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Originally posted by russofris View PostI think you might be misunderstanding the case here. Apple implemented a subset of the spec in firmware (cold plug) and the rest in software (hot plug). Is this really considered deviation? Aren't big bad firmware blobs what we should be against, and this is a case where Apple got it right?
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Originally posted by smitty3268 View PostApple is not known for having extremely spec compliant hardware.
They back whatever they want - sometimes it makes sense to use the standard, sometimes it doesn't. This time it didn't, and that's not exactly a surprise for anyone who follows apple.Last edited by russofris; 12 April 2014, 12:07 AM.
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Originally posted by litfan View PostWhat's "as usual" supposed to mean exactly? Apple's been a huge champion of open standards. Everything from CUPs to USB and HTML5.
They back whatever they want - sometimes it makes sense to use the standard, sometimes it doesn't. This time it didn't, and that's not exactly a surprise for anyone who follows apple.
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Apple controls both Firmware and the Operating System on Macs, so they can put the hot-plugging code where it causes the least pain for them. As long as it "just works" in OS X, almost all of their users won't mind.
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Originally posted by wizard69 View PostIn any event I wonder why other systems would rely upon firmware as has been suggested in this article.
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This is good to hear even though I generally run Linux on non Apple hardware.
In any event I wonder why other systems would rely upon firmware as has been suggested in this article.
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Thunderbolt Driver For Apple MBP Systems Gets Updated
Phoronix: Thunderbolt Driver For Apple MBP Systems Gets Updated
Experimental Linux kernel code for providing a Thunderbolt driver that works on Apple MacBook Pro systems has been updated and is still hopeful for its eventual mainline kernel inclusion...
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