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Date:   Mon, 21 Jan 2019 12:28:29 +0800
From:   Kai-Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@...onical.com>
To:     廖崇榮 <kt.liao@....com.tw>
Cc:     Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>,
        Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
        "open list:HID CORE LAYER" <linux-input@...r.kernel.org>,
        lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] Input: elantech: Use SMBus based on bus info



> On Jan 18, 2019, at 17:29, 廖崇榮 <kt.liao@....com.tw> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kai Heng Feng [mailto:kai.heng.feng@...onical.com] 
> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2019 12:15 AM
> To: Benjamin Tissoires
> Cc: Dmitry Torokhov; 廖崇榮; open list:HID CORE LAYER; lkml
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] Input: elantech: Use SMBus based on bus info
> 
> 
> 
>> On Jan 17, 2019, at 10:42 PM, Benjamin Tissoires
> <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Kai-Heng,
>> 
>> On Thu, Jan 17, 2019 at 10:30 AM Kai-Heng Feng 
>> <kai.heng.feng@...onical.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> There are some new HP laptops with Elantech touchpad don't support 
>>> multitouch.
>>> 
>>> Both ETP_BUS_SMB_HST_NTFY_ONLY and ETP_BUS_PS2_SMB_HST_NTFY devices 
>>> can use SMBus to support 5 fingers touch, so we need to chech them too.
>>> 
>>> So use elantech_use_host_notify() to do a more thouroughly check.
>>> 
>>> Signed-off-by: Kai-Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@...onical.com>
>>> ---
>>> drivers/input/mouse/elantech.c | 58 
>>> +++++++++++++++++-----------------
>>> 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)
>>> 
>>> diff --git a/drivers/input/mouse/elantech.c 
>>> b/drivers/input/mouse/elantech.c index 9fe075c137dc..5bcf1c147eb1 
>>> 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/input/mouse/elantech.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/input/mouse/elantech.c
>>> @@ -1799,6 +1799,34 @@ static int elantech_create_smbus(struct psmouse
> *psmouse,
>>>                                 leave_breadcrumbs); }
>>> 
>>> +static bool elantech_use_host_notify(struct psmouse *psmouse,
>>> +                                    struct elantech_device_info 
>>> +*info) {
>>> +       if (ETP_NEW_IC_SMBUS_HOST_NOTIFY(info->fw_version))
>>> +               return true;
>>> +
>>> +       switch (info->bus) {
>>> +       case ETP_BUS_PS2_ONLY:
>>> +               /* expected case */
>>> +               break;
>>> +       case ETP_BUS_SMB_ALERT_ONLY:
>>> +               /* fall-through  */
>>> +       case ETP_BUS_PS2_SMB_ALERT:
>>> +               psmouse_dbg(psmouse, "Ignoring SMBus provider through
> alert protocol.\n");
>>> +               break;
>>> +       case ETP_BUS_SMB_HST_NTFY_ONLY:
>>> +               /* fall-through  */
>>> +       case ETP_BUS_PS2_SMB_HST_NTFY:
>>> +               return true;
>>> +       default:
>>> +               psmouse_dbg(psmouse,
>>> +                           "Ignoring SMBus bus provider %d.\n",
>>> +                           info->bus);
>>> +       }
>>> +
>>> +       return false;
>>> +}
>>> +
>>> /**
>>> * elantech_setup_smbus - called once the PS/2 devices are enumerated
>>> * and decides to instantiate a SMBus InterTouch device.
>>> @@ -1818,7 +1846,7 @@ static int elantech_setup_smbus(struct psmouse
> *psmouse,
>>>                * i2c_blacklist_pnp_ids.
>>>                * Old ICs are up to the user to decide.
>>>                */
>>> -               if (!ETP_NEW_IC_SMBUS_HOST_NOTIFY(info->fw_version) ||
>>> +               if (!elantech_use_host_notify(psmouse, info) ||
>> 
>> That was my initial approach of the series, but I ended up being more 
>> conservative as this would flip all of the existing elantech SMBUS 
>> capable touchpads to use elan_i2c.
>> And I didn't want to deal with 4/5 year old laptops that suddenly broke.
>> 
>> So I wonder if you can restrict this default change to the recent 
>> laptops (let's say 2018+). Maybe by looking at their FW version or 
>> something else in the DMI?
> 
> It was KT who told me that I should use ETP_BUS_PS2_SMB_HST_NTFY.
> 
> As for date, KT still knows better than me.
> 
> KT,
> Can you name a year which is safe enough to enable SMBus?
> 
> I have discussed it internally. 
> The internal rule for FW's SMbus implementation is stable after 2018
> If you meet some special case, please let me know.

Thanks for the info. I’ll use this for the V2 patch.

> 
> BTW, The SMbus supporting is requested by HP this time, and there are plenty
> of HP laptop use old IC
> which doesn't meet " ETP_NEW_IC_SMBUS_HOST_NOTIFY”.

One more question, does ETP_BUS_SMB_HST_NTFY_ONLY means
it should stick to SMBus, because it doesn’t support PS/2?

I’d like to merge all checks into elantech_use_host_notify() but
ETP_BUS_SMB_HST_NTFY_ONLY caught my attention.

Kai-Heng

> 
> Elan touchpad works well in PS/2 for HP, because it don't support
> TrackPoint.
> You may let old HP platform work as PS/2 for safety.
> 
> Thanks
> KT
> 
> Kai-Heng
> 
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Benjamin
>> 
>>>                   psmouse_matches_pnp_id(psmouse,
> i2c_blacklist_pnp_ids))
>>>                       return -ENXIO;
>>>       }
>>> @@ -1838,34 +1866,6 @@ static int elantech_setup_smbus(struct psmouse
> *psmouse,
>>>       return 0;
>>> }
>>> 
>>> -static bool elantech_use_host_notify(struct psmouse *psmouse,
>>> -                                    struct elantech_device_info *info)
>>> -{
>>> -       if (ETP_NEW_IC_SMBUS_HOST_NOTIFY(info->fw_version))
>>> -               return true;
>>> -
>>> -       switch (info->bus) {
>>> -       case ETP_BUS_PS2_ONLY:
>>> -               /* expected case */
>>> -               break;
>>> -       case ETP_BUS_SMB_ALERT_ONLY:
>>> -               /* fall-through  */
>>> -       case ETP_BUS_PS2_SMB_ALERT:
>>> -               psmouse_dbg(psmouse, "Ignoring SMBus provider through
> alert protocol.\n");
>>> -               break;
>>> -       case ETP_BUS_SMB_HST_NTFY_ONLY:
>>> -               /* fall-through  */
>>> -       case ETP_BUS_PS2_SMB_HST_NTFY:
>>> -               return true;
>>> -       default:
>>> -               psmouse_dbg(psmouse,
>>> -                           "Ignoring SMBus bus provider %d.\n",
>>> -                           info->bus);
>>> -       }
>>> -
>>> -       return false;
>>> -}
>>> -
>>> int elantech_init_smbus(struct psmouse *psmouse) {
>>>       struct elantech_device_info info;
>>> --
>>> 2.17.1
> 

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