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    SubjectRE: [PATCH v9 0/8] thunderbolt: Introducing Thunderbolt(TM) Networking
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    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.
    So yes, the communication with Thunderbolt FW is a basic building block.

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