TB is just a layer, a medium, just like USB. So unless we have dedicated hardware/software/both to analyse TB throughout we have to resolve to testing devices that use connections built on top of TB. Saying that TB *is* a DP is a oversimplification. It’s true, that 80% of TB usage is displays, next 10% is storage, but the rest might use it in some other manner. Best example are monitors [1] with usb that use the same cable, is it daisy chained? IDK. And there’s a bunch of products that enable users to connect other equipment to their TB-enabled PCs, like powerful GPUs. [2] [3]
TL:DR Saying thunderbolt works require more than display + storage testing run through that port. IMHO. [1] http://www.lg.com/us/commercial/lcd-computer-monitors/lg-27MB85Z-B [2] https://secure1.sonnettech.com/product_info.php?products_id=486 [3] http://www.netstor.com.tw/_03/03_02.php?MTEy On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 11:00 AM, Zygmunt Krynicki <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey. > > So my opinion on thunderbolt is that it is actually pretty good that > we cannot detect it. The last thing we should do is ask the user. At > the end of the day, we'll clone all the tests and replace the word > "display port" with "thunderbolt". > > The only exception is the daisy-chain test which should IMHO follow > our dependency step process where we ask the user to setup a > particular configuration before doing a off-the-mill storage test. > > Thunderbolt is display port. Let's not clone display tests because the > color and shape of the plug is different. Storage tests are different > because we're not testing thunderbolt. We're testing the add-on dongle > that adapts SATA or other storage device to work over PCI-E. This is > just a new shape for a storage controller card. We have tests for > storage. Nothing to see here, move along. > > Thanks > ZK > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~checkbox-dev > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~checkbox-dev > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp -- Have a good one, Maciek -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~checkbox-dev Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~checkbox-dev More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
