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ThunderboltIP is a protocol created by Apple to tunnel IP/ethernet
traffic over a Thunderbolt cable. The protocol consists of configuration
phase where each side sends ThunderboltIP login packets (the protocol is
determined by UUID in the XDomain packet header) over the configuration
channel. Once both sides get positive acknowledgment to their login
packet, they configure high-speed DMA path accordingly. This DMA path is
then used to transmit and receive networking traffic.

This patch creates a virtual ethernet interface the host software can
use in the same way as any other networking interface. Once the
interface is brought up successfully network packets get tunneled over
the Thunderbolt cable to the remote host and back.

The connection is terminated by sending a ThunderboltIP logout packet
over the configuration channel. We do this when the network interface is
brought down by user or the driver is unloaded.

Signed-off-by: Amir Levy <amir.jer.levy@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Jamet <michael.jamet@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Yehezkel Bernat <yehezkel.bernat@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Amir Levy 2017-10-02 13:38:45 +03:00 committed by David S. Miller
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Documentation/admin-guide/thunderbolt.rst
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@ -197,3 +197,27 @@ information is missing.
To recover from this mode, one needs to flash a valid NVM image to the
host host controller in the same way it is done in the previous chapter.
Networking over Thunderbolt cable
---------------------------------
Thunderbolt technology allows software communication across two hosts
connected by a Thunderbolt cable.
It is possible to tunnel any kind of traffic over Thunderbolt link but
currently we only support Apple ThunderboltIP protocol.
If the other host is running Windows or macOS only thing you need to
do is to connect Thunderbolt cable between the two hosts, the
``thunderbolt-net`` is loaded automatically. If the other host is also
Linux you should load ``thunderbolt-net`` manually on one host (it does
not matter which one)::
# modprobe thunderbolt-net
This triggers module load on the other host automatically. If the driver
is built-in to the kernel image, there is no need to do anything.
The driver will create one virtual ethernet interface per Thunderbolt
port which are named like ``thunderbolt0`` and so on. From this point
you can either use standard userspace tools like ``ifconfig`` to
configure the interface or let your GUI to handle it automatically.

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drivers/net/Kconfig
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@ -483,6 +483,18 @@ config FUJITSU_ES
This driver provides support for Extended Socket network device
on Extended Partitioning of FUJITSU PRIMEQUEST 2000 E2 series.
config THUNDERBOLT_NET
tristate "Networking over Thunderbolt cable"
depends on THUNDERBOLT && INET
help
Select this if you want to create network between two
computers over a Thunderbolt cable. The driver supports Apple
ThunderboltIP protocol and allows communication with any host
supporting the same protocol including Windows and macOS.
To compile this driver a module, choose M here. The module will be
called thunderbolt-net.
source "drivers/net/hyperv/Kconfig"
endif # NETDEVICES

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@ -74,3 +74,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_HYPERV_NET) += hyperv/
obj-$(CONFIG_NTB_NETDEV) += ntb_netdev.o
obj-$(CONFIG_FUJITSU_ES) += fjes/
thunderbolt-net-y += thunderbolt.o
obj-$(CONFIG_THUNDERBOLT_NET) += thunderbolt-net.o

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