| Message ID | 20201029170313.25529-2-andrej.valek@siemens.com (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | New, archived |
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| Series | Firmware loading option | expand |
Hi Andrej, On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 06:03:11PM +0100, Andrej Valek wrote: > Firmware file loadind for GT911 controller takes too much time (~60s). > There is no check that configuration is the same which is already present. > This happens always during boot, which makes touchscreen unusable. > > Add there an option to prevent firmware file loading, but keep it enabled > by default. I thought that Goodix was losing firmware loading at poweroff. Is this not the case with this model? Adding Hans as he was working with this driver/code. > > Signed-off-by: Andrej Valek <andrej.valek@siemens.com> > --- > drivers/input/touchscreen/goodix.c | 4 +++- > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/input/touchscreen/goodix.c b/drivers/input/touchscreen/goodix.c > index 02c75ea385e08..44336ecd2acdf 100644 > --- a/drivers/input/touchscreen/goodix.c > +++ b/drivers/input/touchscreen/goodix.c > @@ -941,7 +941,9 @@ static int goodix_get_gpio_config(struct goodix_ts_data *ts) > default: > if (ts->gpiod_int && ts->gpiod_rst) { > ts->reset_controller_at_probe = true; > - ts->load_cfg_from_disk = true; > + /* Prevent cfg loading for each start */ > + ts->load_cfg_from_disk = !device_property_read_bool(dev, > + "touchscreen-do-not-load-fw"); > ts->irq_pin_access_method = IRQ_PIN_ACCESS_GPIO; > } > } > -- > 2.20.1 > Thanks.
Hello Dmitry, No, I don't think so, that this is the case. Because, when I disabled the FW configuration loading device is working as well. To be honest, I don't need a new configuration for each boot
Hi, On 10/29/20 9:36 PM, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > Hi Andrej, > > On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 06:03:11PM +0100, Andrej Valek wrote: >> Firmware file loadind for GT911 controller takes too much time (~60s). >> There is no check that configuration is the same which is already present. >> This happens always during boot, which makes touchscreen unusable. >> >> Add there an option to prevent firmware file loading, but keep it enabled >> by default. > > I thought that Goodix was losing firmware loading at poweroff. Is this > not the case with this model? So first of all there are 2 sorts of firmware involved with the Goodix touchscreen controllers, the actual firmware and a block of config data for that firmware which I presume adjusts it for the specific (model of) the digitizer which is attached. ATM the mainline Linux driver does not support models where the actual firmware itself needs to be loaded (because they only have RAM, so they come up without firmware). I do have one model tablet with a ROM-less goodix touchpad controller, so if I ever find the time I might add support for loading the actual firmware. So what we are talking about here is just loading the config data and I'm a bit surprised that this take so long. > Adding Hans as he was working with this driver/code. With all that said I have no objection to this change. Regards, Hans > >> >> Signed-off-by: Andrej Valek <andrej.valek@siemens.com> >> --- >> drivers/input/touchscreen/goodix.c | 4 +++- >> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) >> >> diff --git a/drivers/input/touchscreen/goodix.c b/drivers/input/touchscreen/goodix.c >> index 02c75ea385e08..44336ecd2acdf 100644 >> --- a/drivers/input/touchscreen/goodix.c >> +++ b/drivers/input/touchscreen/goodix.c >> @@ -941,7 +941,9 @@ static int goodix_get_gpio_config(struct goodix_ts_data *ts) >> default: >> if (ts->gpiod_int && ts->gpiod_rst) { >> ts->reset_controller_at_probe = true; >> - ts->load_cfg_from_disk = true; >> + /* Prevent cfg loading for each start */ >> + ts->load_cfg_from_disk = !device_property_read_bool(dev, >> + "touchscreen-do-not-load-fw"); >> ts->irq_pin_access_method = IRQ_PIN_ACCESS_GPIO; >> } >> } >> -- >> 2.20.1 >> > > Thanks. >
Hi Hans, I am not saying, that just configuration loading took such a long time. Thu full process including configuration and FW loading takes it. Means that I would like to prevent this situation, but keep the old scenario as a default behavior. Regards, Andrej > Hi, > > On 10/29/20 9:36 PM, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: >> Hi Andrej, >> > On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 06:03:11PM +0100, Andrej Valek wrote: >>> Firmware file loadind for GT911 controller takes too much time (~60s). >>> There is no check that configuration is the same which is already present. >>> This happens always during boot, which makes touchscreen unusable. >>> >>> Add there an option to prevent firmware file loading, but keep it >>> enabled by default. >> >> I thought that Goodix was losing firmware loading at poweroff. Is this >> not the case with this model? > > So first of all there are 2 sorts of firmware involved with the Goodix touchscreen controllers, the actual firmware and a > block of config data for that firmware which I presume adjusts it for the specific (model of) the digitizer which is attached. > > ATM the mainline Linux driver does not support models where the actual firmware itself needs to be loaded (because they only have RAM, so they come up without firmware). > > I do have one model tablet with a ROM-less goodix touchpad controller, so if I ever find the time I might add support for loading the actual firmware. > > So what we are talking about here is just loading the config data and I'm a bit surprised that this take so long. > >> Adding Hans as he was working with this driver/code. > > With all that said I have no objection to this change. > > Regards, > > Hans > > > >> >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Andrej Valek <andrej.valek@siemens.com> >>> --- >>> drivers/input/touchscreen/goodix.c | 4 +++- >>> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) >>> >>> diff --git a/drivers/input/touchscreen/goodix.c >>> b/drivers/input/touchscreen/goodix.c >>> index 02c75ea385e08..44336ecd2acdf 100644 >>> --- a/drivers/input/touchscreen/goodix.c >>> +++ b/drivers/input/touchscreen/goodix.c >>> @@ -941,7 +941,9 @@ static int goodix_get_gpio_config(struct goodix_ts_data *ts) >>> default: >>> if (ts->gpiod_int && ts->gpiod_rst) { >>> ts->reset_controller_at_probe = true; >>> - ts->load_cfg_from_disk = true; >>> + /* Prevent cfg loading for each start */ >>> + ts->load_cfg_from_disk = !device_property_read_bool(dev, >>> + "touchscreen-do-not-load-fw"); >>> ts->irq_pin_access_method = IRQ_PIN_ACCESS_GPIO; >>> } >>> } >>> -- >>> 2.20.1 >>> >> >> Thanks. >>
