Re: [PATCH v1 2/2] HID: logitech-hidpp: Add Bluetooth Mouse M336/M337/M535 to unhandled_hidpp_devices[]

[Bastien Nocera <hadess@hadess.net>]

On Wed, 2022-12-07 at 10:48 +0100, Benjamin Tissoires wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 7, 2022 at 10:29 AM Bastien Nocera <hadess@hadess.net>
> wrote:
> > 
> > On Wed, 2022-12-07 at 10:12 +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > > From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
> > > 
> > > Evidently, Logitech Bluetooth Mouse M336/M337/M535 (0xb016) does
> > > not
> > > work when HID++ is enabled for it,
> > 
> > This needs the output of the hidpp-list-features tool mentioned
> > earlier
> > in the thread so we can avoid words like "evidently" and provide
> > concrete proof.
> > 
> > But why is it needed in this case? We purposefully try to avoid
> > blanket
> > blocklists. The lack of HID++ can be probed, so the device should
> > work
> > just as it used to (if the fallback code works).
> 
> If I read the probe function correctly, we should have the HID++
> reports present, so a static analysis will not allow us to detect
> that
> information.
> 
> However, this reminds me of the Litra Glow[0]. On this device,
> hidpp_root_get_protocol_version() also reports an error when it is
> obvious it is connected.

On the Litra Glow, the error isn't HIDPP_ERROR_RESOURCE_ERROR, but
HIDPP20_ERROR_UNSUPPORTED (0x09). I have a patch to add those constants
to the driver.

> And AFAICT, a BLE device is supposed to always be connected when it
> is
> presented to the kernel (because disconnect is handled in the BLE
> layer, in bluez).
> 
> Apparently Rafael's mouse is Bluetooth classic, so I have a doubt on
> what happens when it goes into low power.

It would probably just disconnect after a timeout. Reconnection isn't
as fast as with BLE, but it's fast enough.

> > We should only list devices that need special handling, and the
> > ones
> > that don't work once HID++ was probed unsuccessfully.
> > 
> 
> Given the current state of Rafael's mouse it goes into the second
> category. But I suspect we should be smarter in the probe's decision
> to consider if a device is connected or not.

Sure, and that's the data I'm trying to get out of the device.

> 
> Cheers,
> Benjamin
> 
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