linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 01/22] thunderbolt: Introduce tb_switch_is

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Date:   Tue, 1 Oct 2019 15:46:38 +0300
From:   Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
        Andreas Noever <andreas.noever@...il.com>,
        Michael Jamet <michael.jamet@...el.com>,
        Yehezkel Bernat <YehezkelShB@...il.com>,
        Rajmohan Mani <rajmohan.mani@...el.com>,
        Nicholas Johnson <nicholas.johnson-opensource@...look.com.au>,
        Lukas Wunner <lukas@...ner.de>,
        Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
        Mario.Limonciello@...l.com,
        Anthony Wong <anthony.wong@...onical.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 01/22] thunderbolt: Introduce tb_switch_is_icm()

On Tue, Oct 01, 2019 at 02:10:05PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 01, 2019 at 02:38:09PM +0300, Mika Westerberg wrote:
> > We currently differentiate between SW CM and ICM by looking directly at
> 
> You should spell out what "SW CM" and "ICM" means please :)

Indeed, sorry about that. I will spell them out in next version.

SW CM is Software Connection manager, essentially
drivers/thunderbolt/tb.c.

ICM is the Firmware Connection manager, essentially what is done in
drivers/thunderbolt/icm.c. I think the I in ICM comes from Internal.