Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] platform/x86: hp-wmi: Add HP WMI camera switch

From: Hans de Goede
Date: Wed Apr 26 2023 - 12:10:08 EST


Hi again,

On 4/26/23 17:21, Jonathan Singer wrote:
> Previously, when the camera toggle switch was hit, the hp-wmi driver
> would report an invalid event code. By adding a case for that in the
> event handling switch statement we can eliminate that error code and
> enable a framework for potential further kernel handling of that key.
> This change was tested on my HP Envy x360 15-ey0023dx laptop, but it
> would likely work for any HP laptop with a camera toggle button. Now
> we emit an SW_CAMERA_LENS_COVER event, on a device that gets created
> on the first such event so as to not report incorrectly the state of
> the camera shutter before we can know its state.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Singer <jes965@xxxxxxx>

p.s.

> + if (event_data == 0xff)
> + input_report_switch(camera_shutter_input_dev, SW_CAMERA_LENS_COVER, 1);

I assume that event_data = 0xff happens when disabling the camera, so
we report SW_CAMERA_LENS_COVER 1 when the camera is disabled, right ?

Regards,

Hans