linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Input: synaptics add manual min/max quirk

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Message-ID: <20140328082949.GJ22093@core.coreip.homeip.net>
Date:	Fri, 28 Mar 2014 01:29:50 -0700
From:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
To:	Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>
Cc:	Christopher Heiny <cheiny@...aptics.com>,
	Andrew Duggan <aduggan@...aptics.com>,
	linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@...-t.net>,
	Stephen Chandler Paul <thatslyude@...il.com>,
	Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Input: synaptics add manual min/max quirk

On Fri, Mar 07, 2014 at 10:49:24AM -0500, Benjamin Tissoires wrote:
> The new Lenovo Haswell series (-40's) contains a new Synaptics touchpad.
> However, these new Synaptics devices report bad axis ranges.
> Under Windows, it is not a problem because the Windows driver uses RMI4
> over SMBus to talk to the device. Under Linux, we are using the PS/2
> fallback interface and it occurs the reported ranges are wrong.
> 
> Of course, it would be too easy to have only one range for the whole
> series, each touchpad seems to be calibrated in a different way.
> 
> We can not use SMBus to get the actual range because I suspect the firmware
> will switch into the SMBus mode and stop talking through PS/2 (this is the
> case for hybrid HID over I2C / PS/2 Synaptics touchpads).
> 
> So as a temporary solution (until RMI4 land into upstream), start a new
> list of quirks with the min/max manually set.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>
> CC: stable@...r.kernel.org


Applied, thank you.

> ---
> 
> Hi Dmitry,
> 
> Well, this work is part of a (big) attempt to support the new touchpads
> Lenovo put in its latest series.
> Those new laptops have lost the buttons associated to the trackstick and are
> what we call "clickpad".
> Things would be easy if:
> 1. the PS/2 firmware did not lied about the actual range of the axis
> 2. on some install (mine) the DMI matching in udev would not have been broken
> 3. we did not have to fix a lot of stuff in Xorg / libinput / wayland
> 
> This patch fixes 1.
> 
> Matthew Garrett fixed 2. -> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/3704401/
> 
> 3. is heavily working as shown by this tracker bug: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=73158
> 
> I put the 'stable' marker, feel free to remove it if you don't think it should
> be there, but I really think this should also be backported to have something
> working in current distros.
> 
> Cheers,
> Benjamin
> 
>  drivers/input/mouse/synaptics.c | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 43 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/input/mouse/synaptics.c b/drivers/input/mouse/synaptics.c
> index 26386f9..ff6a4cf 100644
> --- a/drivers/input/mouse/synaptics.c
> +++ b/drivers/input/mouse/synaptics.c
> @@ -67,6 +67,8 @@
>  #define X_MAX_POSITIVE 8176
>  #define Y_MAX_POSITIVE 8176
>  
> +static int *quirk_min_max = NULL;
> +
>  /*****************************************************************************
>   *	Stuff we need even when we do not want native Synaptics support
>   ****************************************************************************/
> @@ -302,6 +304,13 @@ static int synaptics_resolution(struct psmouse *psmouse)
>  		}
>  	}
>  
> +	if (quirk_min_max) {
> +		priv->x_min = quirk_min_max[0];
> +		priv->x_max = quirk_min_max[1];
> +		priv->y_min = quirk_min_max[2];
> +		priv->y_max = quirk_min_max[3];
> +	}
> +
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> @@ -1485,10 +1494,44 @@ static const struct dmi_system_id olpc_dmi_table[] __initconst = {
>  	{ }
>  };
>  
> +static const struct dmi_system_id min_max_dmi_table[] __initconst = {
> +#if defined(CONFIG_DMI)
> +	{
> +		/* Lenovo ThinkPad Helix */
> +		.matches = {
> +			DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "LENOVO"),
> +			DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_VERSION, "ThinkPad Helix"),
> +		},
> +		.driver_data = (int []){1024, 5052, 2258, 4832},
> +	},
> +	{
> +		/* Lenovo ThinkPad T440s */
> +		.matches = {
> +			DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "LENOVO"),
> +			DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_VERSION, "ThinkPad T440"),
> +		},
> +		.driver_data = (int []){1024, 5112, 2024, 4832},
> +	},
> +	{
> +		/* Lenovo ThinkPad T540p */
> +		.matches = {
> +			DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "LENOVO"),
> +			DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_VERSION, "ThinkPad T540"),
> +		},
> +		.driver_data = (int []){1024, 5056, 2058, 4832},
> +	},
> +#endif
> +	{ }
> +};
> +
>  void __init synaptics_module_init(void)
>  {
> +	const struct dmi_system_id *min_max_dmi;
>  	impaired_toshiba_kbc = dmi_check_system(toshiba_dmi_table);
>  	broken_olpc_ec = dmi_check_system(olpc_dmi_table);
> +	min_max_dmi = dmi_first_match(min_max_dmi_table);
> +	if (min_max_dmi)
> +		quirk_min_max = (int *)min_max_dmi->driver_data;
>  }
>  
>  static int __synaptics_init(struct psmouse *psmouse, bool absolute_mode)
> -- 
> 1.8.5.3
> 

-- 
Dmitry
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