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Re: [PATCH v3 19/27] thunderbolt: Add new Thunderbolt PCI IDs

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On Mon, Jun 05, 2017 at 03:55:07PM +0300, Mika Westerberg wrote:
> > Yes, it's useful to have ICM-based Thunderbolt on Macs and personally
> > I'm totally fine with making it the default for Macs which support it.
> > (I can't speak for Andreas, obviously.)
> > 
> > However it would be great to give people the *choice* between ICM versus
> > native mode, for at least two reasons:
> > 
> > (1) Native mode uses free software.  (I assume the ICM firmware remains
> >     closed source.)
> > 
> > (2) Native mode allows more versatility, e.g. how PCI tunnels are set up
> >     to chained devices: PCI fanout or PCI direct routing, see:
> >     https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/HardwareDrivers/Conceptual/ThunderboltDevGuide/Basics/Basics.html
> > 
> >     Apple supports traffic prioritization to enable audio over Thunderbolt
> >     with higher accuracy / minimal skew, I assume their choice to use
> >     native mode was largely motivated by being able to support specialized
> >     applications like that which are difficult or perhaps impossible to
> >     implement in firmware:
> >     http://pdfpiw.uspto.gov/.piw?Docid=09015384
> 
> Right, but do we need to do it now before we have got any feedback from
> users using Macs with Alpine Ridge and ICM? We can always add the module
> parameter later if really needed.

It turns out that this is not too big change after all so I think it can
be included in the ICM patch if you want.

Basically we would have module parameter:

	cm=auto|native|icm

where auto is the default.

Does that work?

