[PATCH] drm/doc: describe PATH format for DP MST

Simon Ser contact at emersion.fr
Tue Oct 24 09:03:22 UTC 2023


On Tuesday, October 24th, 2023 at 09:36, Pekka Paalanen <ppaalanen at gmail.com> wrote:

> Are DP MST port numbers guaranteed to be tied to the physical hardware
> configuration (e.g. how cables are connected) and therefore stable
> across reboots? What about stable across kernel upgrades?
> 
> If I knew that, I could perhaps manufacture a stable identifier in
> userspace by replacing the parent connector ID with a stable connector
> designator.

Hm, my assumption is that these are stable, but maybe that's also wrong?
Ville, Dmitry, do you know whether the DP MST port numbers are
guaranteed stable across reboots when retaining the exact same hardware
configuration (not the software, maybe the user upgraded the kernel)?


More information about the dri-devel mailing list