Re: [PATCH 2/2] Input: ili210x - add ILI2117 support

On Tue, Nov 05, 2019 at 10:29:53AM -0500, Sven Van Asbroeck wrote:

On Mon, Nov 4, 2019 at 6:36 PM Dmitry Torokhov
[off-list ref] wrote:

quoted

OK, I refreshed the branch with fixes and a couple of new patches. It is
on top of 5.3 now. If this works for you guys I will be merging it for
5.5.

According to the ili2117a/2118a datasheet I have, there are still a
few loose ends.
Some of these might be too inconsequential to worry about.
Dmitry, tell me which ones you think are important, if any,
and I will spin a patch if you like. Or you can do it, just let me know.

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      { "ili210x", (long)&ili210x_chip },
      { "ili2117", (long)&ili211x_chip },
      { "ili251x", (long)&ili251x_chip },

      { .compatible = "ilitek,ili210x", .data = &ili210x_chip },
      { .compatible = "ilitek,ili2117", .data = &ili211x_chip },
      { .compatible = "ilitek,ili251x", .data = &ili251x_chip },

My datasheet says ILI2117A/ILI2118A, so maybe the compatible string should
really be "ilitek,ili211x", just like the other variants ?

We have not landed the DT for 2117, so we can either rename it as
"ilitek,ili211x" or have 2 separate compatibles.

Rob, do you have preference?

In addition, should we add ili2117/ili2118 in comments somewhere, so others
can find this driver with a simple grep?

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      error = devm_device_add_group(dev, &ili210x_attr_group);
      if (error) {
              dev_err(dev, "Unable to create sysfs attributes, err: %d\n",
                      error);
              return error;
      }

The ili2117/ili2118 does not have a calibrate register, so this sysfs group
is unsupported and perhaps may even be harmful if touched (?).

Perhaps add a flag to struct ili2xxx_chip ?

I guess we need is_visible() implementation for the attributes here and
yes, a flag to the chip structure.

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      input_set_abs_params(input, ABS_MT_POSITION_X, 0, 0xffff, 0, 0);
      input_set_abs_params(input, ABS_MT_POSITION_Y, 0, 0xffff, 0, 0);

The max position on ili2117/8 is 0xfff. The OS I'm using (Android) likes to know
the correct min and max. So it can map touch coords to pixel coords.

What about the others? I doubt any of them actually support 64K
resolution and I expect everyone simply used device tree to specify
correct size.

Marek, you worked with other versions of this controller, what is your
experience?

Perhaps add this to struct ili2xxx_chip ?

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      /* Get firmware version */
      error = chip->read_reg(client, REG_FIRMWARE_VERSION,
                             &firmware, sizeof(firmware));

On ili2117/ili2118, the firmware version register is different (0x03), and
the layout is different too:

byte    name
0       vendor id
1       reserved
2       firmware version upper
3       firmware version lower
4       reserved
5       reserved
6       reserved
7       reserved

But, does it even make sense to retrieve the firmware version? All it's used
for is a dev_dbg log print, which under normal circumstances is a noop:

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      dev_dbg(dev,
              "ILI210x initialized (IRQ: %d), firmware version %d.%d.%d",
              client->irq, firmware.id, firmware.major, firmware.minor);

I'd be OK with simply dropping this.

Thanks.

-- 
Dmitry