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? --Andy > > Thanks, > -- Andy Lutomirski AMA Capital Management, LLC
