linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Support tablet mode switch for Dell laptops

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Date:   Fri, 19 Jan 2018 17:01:23 +0100
From:   Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com>
To:     Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mjg59@...f.ucam.org,
        dvhart@...radead.org, andy@...radead.org, bhush94@...il.com,
        platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org,
        Marco Martin <notmart@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Support tablet mode switch for Dell laptops

On Thursday 18 January 2018 16:44:08 Pali Rohár wrote:
> On Thursday 18 January 2018 14:59:50 Marco Martin wrote:
> > -	if (!sparse_keymap_report_event(priv->input_dev, event, 1, true))
> > +	if (event == 0xCC) {
> > +		input_report_switch(priv->input_dev, SW_TABLET_MODE, 1);
> > +		input_sync(priv->input_dev);
> > +	} else if (event == 0xCD) {
> > +		input_report_switch(priv->input_dev, SW_TABLET_MODE, 0);
> > +		input_sync(priv->input_dev);
> > +	} else if (!sparse_keymap_report_event(priv->input_dev, event, 1, true))
> 
> Is not it possible to put 0xCC and 0xCD into sparse keymap table?
> Because IIRC sparse keymap was created just to avoid that big
> if-elseif-elseif-else blocks.

Dmitry, can you comment above part? I think that there should be better
way how to handle above switches and sparse keymap via one input device.

> >  		dev_info(&device->dev, "unknown event index 0x%x\n",
> >  			 event);
> >  }
> 

-- 
Pali Rohár
pali.rohar@...il.com