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From: Vinod Koul <vkoul@kernel.org>
To: Bard Liao <yung-chuan.liao@linux.intel.com>
Cc: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	bard.liao@intel.com, pierre-louis.bossart@linux.intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] soundwire: allocate device_number with IDA
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2022 22:30:23 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YwUHp3ivSktx6/Lo@matsya> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220823045004.2670658-1-yung-chuan.liao@linux.intel.com>

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

  parent reply	other threads:[~2022-08-23 17:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-08-23  4:50 [PATCH 0/3] soundwire: allocate device_number with IDA Bard Liao
2022-08-23  4:50 ` [PATCH 1/3] soundwire: bus: rename sdw_ida as sdw_bus_ida Bard Liao
2022-08-23  4:50 ` [PATCH 2/3] soundwire: bus: allow device number to be unique at system level Bard Liao
2022-08-23  4:50 ` [PATCH 3/3] soundwire: intel: set dev_num_ida_min Bard Liao
2022-08-23 17:00 ` Vinod Koul [this message]
2022-08-24  7:42   ` [PATCH 0/3] soundwire: allocate device_number with IDA Pierre-Louis Bossart
2022-08-30  4:46 ` Vinod Koul
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2022-07-13 14:25 Bard Liao

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