h#L2619 > > > I have installed both a 4.8.6 Linux kernel (patched with your v9 > > series) and the thunderbolt-software-daemon (27 october release) > > inside a Debian system (Jessie). > > > > If I connect the ASUS motherboard with a MacBook Pro (Thunderbolt 2, > > device ID 156c), I can see that the thunderbolt-icm driver is loaded > > and that the thunderbolt-software-daemon is well started. But the > > Ethernet interface is not created. > > > > I have attached to this email the syslog file. There is the logs from > > both the kernel and the daemon inside. Note that the daemon logs are > > everything but clear about what could be the issue. Maybe I missed > > some kind of configuration ? But I failed to find any valuable > > information about configuring the driver and/or the daemon in the various documentation files. > > > > Please, can you provide some guidance ? I'd really like to test your > > patch series. > > First, thank you very much for willing to test it. > Thunderbolt Networking support was added during Falcon Ridge, in the latest FR images. > Do you know which Thunderbolt image version you have on your system? > Currently I submitted only Thunderbolt Networking feature in Linux, and we plan to add > more features like reading the image version and updating the image. > If you don't know the image version, the only thing I can suggest is to load windows, install thunderbolt SW > and check in the Thunderbolt application the image version. > To know if image update is needed, you can check - https://thunderbolttechnology.net/updates Hi Amir, From the Windows Thunderbolt software, I can read 13.00 for the firmware version. And from https://thunderbolttechnology.net/updates, I can see that there is no update available for my ASUS motherboard. Am I good to go ? BTW, it is quite a shame that the Thunderbolt firmware version can't be read from Linux. Simon
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