Re: [PATCH] Input: elants_i2c - Fix sw reset delays

[dbasehore .]

On Fri, Aug 24, 2018 at 4:07 PM dbasehore . <dbasehore@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On Fri, Aug 24, 2018 at 1:49 AM Andi Shyti <andi@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> Hi Derek,
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>> > > > On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 04:10:13PM -0700, Derek Basehore wrote:
>> > > > > We only need to wait 10ms instead of 30ms before starting fastboot or
>> > > > > sending IAP on the touchscreen. Also, instead of delaying everytime
>> > > > > sw_reset is called, this delays 10ms in the function that starts
>> > > > > fastboot. There's also an explicit 20ms delay before sending IAP when
>> > > > > updating the firmware, so no additional delay is needed there. This
>> > > > > change also has the benefit of not delaying when wakeup is enabled
>> > > > > during suspend. This is because sw_reset is called, yet fastboot
>> > > > > isn't.
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>> > > > > -       /*
>> > > > > -        * We should wait at least 10 msec (but no more than 40) before
>> > > > > -        * sending fastboot or IAP command to the device.
>> > > > > -        */
>> > > > > -       msleep(30);
>> > > > > -
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>> moving from 30 to 0 is a bit alarming... what does the datasheet
>> say?
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> We're moving from 30msec to 10msec. We used to do this in an older kernel.
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>> Sometimes delays are implicit in the system where you are testing
>> the driver, so that without any msleep it might work in your
>> system but it might not on others.
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>> > +             /*
>> > +              * We should wait at least 10 msec (but no more than 40) before
>> > +              * sending IAP command to the device.
>> > +              */
>> >               msleep(20);
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>> I agree though that it's not nice to wait twice here (even though
>> as Dmitry says it doesn't hurt so much). Wouldn't it make more
>> sense to remove this msleep instead?
>> This way...
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> We still need this if the delay is removed from the sw_reset function. We have a total of 20msecs delayed between sw_reset and sending IAP in our old kernel which should be well tested. There seems to be no reason why the delays increased.
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>> > +     /*
>> > +      * We should wait at least 10 msec (but no more than 40) before sending
>> > +      * fastboot command to the device.
>> > +      */
>> > +     usleep_range(10 * 1000, 11 * 1000);
>> > +
>> >       error = elants_i2c_send(client, boot_cmd, sizeof(boot_cmd));
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>> ... you do not need to add an extra sleep here.
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> I added it here since I removed the 30msec sleep in sw_reset. This prevents us from sleeping on resume when the touch controller is already on for wake up capabilities. This is the same delay that we have in our old 3.8 kernel, so it's pretty well tested and shipped in production.
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>> Andi

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