[PATCH v4 01/13] HID: asus: do not send keyboard init reports to touchpads

From: Denis Benato

Date: Sun Aug 30 2026 - 19:43:39 EST


From: Panz Dev <panz.development@xxxxxxxxx>

Commit 0919db9f3583 ("HID: asus: always fully initialize devices") added a
loop during asus_probe() to send keyboard feature report initializations
(asus_kbd_init) to all ASUS HID devices.

On ASUS laptops with I2C/HID touchpads (such as the ASUS E200HA), sending
keyboard feature reports (FEATURE_KBD_REPORT_ID) to touchpad endpoints
sends invalid feature requests to touchpad hardware, corrupting probe
state and causing the touchpad to become unresponsive.

Wrap the asus_report_id_init loop in an `if (!drvdata->tp)` check so
keyboard feature initialization only runs for actual keyboards.

Tested on ASUS E200HA (where touchpad functionality is fully restored)
and ASUS VivoBook Flip 14 TP401MA (confirming zero regressions).

Fixes: 0919db9f3583 ("HID: asus: always fully initialize devices")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Panz Dev <panz.development@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/hid/hid-asus.c | 14 ++++++++------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-asus.c b/drivers/hid/hid-asus.c
index ec966fc0a411..bd46aba6622a 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-asus.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-asus.c
@@ -1493,12 +1493,14 @@ static int asus_probe(struct hid_device *hdev, const struct hid_device_id *id)
return ret;
}

- for (int r = 0; r < ARRAY_SIZE(asus_report_id_init); r++) {
- if (asus_has_report_id(hdev, asus_report_id_init[r])) {
- ret = asus_kbd_init(hdev, asus_report_id_init[r]);
- if (ret < 0)
- hid_warn(hdev, "Failed to initialize 0x%x: %d.\n",
- asus_report_id_init[r], ret);
+ if (!drvdata->tp) {
+ for (int r = 0; r < ARRAY_SIZE(asus_report_id_init); r++) {
+ if (asus_has_report_id(hdev, asus_report_id_init[r])) {
+ ret = asus_kbd_init(hdev, asus_report_id_init[r]);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ hid_warn(hdev, "Failed to initialize 0x%x: %d.\n",
+ asus_report_id_init[r], ret);
+ }
}
}

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