Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 3 May 2012 11:51:55 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: Linux Support for Thunderbolt using Apple Monitor |
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On Thu, May 03, 2012 at 08:40:08PM +0200, Nico Schottelius wrote: > Greg, > > Greg KH [Thu, May 03, 2012 at 08:35:47AM -0700]: > > [...] > > > > How about if you load the acpiphp module instead? Some BIOSes use that > > instead of pciehp. > > > > You need one of those drivers in order for this to work properly. > > > > Also, speaking of BIOS, make sure you have the latest updates, there > > were a lot of initial problems with Thunderbolt hotplug issues that were > > fixed in newer BIOS versions, so that will be required to be updated. > > I'm confused - to which BIOS are you referring to? I understood that > Apple's Mac Book Air has its custom "similar to EFI" (*) code and not a > traditional BIOS in place.
It's still a BIOS, and needs to be updated. If that BIOS boots using EFI or the "old" format is not an issue here.
> (*) Which would also be interesting to replace with something like > LinuxBios/Coreboot.
Good luck with that :)
greg k-h
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