linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] Disable touchpad on firmware level while not in use

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Message-ID: <99d486e5-8836-4a83-ad05-8bc42d845cdd@tuxedocomputers.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2025 12:58:40 +0200
From: Werner Sembach <wse@...edocomputers.com>
To: Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>
Cc: Benjamin Tissoires <bentiss@...nel.org>, linux-input@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Disable touchpad on firmware level while not in use


Am 24.04.25 um 11:20 schrieb Jiri Kosina:
> On Tue, 4 Mar 2025, Werner Sembach wrote:
>
>>> Using the new on_hid_hw_open and on_hid_hw_close functions to disable the
>>> touchpad on firmware level while not being in use.
>>>
>>> This safes some battery and triggers touchpad-disabled-leds hardwired to
>>> the touchpads firmware, that exist for example on some TongFang barebones.
>>>
>>> For a lengthy discussion with all the details see
>>> https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libinput/libinput/-/issues/558
>> Any comments if this is a good idea or not?
> Sorry for the delay.
np
>
> To me this looks like generally a good idea; Benjamin, any comments on the
> hid-mt part?
>
> BTW you'd need to adjust the Subject line of the patches to conform to the
> subsystem style (i.e. HID: core: ....)

sorry an oversight when rewriting the commit log from local testing branch to 
upstream ready

will do in v2 after Benjamins reply

Thanks for looking at this,

Werner

>
> Thanks,
>