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Message-ID: <7fb378d00dd946ddbeba3c45d80f60f2@ausx13mpc120.AMER.DELL.COM>
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2018 20:00:38 +0000
From: <Mario.Limonciello@...l.com>
To: <jeremy@...ine.org>, <notmart@...il.com>
CC: <pali.rohar@...il.com>, <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
<mjg59@...f.ucam.org>, <dvhart@...radead.org>,
<platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org>,
<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: Regression: Dell XPS 13 9360 keyboard no longer works
> -----Original Message-----
> From: platform-driver-x86-owner@...r.kernel.org [mailto:platform-driver-x86-
> owner@...r.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Jeremy Cline
> Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2018 1:45 PM
> To: Limonciello, Mario <Mario_Limonciello@...l.com>; notmart@...il.com
> Cc: pali.rohar@...il.com; andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com;
> mjg59@...f.ucam.org; dvhart@...radead.org; platform-driver-
> x86@...r.kernel.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: Regression: Dell XPS 13 9360 keyboard no longer works
>
> On 02/22/2018 12:05 PM, Mario.Limonciello@...l.com wrote:
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: platform-driver-x86-owner@...r.kernel.org [mailto:platform-driver-x86-
> >> owner@...r.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Jeremy Cline
> >> Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2018 10:42 AM
> >> To: Limonciello, Mario <Mario_Limonciello@...l.com>; notmart@...il.com
> >> Cc: pali.rohar@...il.com; andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com;
> >> mjg59@...f.ucam.org; dvhart@...radead.org; platform-driver-
> >> x86@...r.kernel.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> >> Subject: Re: Regression: Dell XPS 13 9360 keyboard no longer works
> >>
> >> On 02/22/2018 11:17 AM, Mario.Limonciello@...l.com wrote:
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: platform-driver-x86-owner@...r.kernel.org [mailto:platform-driver-
> x86-
> >>>> owner@...r.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Jeremy Cline
> >>>> Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2018 10:17 AM
> >>>> To: Limonciello, Mario <Mario_Limonciello@...l.com>; notmart@...il.com
> >>>> Cc: pali.rohar@...il.com; andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com;
> >>>> mjg59@...f.ucam.org; dvhart@...radead.org; platform-driver-
> >>>> x86@...r.kernel.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> >>>> Subject: Re: Regression: Dell XPS 13 9360 keyboard no longer works
> >>>>
> >>>> On 02/22/2018 11:14 AM, Mario.Limonciello@...l.com wrote:
> >>>>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>>>> From: Jeremy Cline [mailto:jeremy@...ine.org]
> >>>>>> Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2018 9:59 AM
> >>>>>> To: Limonciello, Mario <Mario_Limonciello@...l.com>;
> notmart@...il.com
> >>>>>> Cc: pali.rohar@...il.com; andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com;
> >>>>>> mjg59@...f.ucam.org; dvhart@...radead.org; platform-driver-
> >>>>>> x86@...r.kernel.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> >>>>>> Subject: Re: Regression: Dell XPS 13 9360 keyboard no longer works
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On 02/22/2018 10:21 AM, Mario.Limonciello@...l.com wrote:> I guess
> that
> >>>>>> means we got this wrong and the patch should be reverted
> >>>>>>> until we figure this out.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Jeremy,
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Can you please confirm what BIOS version you are on?
> >>>>>>> Also Is this a 9360 with 7th or 8th gen Intel CPU?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Hi Mario,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I've got BIOS version 2.5.0 with the 7th gen Intel CPU.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Regards,
> >>>>>> Jeremy
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Jeremy,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks. Do you have any of the Dell docks (TB16/WD15)? If so are you
> >> connected
> >>>> to any dock
> >>>>> when reproducing this problem?
> >>>>
> >>>> Mario,
> >>>>
> >>>> I do have a TB16. I can reproduce this whether or not I'm connected to
> >>>> the dock, though.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Regards,
> >>>> Jeremy
> >>>
> >>> Jeremy,
> >>>
> >>> Can you try booting up from a cold boot with it connected to see if it still
> >> happens?
