RE: [PATCH v9 0/8] thunderbolt: Introducing Thunderbolt(TM) Networking

From	<Mario.Limonciello@dell.com>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	RE: [PATCH v9 0/8] thunderbolt: Introducing Thunderbolt(TM) Networking
Date	2016-11-22 18:40 +0100
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> Here are a couple of additional questions:
> 
> - When the network interface is created, there is no IP address
>   assigned (or negotiated ?) on the Linux side. But it is done on the
>   MacOS side. And in the Linux kernel logs I can also read the message:
>   "ready for ThunderboltIP negotiation". Is there something missing or
>   not working on the Linux side ? What is the correct way to configure
>   or negotiate the IP address. For my tests I did it manually...
> 
> - When the Linux machine is started with the Thunderbolt wire already
>   connected to a MacBook Pro, sometimes (but not every time) the
>   network interface is not created. The Thunderbolt wire needs to be
>   replugged.
> 
> FWIW you get my
> 
> Tested-by: Simon Guinot <simon.guinot@sequanux.org>
> 
> Simon

Simon,

Since I also performed testing on the previous patchset, I'll share what I did.

I configured Network Manager to use the TBT interface to share an internet
connection to another box.  This configures a static IP address on the local
Linux side and sets up routing.

Network manager remembers setup this in a configuration database.  
When the interface goes up it will then set up a DHCP server to hand
out an IP address to the other side.

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Re: [PATCH v9 0/8] thunderbolt: Introducing Thunderbolt(TM)  Networking Simon Guinot <simon.guinot@sequanux.org> - 2016-11-15 12:00 +0100
  RE: [PATCH v9 0/8] thunderbolt: Introducing Thunderbolt(TM)  Networking "Levy, Amir (Jer)" <amir.jer.levy@intel.com> - 2016-11-18 09:50 +0100
    Re: [PATCH v9 0/8] thunderbolt: Introducing Thunderbolt(TM)  Networking "gregkh@linuxfoundation.org" <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2016-11-18 11:10 +0100
      RE: [PATCH v9 0/8] thunderbolt: Introducing Thunderbolt(TM)  Networking "Levy, Amir (Jer)" <amir.jer.levy@intel.com> - 2016-11-20 07:40 +0100
        Re: [PATCH v9 0/8] thunderbolt: Introducing Thunderbolt(TM)  Networking "gregkh@linuxfoundation.org" <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2016-11-21 13:30 +0100
    Re: [PATCH v9 0/8] thunderbolt: Introducing Thunderbolt(TM)  Networking Simon Guinot <simon.guinot@sequanux.org> - 2016-11-18 12:30 +0100
      Re: [PATCH v9 0/8] thunderbolt: Introducing Thunderbolt(TM)  Networking Simon Guinot <simon.guinot@sequanux.org> - 2016-11-22 18:30 +0100
        RE: [PATCH v9 0/8] thunderbolt: Introducing Thunderbolt(TM)  Networking <Mario.Limonciello@dell.com> - 2016-11-22 18:40 +0100
        RE: [PATCH v9 0/8] thunderbolt: Introducing Thunderbolt(TM)  Networking "Levy, Amir (Jer)" <amir.jer.levy@intel.com> - 2016-11-24 21:40 +0100

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