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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] Soundwire: Initialize multi_link with fwnode props
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To:     Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com>
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From:   Khalid Masum <khalid.masum.92@gmail.com>
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On 8/15/22 00:46, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 14, 2022 at 11:31 AM Khalid Masum <khalid.masum.92@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> According to the TODO, In sw_bus_master_add, bus->multi_link is to be
>> populated with properties from FW node props. Make this happen by
>> creating a new fwnode_handle flag FWNODE_FLAG_MULTI_LINKED and use
>> the flag to store the multi_link value from intel_link_startup. Use
>> this flag to initialize bus->multi_link.
> 
> ...
> 
>>          /*
>>           * Initialize multi_link flag
>> -        * TODO: populate this flag by reading property from FW node
>>           */
>> -       bus->multi_link = false;
>> +       bus->multi_link = (fwnode->flags & FWNODE_FLAG_MULTI_LINKED)
>> +               == FWNODE_FLAG_MULTI_LINKED;
> 
> NAK (as far as I understood the context of the comment and the change itself).
> 
> These flags are for devlink, we do not mix FW properties with those
> internal flags anyhow. The comment suggests that this should be az
> property. Also commit message doesn't explain the relation to devlink.
> 
That is a good information to know. Thanks.

I shall try to find out if I can somehow get multi_link's value from 
fwnode in any other way and look into devlink in the process.

If you have any suggestions regarding this TODO, please let me know.

Thanks,
   -- Khalid Masum