Re: [PATCH 0/2] HID: Add support for Surface Aggregator Module HID transport

From: Jiri Kosina
Date: Tue Mar 30 2021 - 03:23:51 EST


On Wed, 10 Mar 2021, Maximilian Luz wrote:

> This series adds support for the Surface System Aggregator Module (SSAM)
> HID transport subsystem.
>
> The SSAM is an embedded controller, found on 5th- and later generation
> Microsoft Surface devices. On some of these devices (specifically
> Surface Laptops 1, 2, and 3, as well as Surface Book 3), built-in input
> devices are connected via the SSAM. These devices communicate (mostly)
> via normal HID reports, so adding support for them is (mostly) just a
> matter of implementing an HID transport driver.
>
> SSAM actually has two different HID interfaces: One (legacy) interface
> used on Surface Laptops 1 and 2, and a newer interface for the rest. The
> newer interface allows for multiple HID devices to be addressed and is
> implemented in the first patch. The older interface only allows a single
> HID device to be connected and, furthermore, only allows a single output
> report, specifically one for the caps lock LED. This is implemented in
> the second patch.
>
> See the commit messages of the respective patches for more details.

Now queued in hid.git#for-5.13/surface-system-aggregator-intergration

Thanks,

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Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs