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34Currently the Linux Elantech touchpad driver is aware of two different 34Currently the Linux Elantech touchpad driver is aware of two different
35hardware versions unimaginatively called version 1 and version 2. Version 1 35hardware versions unimaginatively called version 1 and version 2. Version 1
36is found in "older" laptops and uses 4 bytes per packet. Version 2 seems to 36is found in "older" laptops and uses 4 bytes per packet. Version 2 seems to
37be introduced with the EeePC and uses 6 bytes per packet. 37be introduced with the EeePC and uses 6 bytes per packet, and provides
38additional features such as position of two fingers, and width of the touch.
38 39
39The driver tries to support both hardware versions and should be compatible 40The driver tries to support both hardware versions and should be compatible
40with the Xorg Synaptics touchpad driver and its graphical configuration 41with the Xorg Synaptics touchpad driver and its graphical configuration
@@ -94,18 +95,44 @@ Currently the Linux Elantech touchpad driver provides two extra knobs under
94 can check these bits and reject any packet that appears corrupted. Using 95 can check these bits and reject any packet that appears corrupted. Using
95 this knob you can bypass that check. 96 this knob you can bypass that check.
96 97
97 It is not known yet whether hardware version 2 provides the same parity 98 Hardware version 2 does not provide the same parity bits. Only some basic
98 bits. Hence checking is disabled by default. Currently even turning it on 99 data consistency checking can be done. For now checking is disabled by
99 will do nothing. 100 default. Currently even turning it on will do nothing.
100
101 101
102///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 102/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
103 103
1043. Differentiating hardware versions
105 =================================
106
107To detect the hardware version, read the version number as param[0].param[1].param[2]
108
109 4 bytes version: (after the arrow is the name given in the Dell-provided driver)
110 02.00.22 => EF013
111 02.06.00 => EF019
112In the wild, there appear to be more versions, such as 00.01.64, 01.00.21,
11302.00.00, 02.00.04, 02.00.06.
114
115 6 bytes:
116 02.00.30 => EF113
117 02.08.00 => EF023
118 02.08.XX => EF123
119 02.0B.00 => EF215
120 04.01.XX => Scroll_EF051
121 04.02.XX => EF051
122In the wild, there appear to be more versions, such as 04.03.01, 04.04.11. There
123appears to be almost no difference, except for EF113, which does not report
124pressure/width and has different data consistency checks.
125
126Probably all the versions with param[0] <= 01 can be considered as
1274 bytes/firmware 1. The versions < 02.08.00, with the exception of 02.00.30, as
1284 bytes/firmware 2. Everything >= 02.08.00 can be considered as 6 bytes.
129
130/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
104 131
1053. Hardware version 1 1324. Hardware version 1
106 ================== 133 ==================
107 134
1083.1 Registers 1354.1 Registers
109 ~~~~~~~~~ 136 ~~~~~~~~~
110 137
111By echoing a hexadecimal value to a register it contents can be altered. 138By echoing a hexadecimal value to a register it contents can be altered.
@@ -168,7 +195,7 @@ For example:
168 smart edge activation area width? 195 smart edge activation area width?
169 196
170 197
1713.2 Native relative mode 4 byte packet format 1984.2 Native relative mode 4 byte packet format
172 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 199 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
173 200
174byte 0: 201byte 0:
@@ -226,9 +253,13 @@ byte 3:
226 positive = down 253 positive = down
227 254
228 255
2293.3 Native absolute mode 4 byte packet format 2564.3 Native absolute mode 4 byte packet format
230 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 257 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
231 258
259EF013 and EF019 have a special behaviour (due to a bug in the firmware?), and
260when 1 finger is touching, the first 2 position reports must be discarded.
261This counting is reset whenever a different number of fingers is reported.
262
232byte 0: 263byte 0:
233 firmware version 1.x: 264 firmware version 1.x:
234 265
@@ -279,11 +310,11 @@ byte 3:
279///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 310/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
280 311
281 312
2824. Hardware version 2 3135. Hardware version 2
283 ================== 314 ==================
284 315
285 316
2864.1 Registers 3175.1 Registers
287 ~~~~~~~~~ 318 ~~~~~~~~~
288 319
289By echoing a hexadecimal value to a register it contents can be altered. 320By echoing a hexadecimal value to a register it contents can be altered.
