Re: [PATCH v8 3/8] thunderbolt: Communication with the ICM (firmware)

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On Mon, Dec 19, 2016 at 05:21:39PM +0000, Mario.Limonciello@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> Dell - Internal Use - Confidential  
> 
> > 
> > There is small problem, though. On non-Apple systems the host controller only
> > appears when something is connected to thunderbolt ports. So the char device
> > would not be there all the time. However, I think we can still notify the
> > userspace by sending an extra uevent when we detect there is a PCIe device or
> > inter-domain connection plugged in.
> > 
> 
> Why couldn't you just create it the first time a device is plugged into a Thunderbolt
> port and leave it until the module is cleaned up?  If the host controller goes to sleep
> an event could be sent to the daemon to let it know it disappeared and not to expect
> data on the char device for now, but leave the node around. 

We don't do that for USB memory sticks (or any other removable media)
either - once you disconnect the device the nodes are also removed. I
suppose same goes with USB network adapters, which is closest to
thunderbolt networking I can think of.
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