Re: [PATCH v4] drm/bridge/sii8620: add remote control support

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On 09.10.2017 10:44, Sean Young wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 12:46:04PM +0100, Sean Young wrote:
>> On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 04:37:52PM +0200, Hans Verkuil wrote:
>>> On 09/18/2017 04:15 PM, Maciej Purski wrote:
>>>> Hi Hans,
>>>> some time ago in reply to your email I described what messages does
>>>> the MHL driver receive and at what time intervals.
>>>> Regarding that information, do you think that a similar solution as
>>>> in [1] is required? Would it be OK, if I just set REP_DELAY and REP_PERIOD
>>>> to values, which I presented in my last email?
>>> Based on the timings you measured I would say that there is a 99% chance that MHL
>>> uses exactly the same "Press and Hold" mechanism as CEC. Since you already specify
>>> RC_PROTO_BIT_CEC in the driver, it will set REP_DELAY and REP_PERIOD to the right
>>> values automatically.
>>>
>>> You will have to implement the same code as in cec-adap.c for the key press handling,
>>> though. It's a bit tricky to get it right.
>>>
>>> Since you will have to do the same thing as I do in CEC, I wonder if it would make
>>> more sense to move this code to the RC core. Basically it ensures that repeat mode
>>> doesn't turn on until you get two identical key presses 550ms or less apart. This
>>> is independent of REP_DELAY which can be changed by userspace.
>>>
>>> Sean, what do you think?
>> Yes, this makes sense. In fact, since IR protocols have different repeat
>> times, I would like to make this protocol dependant anyway.
>>
>> To be honest I find REP_DELAY of 500ms too long and REP_PERIOD of 125ms
>> too short; IOW it takes too long for a key to start repeating, and once
>> it starts repeating it is very hard to control. If I try to increase the
>> volume with my remote it first hardly changes at all and then after 500ms
>> the volume shoots up far too quickly, same thing when navigating menus.
>>
>> CEC dictates a delay period of 550ms, which is not great for the user IMO.
>>
>> Anyway I'll have a look at this over the weekend.
> I have started on this, but I haven't gotten it in a state where I'm
> happy to submit it. I hope to have it ready for v4.15; in the mean time,
> there is no reason to block this patch on this.
>
>
> Sean
>
>
>

Queued to drm-misc-next.

Thanks
Andrzej


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