Re: [Qemu-discuss] Understanding -audiodev and its id parameter

[Aaron Lauterer]

On 7/23/19 4:19 PM, Maxim Levitsky wrote:
> On Tue, 2019-07-23 at 12:19 +0200, Aaron Lauterer wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am trying to understand the new -audiodev option. In particular its
> > "id" parameter.
> >
> > Is there anything to consider when choosing a name for it? Any other
> > device or option that may reference it?
> >
> > What I mean is that for example when adding a sound device such as
> > "intel-hda" with the -device option the "id" defined for it is used in
> > the "bus" parameter for a connected "hda-duplex" device.
> >
> > Thanks!
> > ---
> > Aaron
> I think that currently it is not used other that like an device ID, since all 
> the hw audio devices, like
> that hda-duplex use the global audiodev, like before the patches that added the 
> audiodev in first place.
>
> However there are patches under review that will allow hw audio devices select 
> which
> audiodev to use, even expose multiple audio devices this way
> (why not to have a hda controller, with two codecs attached? :-)
>
>
> Best regards,
>         Maxim Levitsky

Thanks for confirming my suspicion and for hinting at the patches :)