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[Maciej Kisielewski <maciej.kisielewski@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

TB is just a layer, a medium, just like USB. So unless we have
dedicated hardware/software/both to analyse TB throughout we have to
resolve to testing devices that use connections built on top of TB.
Saying that TB *is* a DP is a oversimplification. It’s true, that 80%
of TB usage is displays, next 10% is storage, but  the rest might use
it in some other manner. Best example are monitors [1] with usb that
use the same cable, is it daisy chained? IDK. And there’s a bunch of
products that enable users to connect other equipment to their
TB-enabled PCs, like powerful GPUs. [2] [3]

TL:DR
Saying thunderbolt works require more than display + storage testing
run through that port. IMHO.

[1] http://www.lg.com/us/commercial/lcd-computer-monitors/lg-27MB85Z-B
[2] https://secure1.sonnettech.com/product_info.php?products_id=486
[3] http://www.netstor.com.tw/_03/03_02.php?MTEy

On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 11:00 AM, Zygmunt Krynicki
<zygmunt.krynicki@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hey.
>
> So my opinion on thunderbolt is that it is actually pretty good that
> we cannot detect it. The last thing we should do is ask the user. At
> the end of the day, we'll clone all the tests and replace the word
> "display port" with "thunderbolt".
>
> The only exception is the daisy-chain test which should IMHO follow
> our dependency step process where we ask the user to setup a
> particular configuration before doing a off-the-mill storage test.
>
> Thunderbolt is display port. Let's not clone display tests because the
> color and shape of the plug is different. Storage tests are different
> because we're not testing thunderbolt. We're testing the add-on dongle
> that adapts SATA or other storage device to work over PCI-E. This is
> just a new shape for a storage controller card. We have tests for
> storage. Nothing to see here, move along.
>
> Thanks
> ZK
>
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Have a good one,
Maciek