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Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2026 09:11:22 +0200
From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Konrad Dybcio <konradybcio@kernel.org>
Cc: Andreas Noever <andreas.noever@gmail.com>,
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	Raghavendra Thoorpu <rthoorpu@qti.qualcomm.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] thunderbolt: Make PCIe NHI support opt-in
Message-ID: <2026091611-backward-monogram-82e7@gregkh>
References: <20260915-topic-tbt_pcie_optional-v1-1-47c4a3d129bd@oss.qualcomm.com>
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In-Reply-To: <20260915-topic-tbt_pcie_optional-v1-1-47c4a3d129bd@oss.qualcomm.com>

On Tue, Sep 15, 2026 at 07:04:10PM +0200, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
> From: Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@oss.qualcomm.com>
> 
> With more implementations coming in, one may desire not to enable
> support for the PCIe-attached NHIs. Allow it to be built as a module
> atop the framework.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@oss.qualcomm.com>

Why would you not want this?  Can hardware not provide this for some
platforms?  I thought it was part of the spec...

thanks,

greg k-h