Re: Regression: Dell XPS 13 9360 keyboard no longer works

From: Darren Hart
Date: Thu Feb 22 2018 - 11:19:10 EST


On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 03:21:45PM +0000, Mario.Limonciello@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Marco Martin [mailto:notmart@xxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2018 9:16 AM
> > To: Jeremy Cline <jeremy@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Limonciello, Mario <Mario_Limonciello@xxxxxxxx>; Pali Rohár
> > <pali.rohar@xxxxxxxxx>; Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
> > Matthew Garrett <mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Darren Hart <dvhart@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
> > Platform Driver <platform-driver-x86@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Linux Kernel Mailing List
> > <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: Re: Regression: Dell XPS 13 9360 keyboard no longer works
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 3:08 PM, Jeremy Cline <jeremy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Input driver version is 1.0.1
> > > Input device ID: bus 0x19 vendor 0x0 product 0x0 version 0x0
> > > Input device name: "Intel Virtual Button driver"
> > > Supported events:
> > > Event type 0 (EV_SYN)
> > > Event type 1 (EV_KEY)
> > > Event code 114 (KEY_VOLUMEDOWN)
> > > Event code 115 (KEY_VOLUMEUP)
> > > Event code 116 (KEY_POWER)
> > > Event code 125 (KEY_LEFTMETA)
> > > Event code 240 (KEY_UNKNOWN)
> > > Event code 561 (?)
> > > Event type 4 (EV_MSC)
> > > Event code 4 (MSC_SCAN)
> > > Event type 5 (EV_SW)
> > > Event code 1 (SW_TABLET_MODE) state 1
> > > Properties:
> > > Testing ... (interrupt to exit)
> >
> > Indeed, it's thinking a switch exists and that is on, which is wrong,
> > then i guess VGBS() reports a wrong status..
> > Mario, do you have any ideas about that?
> >
> > --
> > Marco Martin
>
> 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?
>
> I'll see if I can find out anything more relative to this.

Watching closely.

Mario, do you want me to revert immediately, or wait until you've had a couple
rounds of Q&A here?

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Darren Hart
VMware Open Source Technology Center