> >>>
> >>
> >> Mario,
> >>
> >> Yup, it still happens from a cold boot when connected to the dock.
> >
> > OK thanks for confirming. Here's what I've concluded:
> >
> > * So looking through the ACPI tables on the 9360 it initializes that status
> > (slate vs laptop mode) bit to "slate" mode. The 9360 isn't a 2-in1- so that
> > seems wrong to me, but that's what it does.
> > It only gets updated based on dock status.
> >
> > The 9365 (which is a 2 in 1) however seems to initialize the status properly.
> >
> > So that's an impasse of what to do.
> > It's not clear to me what is really happening:
> > a) We're missing something else in this driver (eg something else that
> > indicates whether to trust VGBS output)
> >
> > b) Mis-interpreting the results from it (we shouldn't report the switch for
> > tablet mode based on what we do)
> >
> > c) 9360 has a BIOS bug (seems unlikely since Windows doesn't freak out and
> > show virtual keyboard at wrong time)
> >
> > I'm leaning on it's probably <a>.
> > We should check for tablet mode should only be run if chassis type
> > matches 2-in-1 (chassis type 0x1F).
> >
> > I believe that should fix the problem on the 9360, let it continue to work on
> > the 9365 (and other 2-in-1's).
> >
> > Can you guys please test this? If that works I'll split up the routine and submit
> > it.
> >
>
> Hi Mario,
>
> There's one small error in the patch, after I fixed it, it works.
> Thanks!
Thanks, glad to hear. I sent it to the list separately with my cleanups and your
fix for strcmp.
If you can re-test with the cleaned up patch to add a Tested-By, that would
be great.
>
> > diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/intel-vbtn.c b/drivers/platform/x86/intel-vbtn.c
> > index b703d6f..07bc489 100644
> > --- a/drivers/platform/x86/intel-vbtn.c
> > +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/intel-vbtn.c
> > @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
> > */
> >
> > #include <linux/acpi.h>
> > +#include <linux/dmi.h>
> > #include <linux/input.h>
> > #include <linux/input/sparse-keymap.h>
> > #include <linux/kernel.h>
> > @@ -102,6 +103,7 @@ 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;
> > + const char *chassis_type;
> > acpi_status status;
> > int err;
> >
> > @@ -123,22 +125,24 @@ static int intel_vbtn_probe(struct platform_device
> *device)
> > }
> >
> > /*
> > - * VGBS being present and returning something means we have
> > - * a tablet mode switch.
> > + * Running on 2-in-1 chassis, VGBS being present and
> > + * returning something means we have a tablet mode switch.
> > */
> > - status = acpi_evaluate_object(handle, "VGBS", NULL, &vgbs_output);
> > - if (ACPI_SUCCESS(status)) {
> > - union acpi_object *obj = vgbs_output.pointer;
> > + chassis_type = dmi_get_system_info(DMI_CHASSIS_TYPE);
> > + if (chassis_type && strcmp(chassis_type, "31")) {This should be
> "chassis_type && strcmp(chassis_type, "31") == 0" since
> strcmp returns 0 for equality.
>
> > + status = acpi_evaluate_object(handle, "VGBS", NULL, &vgbs_output);
> > + if (ACPI_SUCCESS(status)) {
> > + union acpi_object *obj = vgbs_output.pointer;
> >
> > - if (obj && obj->type == ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER) {
> > - int m = !(obj->integer.value & TABLET_MODE_FLAG);
> > + if (obj && obj->type == ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER) {
> > + int m = !(obj->integer.value & TABLET_MODE_FLAG);
> >
> > - input_report_switch(priv->input_dev, SW_TABLET_MODE, m);
> > + input_report_switch(priv->input_dev, SW_TABLET_MODE, m);
> > + }
> > }
> > + kfree(vgbs_output.pointer);
> > }
> > - kfree(vgbs_output.pointer);
> > -
> > status = acpi_install_notify_handler(handle,
> > ACPI_DEVICE_NOTIFY,
> > notify_handler,
> >
>
> Regards,
> Jeremy
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