Re: Elantech touchpad not working on mainline kernels

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On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 11:09 AM Hans Schultz <hans.schultz@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 2021-07-21 at 10:48 -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > Hi Hans,
> >
> > On Sun, May 30, 2021 at 2:12 AM Hans Schultz <
> > hans.schultz@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > > I have a problem getting my Elantech touchpad to work with the
> > > mainline
> > > kernels, and I need some assistance with the code to resolve the
> > > problem.
> > > The kernels that have tried are 5.9.11 and 5.11.11.
> > >
> > > With boot parameters i8042.notimeout i8042.nomux, the touchpad is
> > > detected but does not work. There is absolutely no response from it
> > > with any hid modules loaded.
> > >
> > > It is reported and seen working on a Lubuntu distro (bionic kernel)
> > > when inserting the i2c_hid module. The insertion of the i2c_hid
> > > module
> > > pulls in the hid_multitouch module when it works, no boot parameters
> > > necessary.
> > > In the case where it does not work, insering the i2c_hid module does
> > > not pull in the hid_multitouch module.
> > >
> > > I have the bionic kernel code, but I have not as of yet been able to
> > > detect what makes it work in contrast to the kernel.org kernels.
> > >
> > > This I think should lead to a kernel patch.
> >
> > There is not much to go on with. What is the hardware, your kernel
> > .config, dmesg from unsuccessful boot? If you have logs from the
> > working kernel that would help too.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
>
> The best info I have on the hardware is from Xorg log with the working
> Lubuntu kernel:
> [ 130.980] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.so
> [ 130.982] (II) Module synaptics: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
> [ 130.982] (II) Using input driver 'synaptics' for '0X45 0X4C 0X41 0:00
> 04F3:308C Touchpad'
>
> I might be able to get the kernel messages when inserting the working
> module, but I think it will not tell much more.

OK, if you say so. Then the only suggestion I have is to verify that
your kernel config enables all necessary options for your hardware.
I'd double check if you have Designware I2C controller enabled, ACPI
LPSS, etc.

> To me it is clearly a code issue as the working kernel pulls in
> hid_multitouch when inserting i2c_hid, while the non-working does not.
>
> All kernels I have tried up to now from kernel.org do not work. The
> latest being 5.13.4.

Thanks.

-- 
Dmitry



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