@@ -316,16 +347,41 @@ For example:
316 0x7f = never i.e. tap again to release) 347 0x7f = never i.e. tap again to release)
317 348
318 349
3194.2 Native absolute mode 6 byte packet format 3505.2 Native absolute mode 6 byte packet format
320 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 351 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
321 3525.2.1 Parity checking and packet re-synchronization
3224.2.1 One finger touch 353There is no parity checking, however some consistency checks can be performed.
354
355For instance for EF113:
356 SA1= packet[0];
357 A1 = packet[1];
358 B1 = packet[2];
359 SB1= packet[3];
360 C1 = packet[4];
361 D1 = packet[5];
362 if( (((SA1 & 0x3C) != 0x3C) && ((SA1 & 0xC0) != 0x80)) || // check Byte 1
363 (((SA1 & 0x0C) != 0x0C) && ((SA1 & 0xC0) == 0x80)) || // check Byte 1 (one finger pressed)
364 (((SA1 & 0xC0) != 0x80) && (( A1 & 0xF0) != 0x00)) || // check Byte 2
365 (((SB1 & 0x3E) != 0x38) && ((SA1 & 0xC0) != 0x80)) || // check Byte 4
366 (((SB1 & 0x0E) != 0x08) && ((SA1 & 0xC0) == 0x80)) || // check Byte 4 (one finger pressed)
367 (((SA1 & 0xC0) != 0x80) && (( C1 & 0xF0) != 0x00)) ) // check Byte 5
368 // error detected
369
370For all the other ones, there are just a few constant bits:
371 if( ((packet[0] & 0x0C) != 0x04) ||
372 ((packet[3] & 0x0f) != 0x02) )
373 // error detected
374
375
376In case an error is detected, all the packets are shifted by one (and packet[0] is discarded).
377
3785.2.1 One/Three finger touch
323 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 379 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
324 380
325byte 0: 381byte 0:
326 382
327 bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 383 bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
328 n1 n0 . . . . R L 384 n1 n0 w3 w2 . . R L
329 385
330 L, R = 1 when Left, Right mouse button pressed 386 L, R = 1 when Left, Right mouse button pressed
331 n1..n0 = numbers of fingers on touchpad 387 n1..n0 = numbers of fingers on touchpad
@@ -333,24 +389,40 @@ byte 0:
333byte 1: 389byte 1:
334 390
335 bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 391 bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
336 . . . . . x10 x9 x8 392 p7 p6 p5 p4 . x10 x9 x8
337 393
338byte 2: 394byte 2:
339 395
340 bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 396 bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
341 x7 x6 x5 x4 x4 x2 x1 x0 397 x7 x6 x5 x4 x3 x2 x1 x0
342 398
343 x10..x0 = absolute x value (horizontal) 399 x10..x0 = absolute x value (horizontal)
344 400
345byte 3: 401byte 3:
346 402
347 bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 403 bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
348 . . . . . . . . 404 n4 vf w1 w0 . . . b2
405
406 n4 = set if more than 3 fingers (only in 3 fingers mode)
407 vf = a kind of flag ? (only on EF123, 0 when finger is over one
408 of the buttons, 1 otherwise)
409 w3..w0 = width of the finger touch (not EF113)
410 b2 (on EF113 only, 0 otherwise), b2.R.L indicates one button pressed:
411 0 = none
412 1 = Left
413 2 = Right
414 3 = Middle (Left and Right)
415 4 = Forward
416 5 = Back
417 6 = Another one
418 7 = Another one
349 419
350byte 4: 420byte 4:
351 421
352 bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 422 bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
353 . . . . . . y9 y8 423 p3 p1 p2 p0 . . y9 y8
424
425 p7..p0 = pressure (not EF113)
354 426
355byte 5: 427byte 5:
356 428
@@ -363,6 +435,11 @@ byte 5:
3634.2.2 Two finger touch 4354.2.2 Two finger touch
364 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 436 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
365 437
438Note that the two pairs of coordinates are not exactly the coordinates of the
439two fingers, but only the pair of the lower-left and upper-right coordinates.
440So the actual fingers might be situated on the other diagonal of the square
441defined by these two points.
442
366byte 0: 443byte 0:
367 444
368 bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 445 bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
@@ -376,14 +453,14 @@ byte 1:
376 bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 453 bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
377 ax7 ax6 ax5 ax4 ax3 ax2 ax1 ax0 454 ax7 ax6 ax5 ax4 ax3 ax2 ax1 ax0
378 455
379 ax8..ax0 = first finger absolute x value 456 ax8..ax0 = lower-left finger absolute x value
380 457
381byte 2: 458byte 2:
382 459
383 bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 460 bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
384 ay7 ay6 ay5 ay4 ay3 ay2 ay1 ay0 461 ay7 ay6 ay5 ay4 ay3 ay2 ay1 ay0
385 462
386 ay8..ay0 = first finger absolute y value 463 ay8..ay0 = lower-left finger absolute y value
387 464
388byte 3: 465byte 3:
389 466
@@ -395,11 +472,11 @@ byte 4:
395 bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 472 bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
396 bx7 bx6 bx5 bx4 bx3 bx2 bx1 bx0 473 bx7 bx6 bx5 bx4 bx3 bx2 bx1 bx0
397 474
398 bx8..bx0 = second finger absolute x value 475 bx8..bx0 = upper-right finger absolute x value
399 476
400byte 5: 477byte 5:
401 478
402 bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 479 bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
403 by7 by8 by5 by4 by3 by2 by1 by0 480 by7 by8 by5 by4 by3 by2 by1 by0
404 481
405 by8..by0 = second finger absolute y value 482 by8..by0 = upper-right finger absolute y value