Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 23 Aug 2022 22:30:23 +0530 | From | Vinod Koul <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/3] soundwire: allocate device_number with IDA |
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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..??
-- ~Vinod
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