Re: [PATCH 9/9] thunderbolt: Add support for USB4STREAM

Mika Westerberg
2026-04-28T15:13:15Z

On Tue, Apr 28, 2026 at 05:08:55PM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 28, 2026 at 09:22:09AM +0200, Mika Westerberg wrote:
> > Introduce USB4STREAM protocol and Linux implementation. This allows two
> > (or more) hosts to transfer data directly over Thunderbolt/USB4 cable
> > through a character device without need to go through the network stack.
>
> Is this mutually exclusive to networking, on a device?

No - they can co-exist.