Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] platform/x86: asus-wmi: accept either lid-flip notify code
From: Hans de Goede
Date: Mon Aug 10 2026 - 09:52:02 EST
Hi Robin,
On 5-Aug-26 4:11 PM, Robin Everaars wrote:
> asus-wmi pairs the devid it polls for the tablet switch with the single
> notify code it listens for, and tablet_mode_sw only offers those fixed
> pairings. Some convertibles read the hinge at one lid-flip devid but
> notify with the other, which no value covers.
>
> The ASUS ProArt PX13 (HN7306EAC) is one. ASUS_WMI_DEVID_LID_FLIP is frozen
> at 1 in every pose while ASUS_WMI_DEVID_LID_FLIP_ROG tracks the hinge, yet
> folding notifies with NOTIFY_LID_FLIP rather than NOTIFY_LID_FLIP_ROG. So
> tablet_mode_sw=2 pins the switch on and suspends the internal keyboard for
> good, and tablet_mode_sw=3 reads the right devid but never hears the event.
>
> Accept either lid-flip code once a lid-flip switch is registered. Both are
> the same "lid flip action" event and both already map to KEY_PROG2 in the
> sparse keymap. Machines with a keyboard-dock switch notify with 0x75 and
> are unaffected, and with no switch registered the event code is 0 and the
> old equality test still runs.
>
> Signed-off-by: Robin
> Everaars <robineveraars@xxxxx>
nitpick: Something went wrong with the S-o-b line here
> ---
> drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c
> index dce4d07..8b63fb4 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c
> @@ -820,6 +820,27 @@ static void asus_wmi_tablet_mode_get_state(struct asus_wmi *asus)
> asus_wmi_tablet_sw_report(asus, result);
> }
>
> +/*
> + * Some convertibles report the hinge at one lid-flip devid while their firmware
> + * notifies with the other lid-flip code, a pairing no tablet_mode_sw value
> + * covers. The ASUS ProArt PX13 (HN7306EAC) is one: ASUS_WMI_DEVID_LID_FLIP is
> + * frozen at 1 in every pose while ASUS_WMI_DEVID_LID_FLIP_ROG tracks the hinge,
> + * yet the fold notifies with NOTIFY_LID_FLIP rather than NOTIFY_LID_FLIP_ROG.
> + * Accept either code once a lid-flip switch is registered; both are the same
> + * "lid flip action" event
> and both already map to KEY_PROG2 in the sparse keymap.
> + */
> +static bool asus_wmi_is_tablet_switch_code(struct asus_wmi *asus, int code)
> +{
> + if (code == asus->tablet_switch_event_code)
> + return true;
> +
> + if (asus->tablet_switch_event_code == NOTIFY_LID_FLIP ||
> + asus->tablet_switch_event_code == NOTIFY_LID_FLIP_ROG)
> + return code == NOTIFY_LID_FLIP || code == NOTIFY_LID_FLIP_ROG;
> +
> + return false;
> +}
This seems rather complicated, instead if adding this function please dropall usage of tablet_switch_event_code and ...
> @@ -4675,7 +4696,7 @@ static void asus_wmi_handle_event_code(int code, struct asus_wmi *asus)
> return;
> }
>
> - if (code == asus->tablet_switch_event_code) {
> + if (asus_wmi_is_tablet_switch_code(asus, code)) {
> asus_wmi_tablet_mode_get_state(asus);
> return;
> }
Replace the code check if condition with:
if (code == NOTIFY_KBD_DOCK_CHANGE ||
code == NOTIFY_LID_FLIP ||
code == NOTIFY_LID_FLIP_ROG) {
and update the commit message to match.
Regards,
Hans