> -----Original Message----- > From: Andy Lutomirski [mailto:l...@amacapital.net] > Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 1:47 PM > To: Limonciello, Mario <mario_limoncie...@dell.com> > Cc: Andrew Lutomirski <l...@kernel.org>; Prarit Bhargava > <pra...@redhat.com>; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; Robert Moore > <robert.mo...@intel.com>; Lv Zheng <lv.zh...@intel.com>; Rafael J. > Wysocki <rafael.j.wyso...@intel.com>; Len Brown <l...@kernel.org>; Linux > ACPI <linux-a...@vger.kernel.org>; stable <sta...@vger.kernel.org>; > de...@acpica.org > Subject: Re: [PATCH] ACPI: fix Thunderbolt hotplug > > On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 11:44 AM, <mario_limoncie...@dell.com> wrote: > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Andy Lutomirski [mailto:l...@kernel.org] > >> Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 1:39 PM > >> To: Prarit Bhargava <pra...@redhat.com>; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > >> Cc: Robert Moore <robert.mo...@intel.com>; Lv Zheng > >> <lv.zh...@intel.com>; Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wyso...@intel.com>; > >> Len Brown <l...@kernel.org>; linux-a...@vger.kernel.org; Limonciello, > >> Mario <mario_limoncie...@dell.com>; sta...@vger.kernel.org; > >> de...@acpica.org > >> Subject: Re: [PATCH] ACPI: fix Thunderbolt hotplug > >> > >> On 04/27/2016 05:26 AM, Prarit Bhargava wrote: > >> > Rafael, this patch is in the acpica.git tree as 7a3bd2d ("Dispatcher: > >> > Update thread ID for recursive method calls"). I've had many > >> > positive testing results from hardware vendors and users with this > >> > patch and this resolves many of the problems seen here: > >> > > >> > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=115121 > >> > > >> > This does not fix the problems with the TB docking station. > >> > Although this patch will also be required, the docking station > >> > issues require a FW > >> update. > >> > Updated FW should be coming soon to resolve those problems. > >> > > >> > >> No kidding!?! Will that update be installable from Linux? If so, > >> could you cc me on that? > >> > > > > > > This patch does let the dock hotplug properly after the BIOS fix is applied. > > > > For the dock devices not showing up on the other side of the thunderbolt > bridge: > > It's going to be a system firmware update for both the XPS 9350 and > Precision 5510. It will get distributed to LVFS and can be loaded up with > fwupd/fwupdate. > > I don't yet have an ETA that I can share other than "Next BIOS release" > > > > After the update, set Thunderbolt Security to "No Security" and devices > should be available. > > Great! > > Does this mean that I won't need to boot into Windows and run the little > Intel tool to update the Alpine Ridge firmware? I.e. will the LVFS / EFI > executable do that part? >
Unfortunately that's a separate problem. Working towards a few different solutions on that too, but nothing to share right now.
