Re: [PATCH] Input: synaptics - add PNP IDs for Dell XPS models to forcepad

From: Paul Menzel
Date: Tue Jan 15 2019 - 05:12:32 EST


Dear Benjamin,


Thank you for chiming in.

On 01/15/19 09:57, Benjamin Tissoires wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 7:40 PM Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 12, 2019 at 04:04:36PM -0600, Kim Phillips wrote:
>>> On 1/11/19 7:40 PM, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:

>>>> On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 02:54:30PM -0600, Kim Phillips wrote:
>>>>> This patch is the result of seeing this message:
>>>>>
>>>>> psmouse serio1: synaptics: Your touchpad (PNP: DLL087c PNP0f13) says it can support a different bus. If i2c-hid and hid-rmi are not used, you might want to try setting psmouse.synaptics_intertouch to 1 and report this to linux-input@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>
>>>>> If I set psmouse.synaptics_intertouch=1, or add the PNP ID to
>>>>> smbus_pnp_ids, the touchpad continues to work, and the above message
>>>>> goes away, but we now get:
>>>>>
>>>>> psmouse serio1: synaptics: Trying to set up SMBus access
>>>>> psmouse serio1: synaptics: SMbus companion is not ready yet
>>>>>
>>>>> With this patch applied, i.e., the PNP IDs are added to the forcepad
>>>>> array, the touchpad continues to work and all of the above messages
>>>>> disappear.
>>>>
>>>> Are you sure the touchpad in XPSes is a forcepad (i.e. it does not have
>>>> physical button underneath it)? As far as I know there were only couple
>>>> of HP laptops with forcepads and when switching to RMI mode forcepads
>>>> need F21 handler that we do not currently have in the kernel.
>>>
>>> I see, no, I'm not sure, but assuming you're right, the IDs
>>> should be added to the smbus array instead, after fixing
>>> the SMbus "companion not ready" problem? Pointers for that and
>>> the below interrupts when touchpad idle after resume, welcome.
>>>
>>> Also, the link to get the RMI4 spec in
>>> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/rmi4/rmi_2d_sensor.txt
>>> is broken. Any pointers for that also appreciated.
>>
>> OK, sorting it all out some more:
>>
>> - because we do not have support for F21 necessary for forcepads adding
>> APIC ID to forcepad list actuallty disables SMbus companion mode, that
>> is why you no longer see "companion not ready" messages vs. setting
>> psmouse.synaptics_intertouch=1 module parameter.
>
> Yep
>
>>
>> - this does not really matter as your touchpad ends up being driven by
>> i2c-hid and hid-multitouch drivers, and that is how we wait it to
>> work, as we do not want to deviate from behavior on Windows since OEM
>> tested it (the device and firmware) in tha configuration.
>
> Yep too. The I2C-hid touchpads from Synaptics do not have the SMBus
> wired at all, so we can't enable SMBus for them. Also, the fact that
> the device gets loaded over i2c-hid means that we can't know that it
> is the case from the psmouse/synaptics point of view.
>
>> - we need to figure out issue with interrupts on resume, maybe Benjamin
>> have seen it?
>
> First time I see it.
>
> I just tried on a XPS 9360 and kernel v4.18 (fedora) and nothing was
> a problem.

I just wanted to clarify, that I am only able to reproduce the delay
during the *first* suspend/resume cycle. Subsequent tries are fine.

> I then tried on a XPS 9575 with v4.19, and here, the wacom I2C node is
> also keeping firing the interrupts, but not the touchpad. However,
> here, the interrupts are not stopping when I touch the touchscreen or
> if I approach a pen.
>
> Kim, rmmod-ing i2c-hid and modprobing back it with the parameter
> debug=1 doesn't show any events processed when the interrupts are
> firing. Do you see the same?


Kind regards,

Paul

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