[PATCH] Input: atmel_mxt_ts: Allow per-board device config

From: Hendrik Noack

Date: Sat Mar 07 2026 - 04:27:43 EST


The device config can be device dependent.

Rewrite the code to be able to get a per-board suffixed device config as
well. If this does not exist, fall back to the standard device config.

Signed-off-by: Hendrik Noack <hendrik-noack@xxxxxx>
---
drivers/input/touchscreen/atmel_mxt_ts.c | 64 ++++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 59 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/input/touchscreen/atmel_mxt_ts.c b/drivers/input/touchscreen/atmel_mxt_ts.c
index dd0544cc1bc1..0d3921482d9f 100644
--- a/drivers/input/touchscreen/atmel_mxt_ts.c
+++ b/drivers/input/touchscreen/atmel_mxt_ts.c
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@

/* Firmware files */
#define MXT_FW_NAME "maxtouch.fw"
-#define MXT_CFG_NAME "maxtouch.cfg"
+#define MXT_CFG_FOLDER "atmel"
+#define MXT_CFG_NAME "maxtouch"
+#define MXT_CFG_EXTENSION ".cfg"
#define MXT_CFG_MAGIC "OBP_RAW V1"

/* Registers */
@@ -2248,6 +2250,60 @@ static void mxt_config_cb(const struct firmware *cfg, void *ctx)
release_firmware(cfg);
}

+static void mxt_board_config_cb(const struct firmware *cfg, void *ctx)
+{
+ if (cfg) {
+ mxt_config_cb(cfg, ctx);
+ } else {
+ struct mxt_data *data = ctx;
+ char *fw_name;
+
+ fw_name = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s%s", MXT_CFG_NAME, MXT_CFG_EXTENSION);
+ if (!fw_name)
+ return;
+
+ request_firmware_nowait(THIS_MODULE, true, fw_name, &data->client->dev, GFP_KERNEL,
+ data, mxt_config_cb);
+ }
+}
+
+static int mxt_invoke_config_loader(struct mxt_data *data)
+{
+ struct device_node *root;
+ char *board_type = NULL;
+ char *fw_name;
+ void (*cb)(const struct firmware *fw, void *context);
+
+ root = of_find_node_by_path("/");
+ if (root) {
+ const char *tmp;
+
+ if (!of_property_read_string_index(root, "compatible", 0, &tmp)) {
+ board_type = kstrdup(tmp, GFP_KERNEL);
+
+ /* get rid of '/' in the compatible string to be able to find the FW */
+ if (board_type)
+ strreplace(board_type, '/', '-');
+ }
+ of_node_put(root);
+ }
+
+ if (board_type) {
+ fw_name = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s/%s.%s%s", MXT_CFG_FOLDER, MXT_CFG_NAME,
+ board_type, MXT_CFG_EXTENSION);
+ cb = mxt_board_config_cb;
+ kfree(board_type);
+ } else {
+ fw_name = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s%s", MXT_CFG_NAME, MXT_CFG_EXTENSION);
+ cb = mxt_config_cb;
+ }
+ if (!fw_name)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ return request_firmware_nowait(THIS_MODULE, true, fw_name, &data->client->dev, GFP_KERNEL,
+ data, cb);
+}
+
static int mxt_initialize(struct mxt_data *data)
{
struct i2c_client *client = data->client;
@@ -2294,11 +2350,9 @@ static int mxt_initialize(struct mxt_data *data)
if (error)
return error;

- error = request_firmware_nowait(THIS_MODULE, true, MXT_CFG_NAME,
- &client->dev, GFP_KERNEL, data,
- mxt_config_cb);
+ error = mxt_invoke_config_loader(data);
if (error) {
- dev_err(&client->dev, "Failed to invoke firmware loader: %d\n",
+ dev_err(&client->dev, "Failed to invoke config loader: %d\n",
error);
return error;
}
--
2.43.0