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SubjectRe: [RFC PATCH 00/10] Netronix embedded controller driver for Kobo and Tolino ebook readers
On Sat, 4 Jul 2020 22:58:08 +0200
Jonathan Neuschäfer <j.neuschaefer@gmx.net> wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 10:14:47PM +0200, Andreas Kemnade wrote:
> > On Tue, 30 Jun 2020 09:15:23 +0200
> > Jonathan Neuschäfer <j.neuschaefer@gmx.net> wrote:
> >
> > > On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 08:40:51AM +0200, Andreas Kemnade wrote:
> > > [...]
> > > > got a chance to test it on a Tolino Shine 2 HD.
> > > > It uses the RTC from the RC5T619 but backlight seems to go via MSP430
> > > > EC.
> > > >
> > > > I got this.
> > > >
> > > > [ 1.453603] ntxec 0-0043: Netronix embedded controller version f110 detected.
> > > > [ 10.723638] ntxec-rtc 21a0000.i2c:embedded-controller@43:rtc: registered as rtc0
> > > > [ 10.775276] ntxec-pwm: probe of 21a0000.i2c:embedded-controller@43:pwm failed with error -5
> > >
> > > Hmm, -EIO from the PWM driver.
> > >
> > turing debugging on:
>
> (edited for compactness:)
> > [ 330.332971] i2c i2c-0: write slave address: addr=0x86 ACK received
> > [ 330.334420] i2c i2c-0: write byte: B0=0xA3 ACK received
> > [ 330.334790] i2c i2c-0: write byte: B1=0x0 No ACK
>
> > [ 330.352339] i2c i2c-0: write slave address: addr=0x86 ACK received
> > [ 330.362208] i2c i2c-0: write byte: B0=0xA1 ACK received
> > [ 330.362479] i2c i2c-0: write byte: B1=0xFF No ACK
>
> > [ 330.363112] i2c i2c-0: write slave address: addr=0x86 ACK received
> > [ 330.363362] i2c i2c-0: write byte: B0=0xA2 ACK received
> > [ 330.363608] i2c i2c-0: write byte: B1=0xFF No ACK
>
> Hmm, it doesn't ack the writes to 0xA3, 0xA1 and 0xA2, which should
> disable the PWM output and then disable the auto-off timer (according to
> the vendor kernel).
>
> And you said in your other mail that you can actually toggle the light
> with writes to 0xA3, so I suspect a bug in the EC firmware here (which
> may have gone unnoticed because the vendor kernel doesn't check if the
> i2c transfers succeed). :/
>
That is a also my theory.

> IMHO we should get this driver merged first, and perhaps add a quirk to
> deal with the missing ACKs later (unless a better solution is found).
>
Yes, that can be done separately (after the Tolino Shine 2 HD dtb is
in, I am polishing it right now).

Regards,
Andreas

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