thundebolt as such is merely a PCIe extension, where TB devices being PCIe "clients". this could be interesting for connecting external hard drives or displays.
-- Juraj Lutter > On 6 Aug 2016, at 16:56, Robert Mustacchi <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 8/6/16 3:12 , David Preece wrote: >> Before I get too heavily into this: can SmartOS make use of thunderbolt? >> how about thunderbolt networking? > > This isn't something we've looked into much at all. I don't think > there's any support for the thunderbolt controller (I'm under the > impression that it doesn't show up as PCIe in reality). Even if it did, > unfortunately those peripherals likely need new drivers, which I don't > know of anyone working on. > > Robert > ------------------------------------------- smartos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25769125-55cfbc00 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=25769125&id_secret=25769125-7688e9fb Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
