linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Input: trackpoint - Optimize trackpoint init to use power-on reset

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Message-ID: <20130328053218.GB2812@core.coreip.homeip.net>
Date:	Wed, 27 Mar 2013 22:32:18 -0700
From:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
To:	Shawn Nematbakhsh <shawnn@...omium.org>
Cc:	JJ Ding <dgdunix@...il.com>, linux-input@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Chung-yih Wang <cywang@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Input: trackpoint - Optimize trackpoint init to use
 power-on reset

Hi Shawn,

On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 12:36:41PM -0700, Shawn Nematbakhsh wrote:
> The trackpoint driver sets various parameter default values, all of
> which happen to be power-on defaults (Source: IBM TrackPoint Engineering
> Specification, Version 4.0. Also confirmed by empirical data).
> 
> By sending the power-on reset command to reset all parameters to
> power-on state, we can skip the lengthy process of programming all
> parameters. In testing, ~2.5 secs of time writing parameters was reduced
> to .35 seconds waiting for power-on reset to complete.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shawn Nematbakhsh <shawnn@...omium.org>
> ---
>  drivers/input/mouse/trackpoint.c | 223 +++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
>  drivers/input/mouse/trackpoint.h |   7 +-
>  2 files changed, 149 insertions(+), 81 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/input/mouse/trackpoint.c b/drivers/input/mouse/trackpoint.c
> index f310249..17e9b36 100644
> --- a/drivers/input/mouse/trackpoint.c
> +++ b/drivers/input/mouse/trackpoint.c
> @@ -20,6 +20,26 @@
>  #include "trackpoint.h"
>  
>  /*
> + * Power-on Reset: Resets all trackpoint parameters, including RAM values,
> + * to defaults.
> + * Returns zero on success, non-zero on failure.
> + */
> +static int trackpoint_power_on_reset(struct ps2dev *ps2dev)
> +{
> +	unsigned char results[2];
> +
> +	if (ps2_command(ps2dev, NULL, MAKE_PS2_CMD(0, 0, TP_COMMAND)) ||
> +	    ps2_command(ps2dev, results, MAKE_PS2_CMD(0, 2, TP_POR))) {
> +		return -1;
> +	}
> +
> +	/* POR response should be 0xAA00 or 0xFC00 */
> +	if ((results[0] != 0xAA && results[0] != 0xFC) || results[1] != 0x00)
> +		return -1;

I am a bit concerned about this. 0xfc00 indicates POR failure. In this
case shouldn't we try to reset the device, issue another POR and bail if
it fails again?

>  
>  static struct attribute *trackpoint_attrs[] = {
>  	&psmouse_attr_sensitivity.dattr.attr,
> @@ -179,6 +241,9 @@ static struct attribute *trackpoint_attrs[] = {
>  	&psmouse_attr_press_to_select.dattr.attr,
>  	&psmouse_attr_skipback.dattr.attr,
>  	&psmouse_attr_ext_dev.dattr.attr,
> +	&psmouse_attr_twohand.dattr.attr,
> +	&psmouse_attr_source_tag.dattr.attr,
> +	&psmouse_attr_mb.dattr.attr,

What is the benefit of adding these 3 new attributes?

Thanks.

-- 
Dmitry
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