From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Francois Rigaut <frigaut@gmail.com>
Cc: Jiang Liu <liuj97@gmail.com>,
Nico Schottelius <nico-linux-20120419@schottelius.org>,
Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org>,
linux-pci@vger.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Linux Support for Thunderbolt using Apple Monitor
Date: Wed, 9 May 2012 20:45:03 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120510034503.GB18543@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4FAB1EAF.2090305@gmail.com>
On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 11:49:35AM +1000, Francois Rigaut wrote:
> Greg,
>
> I went ahead and contacted John Ronciak at intel.
> He gave a presentation on thunderbolt at the 2011 linux plumber conference.
> Here is his answer:
>
> "You are correct that most if not all issues related to Thunderbolt
> on Linux is due to BIOS problems. We have not seen anything other
> BIOS issues regarding Thunderbolt issues on Linux. When the BIOS is
> working correctly the hot-plug PCIe works fine wrt the kernel. These
> are things that cannot be fixed in the drivers or in kernel
> infrastructure. So newer systems are going to be better than older
> ones due to these BIOS issues."
Thanks for letting us know, so there's nothing we can do for these
machines, and we just have to hope the next-generation machines get this
correct.
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-05-10 3:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-04-19 16:38 Linux Support for Thunderbolt using Apple Monitor Nico Schottelius
2012-04-19 21:15 ` Greg KH
[not found] ` <CAMVeQ8r_3vuAxzbLyKoecOHOOGijUDkLfw+MK7o-WoWbuOGSrg@mail.gmail.com>
2012-05-02 16:36 ` Nico Schottelius
2012-05-02 20:25 ` Greg KH
2012-05-03 6:50 ` Nico Schottelius
2012-05-03 15:34 ` Greg KH
[not found] ` <CAMVeQ8qYu4bShd_+pwRv8bShhusJMDa-jjoqu7EujS4jt7RSNA@mail.gmail.com>
2012-05-03 15:35 ` Greg KH
2012-05-03 18:40 ` Nico Schottelius
2012-05-03 18:51 ` Greg KH
[not found] ` <CAMVeQ8q3PMMGmFSgrnqbW2HVdfmN+LgatX3TSfv5_2Ebuuj=QQ@mail.gmail.com>
2012-05-03 23:38 ` Greg KH
2012-05-04 4:19 ` Francois Rigaut
2012-05-04 18:48 ` Greg KH
2012-05-04 19:37 ` Yinghai Lu
2012-05-04 19:38 ` Yinghai Lu
2012-05-05 4:19 ` Francois Rigaut
2012-05-05 8:18 ` Jiang Liu
2012-05-05 8:47 ` Francois Rigaut
2012-05-05 15:27 ` Jiang Liu
2012-05-05 15:18 ` Jiang Liu
2012-05-05 16:48 ` Nico Schottelius
2012-05-06 3:22 ` Jiang Liu
2012-05-09 16:05 ` Greg KH
2012-05-10 1:49 ` Francois Rigaut
2012-05-10 3:45 ` Greg KH [this message]
2012-05-06 3:59 ` Francois Rigaut
2012-05-05 0:28 ` Francois Rigaut
2012-05-05 0:35 ` Greg KH
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