Re: [PATCH] soundwire: fix initializing sysfs for same devices on different buses

[Mukunda,Vijendar]

On 05/10/23 18:08, Mukunda,Vijendar wrote:
> On 05/10/23 17:54, Pierre-Louis Bossart wrote:
>>
>>> I think we keep circling on the differences between "Controller" and
>>> "link" (aka bus). A Controller can have one or more links. A system can
>>> have one or more controllers.
>>>
>>> Intel platforms have one controller and 4 or more links.
>>> QCOM platforms have one or more controllers with one link each.
>>>
>>> I am not sure how this IDA-generated bus_id helps deal with these two
>>> cases, since we can't really make any assumptions on how
>>> controllers/links will be started and probed.
>>>
>>> What we are missing is a hierarchical controller/link definition, IOW a
>>> controller_id should be given to the master by a higher level instead of
>>> using an IDA.
>> Tentative patches to introduce a 'controller_id' that's not an IDA are
>> here: https://github.com/thesofproject/linux/pull/4616
>>
>> Initial results are positive for Intel devices. it *should* work for
>> other devices but I can't test. If folks at Linaro/Qualcomm and AMD can
>> give it a try, that would be much appreciated.
> Will test on AMD platforms and let you know the result.

"soundwire: bus: introduce controller_id " patch  needs to be modified
and controller id should be set to zero for amd platforms as we are
populating multiple links under same controller id.

>
>> Thanks.