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Message-ID: <CAD6_Bott=hvvAgX3ub+4w90h6r5ByeC8-QraahHQYHB8cUPUMQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2018 12:23:20 +0100
From: Marco Martin <notmart@...il.com>
To: Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>,
Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>,
Andy Shevchenko <andy@...radead.org>,
Bhushan Shah <bhush94@...il.com>,
Platform Driver <platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org>,
Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@...l.com>,
Mario Limonciello <mario_limonciello@...l.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] Support intel-vbtn based tablet mode switch
On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 12:16 PM, Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com> wrote:
> On Friday 26 January 2018 12:09:01 Marco Martin wrote:
>> On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 11:52 AM, Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com> wrote:
>> > On Friday 26 January 2018 10:45:55 Marco Martin wrote:
>> >> On martedì 23 gennaio 2018 16:18:24 CET Marco Martin wrote:
>> >> > Some laptops such as Dell Inspiron 7000 series have the
>> >> > tablet mode switch implemented in Intel ACPI,
>> >> > the events to enter and exit the tablet mode are 0xCC and 0xCD
>> >> >
>> >> > CC: platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org
>> >> > CC: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
>> >> > CC: "Pali Rohár" <pali.rohar@...il.com>
>> >> > CC: Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>
>> >> > CC: Mario Limonciello <mario_limonciello@...l.com>
>> >> > CC: Andy Shevchenko <andy@...radead.org>
>> >> >
>> >> > Signed-off-by: Marco Martin <notmart@...il.com>
>> >> > ---
>> >> > drivers/platform/x86/intel-vbtn.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
>> >> > 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)
>> >> >
>> >> > diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/intel-vbtn.c
>> >> > b/drivers/platform/x86/intel-vbtn.c index 58c5ff3..64b4b34 100644
>> >> > --- a/drivers/platform/x86/intel-vbtn.c
>> >> > +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/intel-vbtn.c
>> >> > @@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
>> >> > #include <linux/suspend.h>
>> >> > #include <acpi/acpi_bus.h>
>> >> >
>> >> > +/* When NOT in tablet mode, VBDS has the flag 0x40 */
>> >> > +#define TABLET_MODE_FLAG 0x40
>> >> > +
>> >> > MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
>> >> > MODULE_AUTHOR("AceLan Kao");
>> >> >
>> >> > @@ -42,6 +45,8 @@ 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_SW, 0xCC, { .sw = { SW_TABLET_MODE, 1 } } }, /* Tablet mode in */
>> >> > + { KE_SW, 0xCD, { .sw = { SW_TABLET_MODE, 0 } } }, /* Tablet mode out */
>> >> > { KE_END },
>> >> > };
>> >> >
>> >> > @@ -88,6 +93,7 @@ static void notify_handler(acpi_handle handle, u32 event,
>> >> > void *context)
>> >> >
>> >> > static int intel_vbtn_probe(struct platform_device *device)
>> >> > {
>> >> > + struct acpi_buffer vgbs_output = { ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER, NULL };
>> >> > acpi_handle handle = ACPI_HANDLE(&device->dev);
>> >> > struct intel_vbtn_priv *priv;
>> >> > acpi_status status;
>> >> > @@ -110,6 +116,21 @@ static int intel_vbtn_probe(struct platform_device
>> >> > *device) return err;
>> >> > }
>> >> >
>> >> > + status = acpi_evaluate_object(handle, "VGBS", NULL, &vgbs_output);
>> >> > + /* VGBS being present and returning something means
>> >> > + * we have a tablet mode switch
>> >> > + */
>> >> > + if (ACPI_SUCCESS(status)) {
>> >> > + union acpi_object *obj = vgbs_output.pointer;
>> >> > +
>> >> > + if (obj && obj->type == ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER) {
>> >> > + input_set_capability(priv->input_dev, EV_SW, SW_TABLET_MODE);
>> >> > + input_report_switch(priv->input_dev,
>> >> > + SW_TABLET_MODE,
>> >> > + !(obj->integer.value & TABLET_MODE_FLAG));
>> >> > + }
>> >> > + }
>> >> > +
>> >> > status = acpi_install_notify_handler(handle,
>> >> > ACPI_DEVICE_NOTIFY,
>> >> > notify_handler,
>> >>
>> >> Is there still something to change in this version of the patch?
>> >
>> > Yes, I already wrote it in thread for older patch version. Calling
>> > input_set_capability() is not needed at all because all capabilities are
>> > already set by sparse_keymap_setup() function.
>>
>> ah, sorry, i somehow missed the answer.
>> Wouldn't this cause a problem tough? it was querying VGBS to add the
>> switch capability just conditionally
>> on models which actually have it, so now being in sparse_keymap, all
>> will have that switch available even if not there.
>> Now, if this is fine (after all that switch would never be triggered
>> on such hardware) i can go forward removing all of that so the patch
>> becomes a neat two-liner.
>
> Looking at other drivers and I see that they send initial status of
> SW_TABLET_MODE at probe time. I do not know if this is correct or not.
> If yes, then you need to call that input_report_switch() as you have.
> If not, then then really just 2 line patch is enough.
>
> But in both cases, call to input_set_capability() is not needed.
ok, done in latest version.
the initial query and set seems indeed to be necessary, otherwise if i do
modprobe of intel-vbtn when in tablet mode, it incorrectly reports 0
as initial state
--
Marco Martin
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