linux-kernel - Re: Unknown ALPS touchpad

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Date:   Tue, 21 Feb 2017 08:05:35 -0300
From:   Marcos Paulo de Souza <marcos.souza.org@...il.com>
To:     Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com>
Cc:     Masaki Ota <masaki.ota@...alps.com>,
        John Preston <wcerfgba@...eup.net>,
        Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
        "linux-input@...r.kernel.org" <linux-input@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Unknown ALPS touchpad

On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 09:34:39AM +0100, Pali Rohár wrote:
> On Tuesday 21 February 2017 03:10:06 Masaki Ota wrote:
> > Hi, Pali,
> > 
> > I know these devices, and they are supported in new kernel.
> > I'm not sure when they are supported from.
> > In alps.c has below code.
> > 
> > static int alps_identify(struct psmouse *psmouse, struct alps_data *priv)
> > {...
> > ...
> > 		if (e7[0] == 0x73 && e7[1] == 0x03 && e7[2] == 0x50 &&
> > 			   ec[0] == 0x73 && (ec[1] == 0x01 || ec[1] == 0x02)) {
> > 			protocol = &alps_v5_protocol_data;
> > 		} else if (ec[0] == 0x88 &&
> > 			   ((ec[1] & 0xf0) == 0xb0 || (ec[1] & 0xf0) == 0xc0)) {
> > 			protocol = &alps_v7_protocol_data;}
> > }
> 
> Ou, sorry I have missed this checks for ec[0] == 0x88.
> 
> Marcos, so conclusion is that all those ALPS devices are already
> supported by last mainline kernel. So you can close those bug reports.
> If you need with git blame you can identify commit in which was support
> added and then you can find in which kernel version was particular
> commit first time.

Thanks Pali and Masaki, I closed all mentioned commits, pointing the
right kernel version that supports such devices.

> 
> > 
> > E7=73 03 50, EC=73 02 02 <- alps_v5_protocol_data
> > E7=73 03 0a, EC=88 b3 22 <- alps_v7_protocol_data
> > E7=73 03 0a, EC=88 b3 18 <- alps_v7_protocol_data
> > 
> > Best Regards,
> > Masaki Ota
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Pali Rohár [mailto:pali.rohar@...il.com] 
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2017 12:51 AM
> > To: Marcos Paulo de Souza <marcos.souza.org@...il.com>; 太田 真喜 Masaki Ota <masaki.ota@...alps.com>
> > Cc: John Preston <wcerfgba@...eup.net>; Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>; linux-input@...r.kernel.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> > Subject: Unknown ALPS touchpad
> > 
> > Adding Masaki into discussion.
> > 
> > On Sunday 19 February 2017 20:01:07 Marcos Paulo de Souza wrote:
> > > There are other open bugs mentioning the same problem, with similar ALPS devices:
> > > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57841
> > 
> > Unknown ALPS touchpad: E7=73 03 50, EC=73 02 02
> > 
> > > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43931
> > 
> > Unknown ALPS touchpad: E7=73 00 14, EC=10 00 64
> > 
> > Should be supported since commit 95f75e91 which was introduced in Linux version v3.13-rc4.
> > 
> > > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=80181
> > 
> > Unknown ALPS touchpad: E7=73 03 0a, EC=88 b3 22
> > 
> > > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=67941
> > 
> > Unknown ALPS touchpad: E7=73 03 0a, EC=88 b3 18
> > 
> > > This one without even a dmesg output:
> > > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=84081
> > 
> > Sorry, this one does not contain any useful information.
> > 
> > > Maybe they are related, or  also need some touch to let them being discovered as proper devices?
> > 
> > Masaki, can you look at those unknown ALPS touchpad identifiers and provide some information about protocol which they are using?
> > 
> > Basically touchpads with these identifiers are unsupported by last kernel version:
> > 
> > E7=73 03 50, EC=73 02 02
> > E7=73 03 0a, EC=88 b3 22
> > E7=73 03 0a, EC=88 b3 18
> > 
> > --
> > Pali Rohár
> > pali.rohar@...il.com
> 
> -- 
> Pali Rohár
> pali.rohar@...il.com