linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] thunderbolt: Fix issues with more complex endpoints.

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Date:	Thu, 12 Jun 2014 15:06:41 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Andreas Noever <andreas.noever@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@...ula.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] thunderbolt: Fix issues with more complex endpoints.

On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 11:11:45PM +0200, Andreas Noever wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have got my hand on a slightly more complex Thunderbolt device (a Startech
> docking station). This series fixes the following issues that I have observed
> with this device:
> 
>  - Some ports on this device are disabled. Accessing them results in an error.
>  - This device uses both Thunderbolt links which are represented as two ports on
>    the switch. We have to ensure that we only scan one of these ports.
> 
> Part 1 of the series reads the switch configuration (disabled ports and which
> port pairs are "dual link ports") from eeprom. Part 2 uses this information to
> avoid scanning these ports.
> 
> Andreas Noever (2):
>   thunderbolt: Read port configuration from eeprom.
>   thunderbolt: Fix nontrivial endpoint devices.
> 
>  drivers/thunderbolt/ctl.c    |   2 +-
>  drivers/thunderbolt/eeprom.c | 266 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  drivers/thunderbolt/switch.c |  44 ++++---
>  drivers/thunderbolt/tb.c     |   5 +
>  drivers/thunderbolt/tb.h     |   7 +-
>  5 files changed, 300 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
> 
> -- 

Thanks, I'll queue these up on top of your other patches once 3.16-rc1
is out.

greg k-h
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