Linux 4.7 To Finally Support The First "Light Ridge" Thunderbolt Controller

May 20, 2016, 07:00 (0 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Michael Larabel)

While "Light Ridge" was the first copper Thunderbolt controller and released back in 2010, only now in 2016 is the first-generation controller seeing mainline Linux support.

Linux support for newer Thunderbolt devices have improved over time, but only for Linux 4.7 i

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