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Message-ID: 
 <CAGwozwF+LfL1AhR3PLJWLzF1iriohWFJRmRkHC6uwgfTnhZFaw@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2025 13:18:44 +0200
From: Antheas Kapenekakis <lkml@...heas.dev>
To: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, linux-input@...r.kernel.org,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>,
	Benjamin Tissoires <bentiss@...nel.org>,
 Corentin Chary <corentin.chary@...il.com>,
	"Luke D . Jones" <luke@...nes.dev>, Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
	Denis Benato <benato.denis96@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 1/7] HID: asus: refactor init sequence per spec

On Wed, 15 Oct 2025 at 12:53, Ilpo Järvinen
<ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 13 Oct 2025, Antheas Kapenekakis wrote:
>
> > Currently, asus_kbd_init() uses a reverse engineered init sequence
> > from Windows, which contains the handshakes from multiple programs.
> > Keep the main one, which is 0x5a (meant for brightness drivers).
> >
> > In addition, perform a get_response and check if the response is the
> > same. To avoid regressions, print an error if the response does not
> > match instead of rejecting device.
>
> I'm none the wiser on "why?" question after reading all this. Please
> describe the change properly. **Besides, you do many thing changes which are
> not mentioned here at all.**

Changes in asus_kbd_register_leds look bigger than they are due to
un-indenting and merging the if/else for non-nkey/nkey.

I will update the text of the new patch to include the changes which
are 1) applying asus_kbd_get_functions to NKEY devices to check for
backlight, 2) removing 0x5d/0x5e initialization from NKEY devices
(0x5d is for armoury crate/0x5e for an aura matrix creator studio
thing), which then means that the if/else blocks are equivalent and
can be merged.

These two changes should not affect functionality, other than reduce
some init commands.

> And what "spec" is the one you mention in the shortlog?
>
> > Then, refactor asus_kbd_get_functions() to use the same ID it is called
> > with, instead of hardcoding it to 0x5a so that it may be used for 0x0d
> > in the future.
>
> Can this be in own patch?

I will spin this into three patches and reword. One for each paragraph
in the current commit body.

Ack on the rest.

