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From: <Mario.Limonciello@dell.com>
To: <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com>, <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: <linux-usb@vger.kernel.org>, <andreas.noever@gmail.com>,
	<michael.jamet@intel.com>, <YehezkelShB@gmail.com>,
	<rajmohan.mani@intel.com>,
	<nicholas.johnson-opensource@outlook.com.au>, <lukas@wunner.de>,
	<stern@rowland.harvard.edu>, <anthony.wong@canonical.com>,
	<linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [RFC PATCH 01/22] thunderbolt: Introduce tb_switch_is_icm()
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2019 13:36:49 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <bc3be927d5fd41efa6e0828f78a41d7a@AUSX13MPC105.AMER.DELL.COM> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20191001124638.GL2714@lahna.fi.intel.com>

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 1, 2019 7:47 AM
> To: Greg Kroah-Hartman
> Cc: linux-usb@vger.kernel.org; Andreas Noever; Michael Jamet; Yehezkel Bernat;
> Rajmohan Mani; Nicholas Johnson; Lukas Wunner; Alan Stern; Limonciello, Mario;
> Anthony Wong; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 01/22] thunderbolt: Introduce tb_switch_is_icm()
> 
> 
> [EXTERNAL EMAIL]
> 
> 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.

In some of the documentation I've seen non-internal connection manager referred to
as ECM, which I guess is an external connection manager?  To be consistent with various
documentations maybe that would be better than "SW CM".

