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Message-ID: <20231105173946.GA31955@wunner.de>
Date:   Sun, 5 Nov 2023 18:39:46 +0100
From:   Lukas Wunner <lukas@...ner.de>
To:     Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@....com>
Cc:     Karol Herbst <kherbst@...hat.com>, Lyude Paul <lyude@...hat.com>,
        Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@....com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 6/9] PCI: Rename is_thunderbolt to is_tunneled

On Fri, Nov 03, 2023 at 02:07:55PM -0500, Mario Limonciello wrote:
> The `is_thunderbolt` bit has been used to indicate that a PCIe device
> contained the Intel VSEC which is used by various parts of the kernel
> to change behavior. To later allow usage with USB4 controllers as well,
> rename this to `is_tunneled`.

This doesn't seem to make sense.  is_thunderbolt indicates that a device
is part of a Thunderbolt controller.  See the code comment:

> -	unsigned int	is_thunderbolt:1;	/* Thunderbolt controller */

A Thunderbolt controller is not necessarily tunneled.  The PCIe switch,
NHI and XHCI of the Thunderbolt host controller are not tunneled at all.

Thanks,

Lukas

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