Re: [Nouveau] [PATCH 3/5] drm/nouveau: Don't register Thunderbolt eGPU with vga_switcheroo

2017-03-04 Thread Lukas Wunner
On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 02:59:44PM -0600, Bjorn Helgaas wrote: > On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 1:19 PM, Lukas Wunner wrote: > > An external Thunderbolt GPU can neither drive the laptop's panel nor be > > powered off by the platform, so there's no point in registering it with > > vga_switcheroo. > > > I

Re: [Nouveau] [PATCH 3/5] drm/nouveau: Don't register Thunderbolt eGPU with vga_switcheroo

2017-02-24 Thread Bjorn Helgaas
On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 1:19 PM, Lukas Wunner wrote: > An external Thunderbolt GPU can neither drive the laptop's panel nor be > powered off by the platform, so there's no point in registering it with > vga_switcheroo. > In fact, when the external GPU is runtime suspended, > vga_switcheroo will c

[Nouveau] [PATCH 3/5] drm/nouveau: Don't register Thunderbolt eGPU with vga_switcheroo

2017-02-24 Thread Lukas Wunner
An external Thunderbolt GPU can neither drive the laptop's panel nor be powered off by the platform, so there's no point in registering it with vga_switcheroo. In fact, when the external GPU is runtime suspended, vga_switcheroo will cut power to the internal discrete GPU, resulting in a lockup. C