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Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:08:55 +0200
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
To: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com>
Cc: linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, Yehezkel Bernat <YehezkelShB@gmail.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 9/9] thunderbolt: Add support for USB4STREAM
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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?

   Andrew