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This a proof-of-concept Linux userspace driver to hardware-enable/-disable the touchpads on TongFang/Uniwill laptops. This will also trigger the disabled-led, formerly unfunctional under linux. # About
This a Linux userspace driver to enable and disable the touchpads on TongFang/Uniwill laptops using a HID command. **This will trigger the touchpad-disabled-LED, formerly unfunctional under linux.**
It syncs up with the software toggle in the gnome settings deamon. Most desktop environments already have a way to disable the touchpad, but this setting never reaches the firmware of the device. This driver listens to the session D-Bus and dispatches the approprita HID call to /dev/hidraw* whenever the setting changes, closing the gap to the device itself, and enabling the built in LED.
It comes with some known disfuctionalities: Currently this driver was only tested and works on the GDM greeter, GNOME Shell, Budgie, and KDE Plasmashell. All other environments, including the tty-console, work as before, meaning touchpad is always enabled on the HID level.
- only works on desktop evnironments using gsettings/gio
- does not work on loginscreen(gdm)
- needs to be started for every user seperatly
- every user needs write access to the /dev/hidraw* device for the touchpad (udev *.rules included)
- switching between 2 users is not detected (on next toggle the software and hardware disable will be in sync again however)
Author: Werner Sembach Author: Werner Sembach <tux@tuxedocomputers.com>
Raw i2c communication with the touchpad for reference: # Building
## Testing
``` ```
0x22 0x00 0x37 0x03 0x23 0x00 0x04 0x00 0x07 0x03 $ sudo apt install libudev-dev libglib2.0-dev
[^^ ^^] (?max?) length of report? in little endian $ mkdir build
^ 2 bits reserved + report type $ cd build
^ report id (defined by touchpad controller? $ cmake ..
^ reserved $ sudo make install
^ opcode (0x2 = GET_REPORT, 0x3 = SET_REPORT) $ sudo reboot
[^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^] ?i2c-hid stuff?
^ ?report id again?
^^ report/payload: defined by touchpad controller? 0x03 enabled (0x02 auch, keine ahnung was das unterste bit tut), 0x00 disabled
``` ```
There is also a target `make package` which is fine for testing, but it will not create a debian best practices compliant .deb. For this you need to use `gbp buildpackage` as described below.
## Packaging
```
$ sudo apt install libudev-dev libglib2.0-dev git-buildpackage
$ gbp buildpackage -uc -us
```
A .deb package is created in the folder above the git repository.
# Installing
After installing via `make install` or using the .deb you need to reboot your system for the driver to load.

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