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Originally Posted by sblair
We can't really go back and change requirements on existing functionality. We can put a "should" statement in there but can not make it a "shall" because there are existing products in the field already.
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For sure true. But this essentially means that since the standard was unclear it could be either way, right?
I would still suggest addressing this issue in a future standard version. One example would be an optional parameter returning a bitmap of allocated IDs (PDLen=32)
Since we are on it I cannot resist throwing another one in: Similar issues arise when detecting subdevices. That could be addressed in a similar manner by returning a bitmap of present subdevices (PDLen=64).