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Message-ID: <2529521.pNZ5jyQYNe@pebbles>
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2017 03:20:19 +0100
From: Stefan Brüns <stefan.bruens@...h-aachen.de>
To: Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>
CC: Bastien Nocera <hadess@...ess.net>,
<platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org>,
<linux-input@...r.kernel.org>,
AceLan Kao <acelan.kao@...onical.com>,
"Andy Shevchenko" <andy@...radead.org>,
<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/5] platform/x86: intel-vbtn: support KEY_ROTATE_LOCK_TOGGLE
On Friday, November 10, 2017 2:54:22 AM CET Darren Hart wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 01:15:09AM +0100, Stefan Brüns wrote:
> > On Friday, November 10, 2017 12:30:46 AM CET Bastien Nocera wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2017-11-09 at 23:44 +0100, Stefan Brüns wrote:
> > > > The Rotate Lock button event is emitted on the XPS 12 (BIOS A8, but
> > > > not
> > > > on BIOS A2).
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Stefan Brüns <stefan.bruens@...h-aachen.de>
> > > > ---
> > > >
> > > > Changes in v2:
> > > > - Emit KEY_ROTATE_LOCK_TOGGLE instead of KEY_ROTATE_DISPLAY
> > > > - Use separate up/down events
> > > >
> > > > drivers/platform/x86/intel-vbtn.c | 2 ++
> > > > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/intel-vbtn.c
> > > > b/drivers/platform/x86/intel-vbtn.c index e3f6375af85c..a484bcc6393b
> > > > 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/platform/x86/intel-vbtn.c
> > > > +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/intel-vbtn.c
> > > > @@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ static const struct key_entry intel_vbtn_keymap[] =
> > > > {
> > > >
> > > > { KE_IGNORE, 0xC5, { KEY_VOLUMEUP } }, /* volume-up key release
*/
> > > > { KE_KEY, 0xC6, { KEY_VOLUMEDOWN } }, /* volume-down key press
*/
> > > > { KE_IGNORE, 0xC7, { KEY_VOLUMEDOWN } }, /* volume-down key
release
> >
> > */
> >
> > > > + { KE_KEY, 0xC8, { KEY_ROTATE_LOCK_TOGGLE } }, /* rotate-lock key
> > > > press */ + { KE_KEY, 0xC9, { KEY_ROTATE_LOCK_TOGGLE } }, /*
> > > > rotate-lock key release */
> > >
> > > How are those events sent? When pressing and releasing the key, do you
> > > receive 0xC8 followed by 0xC9? Or do you receive 0xC8 when pressing and
> > > releasing the first time, and 0xC9 when pressing and releasing a second
> > > time?
> > >
> > > If the former, then it's not going to work. The release is supposed to
> > > be ignored, as you send the event with sparse_keymap_report_event().
> > >
> > > If the latter, and there's an actual state, does it disable a device
> > > on-board, or activate an LED? If so, then it would need to be a switch,
> > > not a key.
> >
> > Do you think I don't test the patches before sending? Let me tell you, it
> > *does* work.
> >
> > You could also read the cover letter, where you find more details, putting
> > the patches in relation to each other.
>
> A point of process. If there is context that is needed to explain the
> patch, it belongs in the patch, not just in the cover letter. The cover
> letter is effectively lost once the patches are merged.
>
> > Just in case its not yet clear:
> > The codes are emitted when pressing a button. It is a button, not a
> > switch.
> > There is no state handled in hardware. On press (as noted by the code
> > comment), event code 0xc8 is emitted. On release, event code 0xc9 is
> > emitted.
> This sounds like the "former" scenario Bastien described, for which I
> understand the use case to be:
>
> User presses and releases the rotate lock button to prevent the
> accelerometer for triggering screen rotation.
>
> User presses and releases the rotate lock button to allow the accelerometer
> to trigger screen rotation.
>
> Is that correct?
>
> If so, why do we need to emit two KEY_ROTATE_LOCK_TOGGLE events each time
> instead of just the press event like the volume buttons?
Volume buttons *should* send separate press/release events, to allow software
autorepeat.
For the rotate lock button, I see no reason *not* to report the actual state
instead of doing an autorelease.
Kind regards,
Stefan
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