Re: [RFC PATCH 17/22] thunderbolt: Add initial support for USB4

[Oliver Neukum]

Am Dienstag, den 01.10.2019, 18:07 +0300 schrieb Mika Westerberg:

Hi,

> OK, but does that break existing .configs? I mean if you have already
> CONFIG_THUNDERBOLT in your .config/defconfig does it now just get
> dropped silently?

People will have to look at this new stuff anyway.

> For example firewire has CONFIG_FIREWIRE even though the "standard" name
> is IEEE 1394. I was thinking maybe we can do the same for
> USB4/Thunderbolt

USB and Thunderbolt used to be distinct protocols. Whereas Firewire
was just a colloquial name for IEEE1394. Please be wordy here.
"Unified support for USB4 and Thunderbolt4"

	Regards
		Oliver