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SubjectRe: [PATCH 0/3] soundwire: allocate device_number with IDA
On 23-08-22, 12:50, Bard Liao wrote:
> The device_number is currently allocated in the scope of each bus and does
> not need to be unique at the system level.
> This leads e.g. on Dell devices with three or four Device1 on different
> bus segments.

And how is that an issue that should be fixed?

> To make the device_number unique at the system level, and

Why should we do that...
> unified with the HDaudio/iDISP SDI values, this series allocates the
> dev_number with an IDA restricted between 4 and 11 (inclusive).

Does this not place an artificial restriction that a system can have
only 12 devices if we have unique device

Perhaps a better way would be to use dus:dev combination while dealing
with a device always..??

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~Vinod

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