[elrepo] CentOS/Kernel 3.18/Thunderbolt2

[Alan Bartlett]

On 26 January 2015 at 19:24, Alan Bartlett <ajb at elrepo.org> wrote:
> On 26 January 2015 at 19:14, Israel Brewster <israel at ravnalaska.net> wrote:
>>
>> Awesome, thanks! I'll keep an eye out. Are the releases announced here/elsewhere, or should I just check yum update periodically? Thanks again!
>
> Yes, all releases are announced on this m/l.
>
> For reference (and so you know for what to look out), the
> announcements of the last three package sets built are here [1][2][3]
> in the m/l archive.
>
> Alan.
>
> [1] http://lists.elrepo.org/pipermail/elrepo/2015-January/002505.html
> [2] http://lists.elrepo.org/pipermail/elrepo/2015-January/002506.html
> [3] http://lists.elrepo.org/pipermail/elrepo/2015-January/002507.html

Hmm . . . I've taken a look at the Kconfig file and the section
relevant to the kernel configuration that references "Thunderbolt"
reads as follows --

[quote]
menuconfig THUNDERBOLT
    tristate "Thunderbolt support for Apple devices"
    depends on PCI
    select CRC32
    help
      Cactus Ridge Thunderbolt Controller driver
      This driver is required if you want to hotplug Thunderbolt devices on
      Apple hardware.

      Device chaining is currently not supported.

      To compile this driver a module, choose M here. The module will be
      called thunderbolt.
[/quote]

The references to "Apple devices" and "Apple hardware" makes me think
that is not the correct configuration choice.

I can certainly "turn it on", as a module but I have my doubts as to
whether it will help.

Alan.