> > Signed-off-by: Antheas Kapenekakis <lkml@...heas.dev>
> > ---
> >  drivers/hid/hid-asus.c | 91 ++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
> >  1 file changed, 48 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-asus.c b/drivers/hid/hid-asus.c
> > index a444d41e53b6..d0c783df99bc 100644
> > --- a/drivers/hid/hid-asus.c
> > +++ b/drivers/hid/hid-asus.c
> > @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Asus HID Keyboard and TouchPad");
> >  #define FEATURE_REPORT_ID 0x0d
> >  #define INPUT_REPORT_ID 0x5d
> >  #define FEATURE_KBD_REPORT_ID 0x5a
> > -#define FEATURE_KBD_REPORT_SIZE 16
> > +#define FEATURE_KBD_REPORT_SIZE 64
> >  #define FEATURE_KBD_LED_REPORT_ID1 0x5d
> >  #define FEATURE_KBD_LED_REPORT_ID2 0x5e
> >
> > @@ -393,14 +393,37 @@ static int asus_kbd_set_report(struct hid_device *hdev, const u8 *buf, size_t bu
> >
> >  static int asus_kbd_init(struct hid_device *hdev, u8 report_id)
> >  {
> > -     const u8 buf[] = { report_id, 0x41, 0x53, 0x55, 0x53, 0x20, 0x54,
> > -                  0x65, 0x63, 0x68, 0x2e, 0x49, 0x6e, 0x63, 0x2e, 0x00 };
> > +     /*
> > +      * The handshake is first sent as a set_report, then retrieved
> > +      * from a get_report. They should be equal.
> > +      */
> > +     const u8 buf[] = { report_id, 0x41, 0x53, 0x55, 0x53, 0x20,
> > +             0x54, 0x65, 0x63, 0x68, 0x2e, 0x49, 0x6e, 0x63, 0x2e, 0x00 };
>
> Why was layout of this changed?
>
> > +     u8 *readbuf;
> >       int ret;
> >
> >       ret = asus_kbd_set_report(hdev, buf, sizeof(buf));
> > -     if (ret < 0)
> > -             hid_err(hdev, "Asus failed to send init command: %d\n", ret);
> > +     if (ret < 0) {
> > +             hid_err(hdev, "Asus failed to send handshake: %d\n", ret);
> > +             return ret;
> > +     }
> > +
> > +     readbuf = kzalloc(FEATURE_KBD_REPORT_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
> > +     if (!readbuf)
> > +             return -ENOMEM;
> > +
> > +     ret = hid_hw_raw_request(hdev, report_id, readbuf,
> > +                              FEATURE_KBD_REPORT_SIZE, HID_FEATURE_REPORT,
> > +                              HID_REQ_GET_REPORT);
> > +     if (ret < 0) {
> > +             hid_err(hdev, "Asus failed to receive handshake ack: %d\n", ret);
> > +     } else if (memcmp(readbuf, buf, sizeof(buf)) != 0) {
> > +             hid_warn(hdev, "Asus handshake returned invalid response: %*ph\n",
> > +                     FEATURE_KBD_REPORT_SIZE, readbuf);
> > +             // Do not return error if handshake is wrong to avoid regressions
>
> This driver so far is using only /* */ comments.
>
> > +     }
> >
> > +     kfree(readbuf);
> >       return ret;
> >  }
> >
> > @@ -422,7 +445,7 @@ static int asus_kbd_get_functions(struct hid_device *hdev,
> >       if (!readbuf)
> >               return -ENOMEM;
> >
> > -     ret = hid_hw_raw_request(hdev, FEATURE_KBD_REPORT_ID, readbuf,
> > +     ret = hid_hw_raw_request(hdev, report_id, readbuf,
> >                                FEATURE_KBD_REPORT_SIZE, HID_FEATURE_REPORT,
> >                                HID_REQ_GET_REPORT);
> >       if (ret < 0) {
> > @@ -638,50 +661,32 @@ static int asus_kbd_register_leds(struct hid_device *hdev)
> >       unsigned char kbd_func;
> >       int ret;
> >
> > -     if (drvdata->quirks & QUIRK_ROG_NKEY_KEYBOARD) {
> > -             /* Initialize keyboard */
> > -             ret = asus_kbd_init(hdev, FEATURE_KBD_REPORT_ID);
> > -             if (ret < 0)
> > -                     return ret;
> > -
> > -             /* The LED endpoint is initialised in two HID */
> > -             ret = asus_kbd_init(hdev, FEATURE_KBD_LED_REPORT_ID1);
> > -             if (ret < 0)
> > -                     return ret;
> > -
> > -             ret = asus_kbd_init(hdev, FEATURE_KBD_LED_REPORT_ID2);
> > -             if (ret < 0)
> > -                     return ret;
> > -
> > -             if (dmi_match(DMI_PRODUCT_FAMILY, "ProArt P16")) {
> > -                     ret = asus_kbd_disable_oobe(hdev);
> > -                     if (ret < 0)
> > -                             return ret;
> > -             }
> > -
> > -             if (drvdata->quirks & QUIRK_ROG_ALLY_XPAD) {
> > -                     intf = to_usb_interface(hdev->dev.parent);
> > -                     udev = interface_to_usbdev(intf);
> > -                     validate_mcu_fw_version(hdev,
> > -                             le16_to_cpu(udev->descriptor.idProduct));
> > -             }
> > +     ret = asus_kbd_init(hdev, FEATURE_KBD_REPORT_ID);
> > +     if (ret < 0)
> > +             return ret;
> >
> > -     } else {
> > -             /* Initialize keyboard */
> > -             ret = asus_kbd_init(hdev, FEATURE_KBD_REPORT_ID);
> > -             if (ret < 0)
> > -                     return ret;
> > +     /* Get keyboard functions */
> > +     ret = asus_kbd_get_functions(hdev, &kbd_func, FEATURE_KBD_REPORT_ID);
> > +     if (ret < 0)
> > +             return ret;
> >
> > -             /* Get keyboard functions */
> > -             ret = asus_kbd_get_functions(hdev, &kbd_func, FEATURE_KBD_REPORT_ID);
> > +     if (dmi_match(DMI_PRODUCT_FAMILY, "ProArt P16")) {
> > +             ret = asus_kbd_disable_oobe(hdev);
> >               if (ret < 0)
> >                       return ret;
> > +     }
> >
> > -             /* Check for backlight support */
> > -             if (!(kbd_func & SUPPORT_KBD_BACKLIGHT))
> > -                     return -ENODEV;
> > +     if (drvdata->quirks & QUIRK_ROG_ALLY_XPAD) {
> > +             intf = to_usb_interface(hdev->dev.parent);
> > +             udev = interface_to_usbdev(intf);
> > +             validate_mcu_fw_version(
> > +                     hdev, le16_to_cpu(udev->descriptor.idProduct));
> >       }
> >
> > +     /* Check for backlight support */
> > +     if (!(kbd_func & SUPPORT_KBD_BACKLIGHT))
> > +             return -ENODEV;
> > +
> >       drvdata->kbd_backlight = devm_kzalloc(&hdev->dev,
> >                                             sizeof(struct asus_kbd_leds),
> >                                             GFP_KERNEL);
> >
>
> --
>  i.
>
>


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