Thunderbolt(TM) user-space components

License

These components are distributed under a BSD-style license. See COPYING for the full license.

Overview

Thunderbolt™ technology is a transformational high-speed, dual protocol I/O that provides unmatched performance with up to 40Gbps bi-directional transfer speeds. It provides flexibility and simplicity by supporting both data (PCIe, USB3.1) and video (DisplayPort) on a single cable connection that can daisy-chain up to six devices.

Features

The user-space components implement device approval support:

1. Easier interaction with the kernel module for approving connected devices.
2. ACL for auto-approving devices white-listed by the user.

tbtacl

tbtacl is intended to be triggered by udev (see the udev rules in tbtacl.rules). It auto-approves devices that are found in ACL.

tbtadm

tbtadm is a user-facing CLI tool. It provides operations for device approval, handling the ACL and more.

Supported OSes

• Ubuntu* 16.04 and 17.04
• Fedora* 26
• Clear Linux*

Kernel/Daemon Compatibility

The user-space components operate in coordination with the upstream Thunderbolt kernel driver (found in v4.13) to provide the Thunderbolt functionalities. These components are NOT compatible with the old out-of-tree Thunderbolt kernel module.

Build instructions

Build dependencies

Build dependencies are:

• CMake
• boost.program_options
• boost.filesystem
• txt2tags (for generating the man page)

You also need a c++ compiler with C++14 support and gzip.

Tested with:

• g++ - v5.4 and v7.1.1
• CMake - v3.5.1 and v3.9.1
• boost - v1.58 and v1.63
• txt2tags - v2.5 and v2.6

For example, on Ubuntu you can install the dependencies with the following command:
apt install cmake libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-program-options-dev txt2tags
On Fedora, use this:
dnf install cmake boost-devel txt2tags

Building

Use the CMakeLists.txt file found in the root directory to build the project. For example (run it in the directory holding the code):

1. mkdir build
2. cd build
3. cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
4. cmake --build .

On step 3, CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX, UDEV_BIN_DIR and UDEV_RULES_DIR variables can be used for changing the default installation location, e.g. to install tbtadm under /usr/bin instead of the default /usr/local/bin run:
cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr

Installation

Installation can be done in one of 2 options:

• From build directory, run cmake --build . --target install.
• From build directory, run cpack -G RPM to create an RPM package or cpack -G DEB to create a DEB package. Then, use your distro package manager to install the resulted package.

Changelog

v0.9.2

• tbtadm: added --once flag for approve-all command
• tbtadm: approve command added
• tbtadm: bash completion support added (GitHub issue #27)
• tbtacl: udev dir config variable default values are taken from pkg-config udev

v0.9.1

• Build definition updated to support configuration, installation and packaging
• Documentation update (GitHub issue #23)
• man page added (GitHub issue #9)

v0.9

• First official release

Eng. drop 2

• tbtadm: more commands added (devices, topology, acl)
• tbtadm: 'remove' accepts route-string, not only UUID
• tbtadm: 'remove-all' prints removed entry count
• tbtadm: future compatibility with xdomain changes
• tbtacl: use sh instead of bash
• tbtacl: improved error reporting (using write.py to get the actual errno)
• tbtadm, tbtacl, tbtacl.rules: improvement and bug fixes in SL2 support

Known Issues

• tbtadm should use a helper + polkit for better permission handling
• error reporting can be improved
• bash completion rules are less strict about completions than what tbtadm actually accepts

Resolved Issues

v0.9.2

• tbtadm: handle empty vendor/device name correctly (GitHub issue #25)

v0.9.1

• Fixes for documentation (GitHub issue #20)
• Build definition updated (GitHub issues #21, #22)
• tbtadm: Compilation warnings (GitHub issue #22)

v0.9

• tbtacl: use C++ instead of Python for write action (GitHub issue #19)

Eng. drop 2

• tbtacl: fixed SL2 handling
• tbtacl: don't assume errno(1) is installed
• tbtacl.rules: correctly handle change with authorized==2 (for SL2)
• tbtadm: correctly handle multi-controller systems
• tbtadm: 'approve-all' - do nothing if SL isn't 1 or 2
• tbtadm: 'approve-all' - add key on SL2
• tbtadm: removing non-existing ACL entry is just a warning, not an error
• tbtadm: File class reports errors more accurately for write() and read()

Information

The source for this code:

• https://github.com/01org/thunderbolt-software-user-space

Mailing list:

• thunderbolt-software@lists.01.org
• Register at: https://lists.01.org/mailman/listinfo/thunderbolt-software
• Archives at: https://lists.01.org/pipermail/thunderbolt-software/

For additional information about Thunderbolt technology visit:

• https://01.org/thunderbolt-sw
• https://thunderbolttechnology.net/