On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 10:56:20AM +0100, Hans de Goede wrote: > Hi, > > On 10/29/20 9:36 PM, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > > Hi Andrej, > > > > On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 06:03:11PM +0100, Andrej Valek wrote: > >> Firmware file loadind for GT911 controller takes too much time (~60s). > >> There is no check that configuration is the same which is already present. > >> This happens always during boot, which makes touchscreen unusable. > >> > >> Add there an option to prevent firmware file loading, but keep it enabled > >> by default. > > > > I thought that Goodix was losing firmware loading at poweroff. Is this > > not the case with this model? > > So first of all there are 2 sorts of firmware involved with the > Goodix touchscreen controllers, the actual firmware and a block > of config data for that firmware which I presume adjusts it for > the specific (model of) the digitizer which is attached. > > ATM the mainline Linux driver does not support models where > the actual firmware itself needs to be loaded (because they > only have RAM, so they come up without firmware). > > I do have one model tablet with a ROM-less goodix touchpad > controller, so if I ever find the time I might add support > for loading the actual firmware. > > So what we are talking about here is just loading the config > data and I'm a bit surprised that this take so long. So I am still confused about this: is the config stored in RAM or NVRAM? I.e. do we actually need to re-load it every time on boot, or it supposed to be flashed only when it is changed (or lost)? Thanks.
Hi, On 11/23/20 7:53 AM, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 10:56:20AM +0100, Hans de Goede wrote: >> Hi, >> >> On 10/29/20 9:36 PM, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: >>> Hi Andrej, >>> >>> On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 06:03:11PM +0100, Andrej Valek wrote: >>>> Firmware file loadind for GT911 controller takes too much time (~60s). >>>> There is no check that configuration is the same which is already present. >>>> This happens always during boot, which makes touchscreen unusable. >>>> >>>> Add there an option to prevent firmware file loading, but keep it enabled >>>> by default. >>> >>> I thought that Goodix was losing firmware loading at poweroff. Is this >>> not the case with this model? >> >> So first of all there are 2 sorts of firmware involved with the >> Goodix touchscreen controllers, the actual firmware and a block >> of config data for that firmware which I presume adjusts it for >> the specific (model of) the digitizer which is attached. >> >> ATM the mainline Linux driver does not support models where >> the actual firmware itself needs to be loaded (because they >> only have RAM, so they come up without firmware). >> >> I do have one model tablet with a ROM-less goodix touchpad >> controller, so if I ever find the time I might add support >> for loading the actual firmware. >> >> So what we are talking about here is just loading the config >> data and I'm a bit surprised that this take so long. > > So I am still confused about this: is the config stored in RAM or NVRAM? > I.e. do we actually need to re-load it every time on boot, or it > supposed to be flashed only when it is changed (or lost)? I only know about these touchscreens on x86, where we have a BIOS muddling the waters. We have seen devices which loose the config over suspend/resume, which suggests it is in RAM. I recently added a fix for these which saves the config at boot, which suggests that at least on the device model with the suspend/resume issue the config is loaded into the chip by the BIOS. But I'm not sure that this is the case everywhere. Most other models likely have the config in NVRAM. I guess this is the same as with the firmware, and it differs per model. I know for sure that their are RAM only models which need the firmware loaded at boot, these are mostly found on ARM devs, but I have one X86 devices (which currently does not work) which also has RAM only and thus needs Linux to load the firmware (which is not supported atm). These RAM only models, presumably also have only RAM for the config. Regards, Hans
diff --git a/drivers/input/touchscreen/goodix.c b/drivers/input/touchscreen/goodix.c index 02c75ea385e08..44336ecd2acdf 100644 --- a/drivers/input/touchscreen/goodix.c +++ b/drivers/input/touchscreen/goodix.c @@ -941,7 +941,9 @@ static int goodix_get_gpio_config(struct goodix_ts_data *ts) default: if (ts->gpiod_int && ts->gpiod_rst) { ts->reset_controller_at_probe = true; - ts->load_cfg_from_disk = true; + /* Prevent cfg loading for each start */ + ts->load_cfg_from_disk = !device_property_read_bool(dev, + "touchscreen-do-not-load-fw"); ts->irq_pin_access_method = IRQ_PIN_ACCESS_GPIO; } }
Firmware file loadind for GT911 controller takes too much time (~60s). There is no check that configuration is the same which is already present. This happens always during boot, which makes touchscreen unusable. Add there an option to prevent firmware file loading, but keep it enabled by default. Signed-off-by: Andrej Valek <andrej.valek@siemens.com> --- drivers/input/touchscreen/goodix.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)