Re: Intel + Thunderbolt Driver

From: Gerard E. Seibert <gerard_seibert_at_outlook.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2022 19:24:43 UTC 
On Tue, 18 Jan 2022 15:52:03 -0800, John-Mark Gurney stated: 

>Gerard E. Seibert wrote this message on Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 14:39
>-0500:
>> I was just wondering if anyone had heard or knows when FreeBSD will
>> be able to support Intel's "Thunderbolt" technology? The lack of a
>> driver that works for FreeBSD has made it impossible for me to
>> update my system beyond version 11.4.
>> 
>> https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FThunderbolt_&amp;data=04%7C01%7C%7C412331bc6f7b454c758008d9daddc2e6%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637781468264809386%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=t%2Fno4cwPjlRrvId%2FvNLSHQiYUnHms9%2BFOksRCjiiwhQ%3D&amp;reserved=0(interface)
>>  
>
>Last bit of info that I know about it the 2020 presentation on it:
>https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpapers.freebsd.org%2F2020%2Fbsdcan%2Flong-thunderbolt_on_freebsd%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7C%7C412331bc6f7b454c758008d9daddc2e6%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637781468264809386%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=oA%2BufdsscSF4eDh%2Fr9I0SXlrYETd44CwuSIQsBbbLBw%3D&amp;reserved=0

FreeBSD's inability to support this technology will come back
to bite them in the ass.

-- 
Gerard