Re: [PATCH] HID: apple: add Jamesdonkey and A3R to non-apple keyboards list

From: Yihong Cao
Date: Tue Nov 07 2023 - 11:16:31 EST


On Mon, Nov 06, 2023 at 03:11:09AM +0000, Rahul Rameshbabu wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Oct, 2023 01:05:38 +0800 "Yihong Cao" <caoyihong4@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Jamesdonkey A3R keyboard is identified as "Jamesdonkey A3R" in wired
> > mode, "A3R-U" in wireless mode and "A3R" in bluetooth mode. Adding them
> > to non-apple keyboards fixes function key.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Yihong Cao <caoyihong4@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/hid/hid-apple.c | 2 ++
> > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-apple.c b/drivers/hid/hid-apple.c
> > index 3ca45975c686..d9e9829b2200 100644
> > --- a/drivers/hid/hid-apple.c
> > +++ b/drivers/hid/hid-apple.c
> > @@ -345,6 +345,8 @@ static const struct apple_non_apple_keyboard non_apple_keyboards[] = {
> > { "AONE" },
> > { "GANSS" },
> > { "Hailuck" },
> > + { "Jamesdonkey" },
>
> Sorry, maybe I misunderstood the commit message. In wired mode, if the
> keyboard is identified as "Jamesdonkey A3R", shouldn't this value be
> "Jamesdonkey A3R" instead of "Jamesdonkey"?
>

Hi!

"Jamesdonkey" is the manufacturer and "A3R" is the model. I think adding
manufacturer to non-apple list is suggested, just like commit
c4444d8749f696384947192b602718fa310c1caf,
20afcc462579c0bd79a59ab2b87b82ffa833d118, and
a0a05054583fed17f522172e101594f1ff265463 did.

However, my keyboard's hardware is buggy, in wireless and wired mode, the
manufacturer is empty, only model name exists. For your reference, the
result of `lsusb -v` is pasted below.

In wired mode, `lsusb -v` shows:

Bus 003 Device 002: ID 05ac:024f Apple, Inc. Aluminium Keyboard (ANSI)
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 2.00
bDeviceClass 0
bDeviceSubClass 0
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 64
idVendor 0x05ac Apple, Inc.
idProduct 0x024f Aluminium Keyboard (ANSI)
bcdDevice 1.26
iManufacturer 1 Jamesdonkey
iProduct 2 A3R
iSerial 0
bNumConfigurations 1

In wireless mode:

Bus 001 Device 003: ID 05ac:024f Apple, Inc. Aluminium Keyboard (ANSI)
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 1.10
bDeviceClass 0
bDeviceSubClass 0
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 8
idVendor 0x05ac Apple, Inc.
idProduct 0x024f Aluminium Keyboard (ANSI)
bcdDevice 2.00
iManufacturer 0
iProduct 1 A3R-U

And `dmesg` shows:

[ 1779.692121] input: A3R-U as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.1/0000:06:00.3/usb1/1-2/1-2:1.0/0003:05AC:024F.0008/input/input35
[ 1779.749037] apple 0003:05AC:024F.0008: input,hidraw2: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [A3R-U] on usb-0000:06:00.3-2/input0

In bluetooth mode, the iProduct is "A3R".

Adding "A3R" to non-apple list makes keyboard to work in both wireless
and bluetooth mode.

Best wishes,

Yihong Cao

> > + { "A3R" },
> > };
> >
> > static bool apple_is_non_apple_keyboard(struct hid_device *hdev)
>
> --
> Thanks,
>
> Rahul Rameshbabu
>