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From: "gregkh@linuxfoundation•org" <gregkh@linuxfoundation•org>
To: "Levy, Amir (Jer)" <amir.jer.levy@intel•com>
Cc: Simon Guinot <simon.guinot@sequanux•org>,
	"andreas.noever@gmail•com" <andreas.noever@gmail•com>,
	"bhelgaas@google•com" <bhelgaas@google•com>,
	"corbet@lwn•net" <corbet@lwn•net>,
	"linux-kernel@vger•kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger•kernel.org>,
	"linux-pci@vger•kernel.org" <linux-pci@vger•kernel.org>,
	"netdev@vger•kernel.org" <netdev@vger•kernel.org>,
	"linux-doc@vger•kernel.org" <linux-doc@vger•kernel.org>,
	"mario_limonciello@dell•com" <mario_limonciello@dell•com>,
	thunderbolt-linux <thunderbolt-linux@intel•com>,
	"Westerberg, Mika" <mika.westerberg@intel•com>,
	"Winkler, Tomas" <tomas.winkler@intel•com>,
	"Zhang, Xiong Y" <xiong.y.zhang@intel•com>,
	"Jamet, Michael" <michael.jamet@intel•com>,
	"remi.rerolle@seagate•com" <remi.rerolle@seagate•com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 0/8] thunderbolt: Introducing Thunderbolt(TM) Networking
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2016 13:22:41 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20161121122241.GA16158@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E607265CB020454880711A6F96C05A03BE2214E2@hasmsx107.ger.corp.intel.com>

On Sun, Nov 20, 2016 at 06:30:19AM +0000, Levy, Amir (Jer) wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 18 2016, 12:07 PM, gregkh@linuxfoundation•org wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 08:48:36AM +0000, Levy, Amir (Jer) wrote:
> > > > BTW, it is quite a shame that the Thunderbolt firmware version can't
> > > > be read from Linux.
> > > >
> > >
> > > This is WIP, once this patch will be upstream, we will be able to
> > > focus more on aligning Linux with the Thunderbolt features that we have
> > for windows.
> > 
> > Why is this patch somehow holding that work back?  You aren't just sitting
> > around waiting for people to review this and not doing anything else, right?
> > Is there some basic building block in these patches that your firmware
> > download code is going to rely on?
> > 
> > confused,
> > 
> > greg k-h
> 
> All the Thunderbolt SW features (including networking and FW update) depend 
> on the communication with FW, which is patch 3/8 in the series.
> The patch also sets up a generic netlink for user space communication.

It's that "generic netlink" connection that I really want a whole lot of
revewers to read over as it's very unusual and "different" from all
other driver subsystems.

thanks,

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2016-11-21 12:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-11-09 14:20 [PATCH v9 0/8] thunderbolt: Introducing Thunderbolt(TM) Networking Amir Levy
2016-11-09 14:20 ` [PATCH v9 1/8] thunderbolt: Macro rename Amir Levy
2016-11-09 14:20 ` [PATCH v9 2/8] thunderbolt: Updating the register definitions Amir Levy
2016-11-09 14:20 ` [PATCH v9 3/8] thunderbolt: Communication with the ICM (firmware) Amir Levy
2016-11-09 14:20 ` [PATCH v9 4/8] thunderbolt: Networking state machine Amir Levy
2016-11-09 14:20 ` [PATCH v9 5/8] thunderbolt: Networking transmit and receive Amir Levy
2016-11-09 14:20 ` [PATCH v9 6/8] thunderbolt: Kconfig for Thunderbolt Networking Amir Levy
2016-11-09 14:20 ` [PATCH v9 7/8] thunderbolt: Networking doc Amir Levy
2016-11-09 16:00   ` Greg KH
2016-11-10 11:47     ` Levy, Amir (Jer)
2016-11-10 11:53       ` Greg KH
2016-11-10 14:24     ` Jonathan Corbet
2016-11-09 14:20 ` [PATCH v9 8/8] thunderbolt: Adding maintainer entry Amir Levy
2016-11-09 14:36 ` [PATCH v9 0/8] thunderbolt: Introducing Thunderbolt(TM) Networking Simon Guinot
2016-11-09 15:42   ` Levy, Amir (Jer)
2016-11-15 10:59     ` Simon Guinot
2016-11-18  8:48       ` Levy, Amir (Jer)
2016-11-18 10:07         ` gregkh
2016-11-20  6:30           ` Levy, Amir (Jer)
2016-11-21 12:22             ` gregkh [this message]
2016-11-18 11:20         ` Simon Guinot
2016-11-22 17:28           ` Simon Guinot
2016-11-22 17:36             ` Mario.Limonciello
2016-11-24 20:35             ` Levy, Amir (Jer)
2016-11-09 16:02 ` Greg KH
2016-11-10 11:39   ` Levy, Amir (Jer)
2016-11-10 11:44     ` Greg KH
2016-11-10 11:48       ` Levy, Amir (Jer)

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