Re: [PATCH v5 00/15] Thunderbolt driver for Apple MacBooks

From: Andreas Noever
Date: Mon Jun 30 2014 - 05:17:39 EST


On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 11:14 PM, Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 03, 2014 at 10:03:57PM +0200, Andreas Noever wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Updated version of the driver. Includes changes by Matthew to make it work on
>> Falcon Ridge hardware (present in the newest Mac(Book)Pro).
>>
>> Changes since v4 (suggested by Matthew):
>> - Changed the PCI quirks to check just for Apple hardware instead of checking
>> against a list of machines. (The PCI id check already restricts this quirk
>> to the relevant Apple machines).
>> - Added Falcon Ridge PCI id to the driver and to the "wait_for_thunderbolt"
>> quirk (the "poweroff_thunderbolt" quirk is no longer necessary for Falcon
>> Ridge devices).
>> - Fixed plug events for Falcon Ridge hardware.
>
> Very nice work, I've now queued this up for 3.17 merge.
>
>> @Matthew: I think that your patch was missing the Falcon Ridge PCI id within
>> the wait_for_thunderbolt quirk (I have added it). If you have time could you
>> verify that suspend/resume works on your MacPro? Thanks!
>>
>> As before Matthew's ACPI changes (latest version: [1]) are required for this to
>> work properly. Without them you need to boot with a coldplugged TB device to
>> prevent the firmware from disabling the controller.
>
> What is the status of these patches making it in for 3.17?
>
Hi Matthew,

any news on these ACPI patches?

thanks,
Andreas
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