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Message-Id: <9AFB67C8-12BE-4794-BA82-BF7D1AED22E8@canonical.com>
Date:   Tue, 23 Jul 2019 14:45:51 +0800
From:   Kai-Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@...onical.com>
To:     Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
Cc:     benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com, linux-input@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Your Name <you@...mple.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] Input: elantech: Enable SMBus on new (2018+) systems

Hi Dmitry,

at 16:17, Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com> wrote:

> Hi Kai-Heng,
>
> On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 03:40:55PM +0800, Kai-Heng Feng wrote:
>> There are some new HP laptops with Elantech touchpad don't support
>> multitouch.
>>
>> Currently we use ETP_NEW_IC_SMBUS_HOST_NOTIFY() to check if SMBus is
>> supported, but in addition to firmware version, the bus type also
>> informs us if the IC can support SMBus, so also check that.
>>
>> In case of breaking old ICs, only enables SMBus on systems manufactured
>> after 2018, alongsides aforementioned checks.
>>
>> Lastly, consolidats all check into elantech_use_host_notify() and use it
>> to determine whether to use PS/2 or SMBus.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Kai-Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@...onical.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Your Name <you@...mple.com>
>
> I do not think "Your Name" should be signing DCO here :)

Yes I don’t know how I messed that up...

>
>> +static bool elantech_use_host_notify(struct psmouse *psmouse,
>> +				     struct elantech_device_info *info)
>> +{
>> +	bool host_notify = false;
>> +
>> +	if (ETP_NEW_IC_SMBUS_HOST_NOTIFY(info->fw_version))
>> +		host_notify = true;
>> +	else {
>> +		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:
>> +			/* SMbus implementation is stable since 2018 */
>> +			if (dmi_get_bios_year() >= 2018)
>> +				host_notify = true;
>> +			break;
>> +		default:
>> +			psmouse_dbg(psmouse,
>> +				    "Ignoring SMBus bus provider %d.\n",
>> +				    info->bus);
>> +		}
>> +	}
>
> I think this is way too verbose. How about a bit more condensed form:

The one revised by you is more succinct. Please use yours instead :)

Thanks!

Kai-Heng

>
>
> Input: elantech - enable SMBus on new (2018+) systems
>
> From: Kai-Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@...onical.com>
>
> There are some new HP laptops with Elantech touchpad that don't support
> multitouch.
>
> Currently we use ETP_NEW_IC_SMBUS_HOST_NOTIFY() to check if SMBus is  
> supported,
> but in addition to firmware version, the bus type also informs us whether  
> the IC
> can support SMBus. To avoid breaking old ICs, we will only enable SMbus  
> support
> based the bus type on systems manufactured after 2018.
>
> Lastly, let's consolidate all checks into elantech_use_host_notify() and  
> use it
> to determine whether to use PS/2 or SMBus.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kai-Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@...onical.com>
> Acked-by: Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/input/mouse/elantech.c |   54 +++++++++++++++++++---------------------
>  1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/input/mouse/elantech.c  
> b/drivers/input/mouse/elantech.c
> index 2d8434b7b623..73544776a9ed 100644
> --- a/drivers/input/mouse/elantech.c
> +++ b/drivers/input/mouse/elantech.c
> @@ -1827,6 +1827,30 @@ 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_HST_NTFY_ONLY:
> +	case ETP_BUS_PS2_SMB_HST_NTFY:
> +		/* SMbus implementation is stable since 2018 */
> +		if (dmi_get_bios_year() >= 2018)
> +			return true;
> +	default:
> +		psmouse_dbg(psmouse,
> +			    "Ignoring SMBus bus provider %d\n", info->bus);
> +		break;
> +	}
> +
> +	return false;
> +}
> +
>  /**
>   * elantech_setup_smbus - called once the PS/2 devices are enumerated
>   * and decides to instantiate a SMBus InterTouch device.
> @@ -1846,7 +1870,7 @@ 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) ||
>  		    psmouse_matches_pnp_id(psmouse, i2c_blacklist_pnp_ids))
>  			return -ENXIO;
>  	}
> @@ -1866,34 +1890,6 @@ 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;
>
> Thanks.
>
> -- 
> Dmitry


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