This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
Input: i8042 - enable MUX on Sony VAIO VGN-CS series to fix touchpad
to the 3.18-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
input-i8042-enable-mux-on-sony-vaio-vgn-cs-series-to-fix-touchpad.patch
and it can be found in the queue-3.18 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From 04bb1719c4de94700056241d4c0fe3c1413f5aff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ondrej Zary <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2018 10:24:34 -0700
Subject: Input: i8042 - enable MUX on Sony VAIO VGN-CS series to fix touchpad
From: Ondrej Zary <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
commit 04bb1719c4de94700056241d4c0fe3c1413f5aff upstream.
The touch sensor buttons on Sony VAIO VGN-CS series laptops (e.g.
VGN-CS31S) are a separate PS/2 device. As the MUX is disabled for all
VAIO machines by the nomux blacklist, the data from touch sensor
buttons and touchpad are combined. The protocol used by the buttons is
probably similar to the touchpad protocol (both are Synaptics) so both
devices get enabled. The controller combines the data, creating a mess
which results in random button clicks, touchpad stopping working and
lost sync error messages:
psmouse serio1: TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost sync at byte 4
psmouse serio1: TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost sync at byte 1
psmouse serio1: TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost sync at byte 1
psmouse serio1: TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost sync at byte 1
psmouse serio1: TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost sync at byte 1
psmouse serio1: issuing reconnect request
Add a new i8042_dmi_forcemux_table whitelist with VGN-CS.
With MUX enabled, touch sensor buttons are detected as separate device
(and left disabled as there's currently no driver), fixing all touchpad
problems.
Signed-off-by: Ondrej Zary <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/input/serio/i8042-x86ia64io.h | 17 +++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)
--- a/drivers/input/serio/i8042-x86ia64io.h
+++ b/drivers/input/serio/i8042-x86ia64io.h
@@ -712,6 +712,20 @@ static const struct dmi_system_id __init
{ }
};
+static const struct dmi_system_id i8042_dmi_forcemux_table[] __initconst = {
+ {
+ /*
+ * Sony Vaio VGN-CS series require MUX or the touch sensor
+ * buttons will disturb touchpad operation
+ */
+ .matches = {
+ DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Sony Corporation"),
+ DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "VGN-CS"),
+ },
+ },
+ { }
+};
+
/*
* Some Wistron based laptops need us to explicitly enable the 'Dritek
* keyboard extension' to make their extra keys start generating scancodes.
@@ -1124,6 +1138,9 @@ static int __init i8042_platform_init(vo
if (dmi_check_system(i8042_dmi_nomux_table))
i8042_nomux = true;
+ if (dmi_check_system(i8042_dmi_forcemux_table))
+ i8042_nomux = false;
+
if (dmi_check_system(i8042_dmi_notimeout_table))
i8042_notimeout = true;
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
queue-3.18/input-i8042-enable-mux-on-sony-vaio-vgn-cs-series-to-fix-touchpad.patch