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


  reply	other threads:[~2019-10-01 13:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 95+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-10-01 11:38 [RFC PATCH 00/22] thunderbolt: Add support for USB4 Mika Westerberg
2019-10-01 11:38 ` [RFC PATCH 01/22] thunderbolt: Introduce tb_switch_is_icm() Mika Westerberg
2019-10-01 12:10   ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2019-10-01 12:46     ` Mika Westerberg
2019-10-01 13:36       ` Mario.Limonciello [this message]
2019-10-01 13:48         ` Mika Westerberg
2019-10-01 13:50           ` Mario.Limonciello
2019-10-01 13:52             ` Mika Westerberg
2019-10-01 11:38 ` [RFC PATCH 02/22] thunderbolt: Log switch route string on config read/write timeout Mika Westerberg
2019-10-01 11:38 ` [RFC PATCH 03/22] thunderbolt: Log warning if adding switch fails Mika Westerberg
2019-10-01 12:18   ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2019-10-01 12:48     ` Mika Westerberg
2019-10-01 11:38 ` [RFC PATCH 04/22] thunderbolt: Make tb_sw_write() take const parameter Mika Westerberg
2019-10-01 11:38 ` [RFC PATCH 05/22] thunderbolt: Add helper macros to iterate over switch ports Mika Westerberg
2019-10-02 14:17   ` Oliver Neukum
2019-10-02 14:28     ` Mika Westerberg
2019-10-06 12:15       ` Lukas Wunner
2019-10-01 11:38 ` [RFC PATCH 06/22] thunderbolt: Add support for lane bonding Mika Westerberg
2019-10-01 12:38   ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2019-10-01 12:53     ` Mika Westerberg
2019-10-02 14:21       ` Oliver Neukum
2019-10-02 14:30         ` Mika Westerberg
2019-10-03  8:25           ` Oliver Neukum
2019-10-03  8:53             ` Mika Westerberg
2019-10-01 11:38 ` [RFC PATCH 07/22] thunderbolt: Add default linking between ports if not provided by DROM Mika Westerberg
2019-10-01 12:39   ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2019-10-01 13:14     ` Mika Westerberg
2019-10-01 11:38 ` [RFC PATCH 08/22] thunderbolt: Add downstream PCIe port mappings for Alpine and Titan Ridge Mika Westerberg
2019-10-01 12:40   ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2019-10-01 13:27     ` Mika Westerberg
2019-10-01 11:38 ` [RFC PATCH 09/22] thunderbolt: Convert basic adapter register names to follow the USB4 spec Mika Westerberg
2019-10-01 12:41   ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2019-10-01 13:28     ` Mika Westerberg
2019-10-01 11:38 ` [RFC PATCH 10/22] thunderbolt: Convert PCIe adapter register names to use USB4 names Mika Westerberg
2019-10-01 12:42   ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2019-10-01 11:38 ` [RFC PATCH 11/22] thunderbolt: Convert DP adapter register names to follow the USB4 spec Mika Westerberg
2019-10-01 12:42   ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2019-10-01 11:38 ` [RFC PATCH 12/22] thunderbolt: Add Display Port CM handshake for Titan Ridge devices Mika Westerberg
2019-10-01 12:44   ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2019-10-01 13:30     ` Mika Westerberg
2019-10-01 11:38 ` [RFC PATCH 13/22] thunderbolt: Add Display Port adapter pairing and resource management Mika Westerberg
2019-10-01 11:38 ` [RFC PATCH 14/22] thunderbolt: Add bandwidth management for Display Port tunnels Mika Westerberg
2019-10-01 11:38 ` [RFC PATCH 15/22] thunderbolt: Make tb_find_port() available to other files Mika Westerberg
2019-10-01 11:38 ` [RFC PATCH 16/22] thunderbolt: Call tb_eeprom_get_drom_offset() from tb_eeprom_read_n() Mika Westerberg
2019-10-01 11:38 ` [RFC PATCH 17/22] thunderbolt: Add initial support for USB4 Mika Westerberg
2019-10-01 12:47   ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2019-10-01 13:09     ` Mika Westerberg
2019-10-01 14:53       ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2019-10-01 14:59         ` Mario.Limonciello
2019-10-01 15:13           ` Mika Westerberg
2019-10-01 15:22           ` Greg KH
2019-10-01 15:32             ` Mika Westerberg
2019-10-01 15:07         ` Mika Westerberg
2019-10-01 15:19           ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2019-10-01 15:26             ` Mika Westerberg
2019-10-01 16:27           ` Oliver Neukum
2019-10-02  8:30             ` Mika Westerberg
2019-10-02  8:39               ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2019-10-02  8:49                 ` Mika Westerberg
2019-10-01 17:05   ` Mario.Limonciello
2019-10-01 18:14     ` Mario.Limonciello
2019-10-02  8:39       ` Mika Westerberg
2019-10-02 15:09         ` Mario.Limonciello
2019-10-02 15:36           ` Yehezkel Bernat
2019-10-02 16:00             ` Mario.Limonciello
2019-10-03  8:00               ` Mika Westerberg
2019-10-03 14:41                 ` Mario.Limonciello
2019-10-04  7:54                   ` Mika Westerberg
2019-10-04  8:07                     ` Yehezkel Bernat
2019-10-04  8:19                       ` Mika Westerberg
2019-10-04 11:19                         ` Yehezkel Bernat
2019-10-04 14:05                           ` Mario.Limonciello
2019-10-04 14:19                             ` Mario.Limonciello
2019-10-04 14:21                             ` Mika Westerberg
     [not found]                               ` <1570201357.2.0@kellner.me>
2019-10-04 15:16                                 ` Mika Westerberg
2019-10-04 15:22                                   ` Christian Kellner
2019-10-02  8:34     ` Mika Westerberg
2019-10-02 15:04       ` Mario.Limonciello
2019-10-01 11:38 ` [RFC PATCH 18/22] thunderbolt: Make tb_switch_find_cap() available to other files Mika Westerberg
2019-10-01 11:38 ` [RFC PATCH 19/22] thunderbolt: Add support for Time Management Unit Mika Westerberg
2019-10-02 16:52   ` Mani, Rajmohan
2019-10-03  8:01     ` Mika Westerberg
2019-10-01 11:38 ` [RFC PATCH 20/22] thunderbolt: Add support for USB tunnels Mika Westerberg
2019-10-03  8:42   ` Oliver Neukum
2019-10-03  8:52     ` Mika Westerberg
2019-10-01 11:38 ` [RFC PATCH 21/22] thunderbolt: Update documentation with the USB4 information Mika Westerberg
2019-10-01 14:17   ` Mario.Limonciello
2019-10-01 14:21     ` Mika Westerberg
2019-10-01 11:38 ` [RFC PATCH 22/22] thunderbolt: Do not start firmware unless asked by the user Mika Westerberg
2019-10-01 14:43   ` Mario.Limonciello
2019-10-01 14:58     ` Mika Westerberg
2019-10-01 16:53       ` Mario.Limonciello
2019-10-02  8:48         ` Mika Westerberg
2019-10-01 12:49 ` [RFC PATCH 00/22] thunderbolt: Add support for USB4 Greg Kroah-Hartman
2019-10-01 13:42   ` Mika Westerberg

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