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[PATCH v3 00/27] Thunderbolt security levels and NVM firmware upgrade Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com> - 2017-06-02 16:10 +0200
  [PATCH v3 05/27] thunderbolt: Add MSI-X support Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com> - 2017-06-02 16:10 +0200
  [PATCH v3 07/27] thunderbolt: Allow passing NULL to tb_ctl_free() Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com> - 2017-06-02 16:10 +0200
  [PATCH v3 18/27] thunderbolt: Rework control channel to be more reliable Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com> - 2017-06-02 16:10 +0200
  [PATCH v3 27/27] MAINTAINERS: Add maintainers for Thunderbolt driver Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com> - 2017-06-02 16:10 +0200
  [PATCH v3 25/27] thunderbolt: Add support for host and device NVM firmware upgrade Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com> - 2017-06-02 16:10 +0200
  [PATCH v3 01/27] thunderbolt: Use const buffer pointer in write operations Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com> - 2017-06-02 16:10 +0200
  [PATCH v3 22/27] thunderbolt: Add support for DMA configuration based mailbox Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com> - 2017-06-02 16:10 +0200
  [PATCH v3 06/27] thunderbolt: Rework capability handling Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com> - 2017-06-02 16:10 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v3 06/27] thunderbolt: Rework capability handling Lukas Wunner <lukas@wunner.de> - 2017-06-04 16:00 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v3 06/27] thunderbolt: Rework capability handling Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com> - 2017-06-04 17:10 +0200
        Re: [PATCH v3 06/27] thunderbolt: Rework capability handling Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com> - 2017-06-04 17:10 +0200
          Re: [PATCH v3 06/27] thunderbolt: Rework capability handling Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> - 2017-06-04 20:20 +0200
            Re: [PATCH v3 06/27] thunderbolt: Rework capability handling Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com> - 2017-06-05 08:50 +0200
  [PATCH v3 19/27] thunderbolt: Add new Thunderbolt PCI IDs Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com> - 2017-06-02 16:10 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v3 19/27] thunderbolt: Add new Thunderbolt PCI IDs Lukas Wunner <lukas@wunner.de> - 2017-06-05 10:20 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v3 19/27] thunderbolt: Add new Thunderbolt PCI IDs Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com> - 2017-06-05 11:40 +0200
        Re: [PATCH v3 19/27] thunderbolt: Add new Thunderbolt PCI IDs Lukas Wunner <lukas@wunner.de> - 2017-06-05 14:10 +0200
          Re: [PATCH v3 19/27] thunderbolt: Add new Thunderbolt PCI IDs Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com> - 2017-06-05 15:00 +0200
            Re: [PATCH v3 19/27] thunderbolt: Add new Thunderbolt PCI IDs Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com> - 2017-06-05 15:40 +0200
              Re: [PATCH v3 19/27] thunderbolt: Add new Thunderbolt PCI IDs Lukas Wunner <lukas@wunner.de> - 2017-06-05 15:50 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v3 19/27] thunderbolt: Add new Thunderbolt PCI IDs Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com> - 2017-06-05 16:00 +0200
              Re: [PATCH v3 19/27] thunderbolt: Add new Thunderbolt PCI IDs Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> - 2017-06-05 16:30 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v3 19/27] thunderbolt: Add new Thunderbolt PCI IDs Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com> - 2017-06-05 16:50 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v3 19/27] thunderbolt: Add new Thunderbolt PCI IDs Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2017-06-05 17:30 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v3 19/27] thunderbolt: Add new Thunderbolt PCI IDs Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com> - 2017-06-05 17:50 +0200
                RE: [PATCH v3 19/27] thunderbolt: Add new Thunderbolt PCI IDs <Mario.Limonciello@dell.com> - 2017-06-05 18:00 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v3 19/27] thunderbolt: Add new Thunderbolt PCI IDs Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com> - 2017-06-05 19:00 +0200
  [PATCH v3 17/27] thunderbolt: Let the connection manager handle all notifications Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com> - 2017-06-02 16:10 +0200
  [PATCH v3 04/27] thunderbolt: Do not warn about newer DROM versions Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com> - 2017-06-02 16:10 +0200
  [PATCH v3 16/27] thunderbolt: Expose make_header() to other files Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com> - 2017-06-02 16:10 +0200
  [PATCH v3 26/27] thunderbolt: Add documentation how Thunderbolt bus can be used Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com> - 2017-06-02 16:10 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v3 26/27] thunderbolt: Add documentation how Thunderbolt  bus can be used Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2017-06-03 16:20 +0200
  [PATCH v3 10/27] thunderbolt: Fail switch adding operation if reading DROM fails Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com> - 2017-06-02 16:10 +0200
  [PATCH v3 03/27] thunderbolt: Do not try to read UID if DROM offset is read as 0 Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com> - 2017-06-02 16:10 +0200
  [PATCH v3 20/27] thunderbolt: Add support for NHI mailbox Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com> - 2017-06-02 16:10 +0200
  [PATCH v3 08/27] thunderbolt: Introduce thunderbolt bus and connection manager Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com> - 2017-06-02 16:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v3 08/27] thunderbolt: Introduce thunderbolt bus and  connection manager Andreas Noever <andreas.noever@gmail.com> - 2017-06-05 17:20 +0200
  [PATCH v3 02/27] thunderbolt: No need to read UID of the root switch on resume Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com> - 2017-06-02 16:20 +0200
  [PATCH v3 14/27] thunderbolt: Move control channel messages to tb_msgs.h Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com> - 2017-06-02 16:20 +0200
  [PATCH v3 13/27] thunderbolt: Read vendor and device name from DROM Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com> - 2017-06-02 16:20 +0200
  [PATCH v3 11/27] thunderbolt: Do not fail if DROM data CRC32 is invalid Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com> - 2017-06-02 16:20 +0200
  [PATCH v3 09/27] thunderbolt: Convert switch to a device Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com> - 2017-06-02 16:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v3 09/27] thunderbolt: Convert switch to a device Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2017-06-03 16:20 +0200
  [PATCH v3 21/27] thunderbolt: Store Thunderbolt generation in the switch structure Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com> - 2017-06-02 16:20 +0200
  Re: [PATCH v3 00/27] Thunderbolt security levels and NVM firmware  upgrade Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> - 2017-06-02 20:10 +0200
  Re: [PATCH v3 00/27] Thunderbolt security levels and NVM firmware  upgrade Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2017-06-03 16:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v3 00/27] Thunderbolt security levels and NVM firmware  upgrade Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com> - 2017-06-05 09:20 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v3 00/27] Thunderbolt security levels and NVM firmware upgrade Andreas Noever <andreas.noever@gmail.com> - 2017-06-05 19:10 +0200
        Re: [PATCH v3 00/27] Thunderbolt security levels and NVM firmware  upgrade Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com> - 2017-06-05 21:50 +0200
        Re: [PATCH v3 00/27] Thunderbolt security levels and NVM firmware  upgrade Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2017-06-06 08:10 +0200
          Re: [PATCH v3 00/27] Thunderbolt security levels and NVM firmware  upgrade Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com> - 2017-06-06 08:50 +0200

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