Re: [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..??