On Wed, Nov 9 2016, 06:02 PM, Greg KH 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. > > > > Acked-by: Andreas Noever <andreas.noever@xxxxxxxxx> > > Tested-by: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@xxxxxxxx> > > This whole series is acked and tested by these people? If so, why did you not > include that in each patch? > Will add in next patch set. > And how about getting some internal-Intel kernel developers to review and > sign-off on this code? Don't make the community do the review when you > have access to resources like this. You have an internal mailing list for this > very purpose, use it! > The review with the internal-Intel kernel developers was done before submitting the first patch set. Version 9 that we have here isn't so different from Version 0. > thanks, > > greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-pci" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
