Re: [RESEND PATCH 1/2] Input: mt6779-keypad - fix hardware code mapping

From: Mattijs Korpershoek
Date: Tue Jun 14 2022 - 05:14:10 EST

On sam., mai 28, 2022 at 22:23, Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Tue, May 24, 2022 at 09:21:28PM +0200, Mattijs Korpershoek wrote:
>> On dim., mai 22, 2022 at 22:42, Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> > On Mon, May 16, 2022 at 01:06:43PM +0200, AngeloGioacchino Del Regno wrote:
>> >> Il 16/05/22 09:30, Mattijs Korpershoek ha scritto:
>> >> > Hi Dmitry,
>> >> >
>> >> > Thank you for your review,
>> >> >
>> >> > On dim., mai 15, 2022 at 22:23, Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > > On Fri, May 13, 2022 at 05:18:44PM +0200, Mattijs Korpershoek wrote:
>> >> > > > In mt6779_keypad_irq_handler(), we
>> >> > > > 1. Read a hardware code from KPD_MEM1 -> KPD_MEM5
>> >> > > > 2. Use that hardware code to compute columns/rows for the standard
>> >> > > > keyboard matrix.
>> >> > > >
>> >> > > > According to the (non-public) datasheet, the
>> >> > > > map between the hardware code and the cols/rows is:
>> >> > > >
>> >> > > > |(0) |(1) |(2)
>> >> > > > ----*-----*-----*-----
>> >> > > > | | |
>> >> > > > |(9) |(10) |(11)
>> >> > > > ----*-----*-----*-----
>> >> > > > | | |
>> >> > > > |(18) |(19) |(20)
>> >> > > > ----*-----*-----*-----
>> >> > > > | | |
>> >> > > >
>> >> > > > This brings us to another formula:
>> >> > > > -> row = code / 9;
>> >> > > > -> col = code % 3;
>> >> > >
>> >> > > What if there are more than 3 columns?
>> >> > That's not supported, in hardware, according to the datasheet.
>> >> >
>> >> > The datasheet I have states that "The interface of MT6763 only supports
>> >> > 3*3 single or 2*2 double, but internal ASIC still detects keys in the
>> >> > manner of 8*8 single, and 3*3 double. The registers and key codes still
>> >> > follows the legacy naming".
>> >> >
>> >> > Should I add another patch in this series to add that limitation in the
>> >> > probe? There are no checks done in the probe() right now.
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> I've just checked a downstream kernel for MT6795 and that one looks like
>> >> being fully compatible with this driver as well... and as far as downstream
>> >> is concerned, apparently, mt6735, 6739, 6755, 6757, 6758, 6763, 6771, 6775
>> >> all have the same register layout and the downstream driver for these is
>> >> always the very same one...
>> >>
>> >> ...so, I don't think that there's currently any SoC that supports more than
>> >> three columns. Besides, a fast check shows that MT8195 also has the same.
>> >> At this point, I'd say that assuming that there are 3 columns, nor less, not
>> >> more, is just fine.
>> >
>> > OK, now that I looked at the datasheet I remember how it came about. The
>> > programming (register) interface does not really care about how actual
>> > matrix is organized, and instead has a set of bits representing keys,
>> > from KEY0 to KEY77, arranged in 5 chunks of 15 bits split into 5 32-bit
>> > registers. So we simply decided to use register number as row and
>> > offset in the register as column when encoding our "matrix".
>>
>> That's correct and that's a good way to phrase it.
>> I will add that in the commit message.
>>
>> >
>> > This does not match the actual keypad matrix organization, so if we want
>> > to change this, that's fine, but then we also need to recognize that we
>> > are skipping bits 16-31, 48-63, and so on, so to get to the right key
>> > number we need to do something like:
>> >
>> > key = bit_nr / 32 * 16 + bit_nr % 32;
>> > row = key / 9;
>> > col = key % 9;
>>
>> I would prefer to have the driver's matrix_keypad (build in probe()) to
>> match the actual hardware. To me this seems easier to understand for
>> people familiar with the hardware.
>>
>> I've also tested the above snippet and it matches my expectations.
>>
>> >
>> > I looked at the datasheets I have and they talk about 8x8 single keypad
>> > matrix, and 3x3 double keypad (with actual matrices either 3x3 or 2x2)
>>
>> Indeed. I plan to send out double keypad support for this driver since
>> that's actually needed for mt8183-pumpkin as well.
>> It's already in our mtk-v5.10[1] integration tree but I have not submitted
>> it yet.
>> I planned to send this a separate series to avoid burdening / have
>> smaller chunks to review. If that was a mistake, please let me know.
>>
>> > but I do not actually see this map layout that Mattijs drew documented
>>
>> The map layout that I draw is not directly copied from the datasheet.
>> It's a "translation" of the following table:
>>
>> | hardware key code | col0 | col1 | col2|
>> | ----------------- | -----| ---- | --- |
>> | row0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
>> | row1 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
>> | row2 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
>>
>> It seems that caused more confusion than actual useful information,
>> sorry about that.
>>
>> > anywhere though... I also wonder if there are already existing DTSes in
>> > the wild that will be rendered invalid by these changes. I wonder if it
>> > would not be be better to document the existing meaning of row and
>> > column in the driver?
>>
>> The concern for "DTSes in the wild" that will break is a valid point.
>> I'm not aware of any of those. Most vendor trees i've seen don't use
>> this driver at all. I hope that will change at some point.
>>
>> In the end. I'd prefer to have the driver's keypad matrix match
>> the actual hardware. Right now we can have a 5x32 matrix which seems
>> absurd. Having at most an 8x8 is more reasonable.
>>
>> I'd like to send v3 with just fixing the row/column suggestion in
>> mt6779_keypad_irq_handler() that Dmitry suggested.
>>
>> Would that work Dmitry?
>
> OK, let's do that. Although I'd be curious to see the double keypad
> patches as according to the datasheets I saw the translation is
> different for those.

Sorry for the delay. I had some long needed away time from my computer.

Yes, it's a different translation for double keypad.

I will send a v3 to fix single keys and make sure to send the double
keypad support afterwards.


>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Dmitry