Why do you have to wait for it to be in mainline to cherry pick? It's already in rafael's linux-pm acpica-fixes branch with a CC to stable all applicable.
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/rafael/linux- pm.git/commit/?h=acpica- fixes&id=93d68841a23a5779cef6fb9aa0ef32e7c5bd00da -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1577898 Title: thunderbolt hotplug is broken Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in linux source package in Trusty: Triaged Status in linux source package in Xenial: Triaged Bug description: Thunderbolt hotplug is broken on type-c ports. Redhat already submitted a patch for this that was accepted into upstream ACPICA, but it needs to be backported into Ubuntu's kernel. I've verified that the patch works properly using a type-C USB Ethernet dongle as well as hot-plugging a Dell TB15 dock. http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-acpi/msg65578.html To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1577898/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
