1 Elantech Touchpad Driver
2 ========================
4 Copyright (C) 2007-2008 Arjan Opmeer <arjan@opmeer.net>
6 Extra information for hardware version 1 found and
7 provided by Steve Havelka
9 Version 2 (EeePC) hardware support based on patches
10 received from Woody at Xandros and forwarded to me
11 by user StewieGriffin at the eeeuser.com forum
19 3. Differentiating hardware versions
22 4.2 Native relative mode 4 byte packet format
23 4.3 Native absolute mode 4 byte packet format
26 5.2 Native absolute mode 6 byte packet format
27 5.2.1 Parity checking and packet re-synchronization
28 5.2.2 One/Three finger touch
29 5.2.3 Two finger touch
32 6.2 Native absolute mode 6 byte packet format
33 6.2.1 One/Three finger touch
34 6.2.2 Two finger touch
37 7.2 Native absolute mode 6 byte packet format
41 8. Trackpoint (for Hardware version 3 and 4)
43 8.2 Native relative mode 6 byte packet format
51 Currently the Linux Elantech touchpad driver is aware of four different
52 hardware versions unimaginatively called version 1,version 2, version 3
53 and version 4. Version 1 is found in "older" laptops and uses 4 bytes per
54 packet. Version 2 seems to be introduced with the EeePC and uses 6 bytes
55 per packet, and provides additional features such as position of two fingers,
56 and width of the touch. Hardware version 3 uses 6 bytes per packet (and
57 for 2 fingers the concatenation of two 6 bytes packets) and allows tracking
58 of up to 3 fingers. Hardware version 4 uses 6 bytes per packet, and can
59 combine a status packet with multiple head or motion packets. Hardware version
60 4 allows tracking up to 5 fingers.
62 Some Hardware version 3 and version 4 also have a trackpoint which uses a
63 separate packet format. It is also 6 bytes per packet.
65 The driver tries to support both hardware versions and should be compatible
66 with the Xorg Synaptics touchpad driver and its graphical configuration
69 Note that a mouse button is also associated with either the touchpad or the
70 trackpoint when a trackpoint is available. Disabling the Touchpad in xorg
71 (TouchPadOff=0) will also disable the buttons associated with the touchpad.
73 Additionally the operation of the touchpad can be altered by adjusting the
74 contents of some of its internal registers. These registers are represented
75 by the driver as sysfs entries under /sys/bus/serio/drivers/psmouse/serio?
76 that can be read from and written to.
78 Currently only the registers for hardware version 1 are somewhat understood.
79 Hardware version 2 seems to use some of the same registers but it is not
80 known whether the bits in the registers represent the same thing or might
81 have changed their meaning.
83 On top of that, some register settings have effect only when the touchpad is
84 in relative mode and not in absolute mode. As the Linux Elantech touchpad
85 driver always puts the hardware into absolute mode not all information
86 mentioned below can be used immediately. But because there is no freely
87 available Elantech documentation the information is provided here anyway for
91 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
97 Currently the Linux Elantech touchpad driver provides three extra knobs under
98 /sys/bus/serio/drivers/psmouse/serio? for the user.
102 Turn different levels of debugging ON or OFF.
104 By echoing "0" to this file all debugging will be turned OFF.
106 Currently a value of "1" will turn on some basic debugging and a value of
107 "2" will turn on packet debugging. For hardware version 1 the default is
108 OFF. For version 2 the default is "1".
110 Turning packet debugging on will make the driver dump every packet
111 received to the syslog before processing it. Be warned that this can
112 generate quite a lot of data!
116 Turns parity checking ON or OFF.
118 By echoing "0" to this file parity checking will be turned OFF. Any
119 non-zero value will turn it ON. For hardware version 1 the default is ON.
120 For version 2 the default it is OFF.
122 Hardware version 1 provides basic data integrity verification by
123 calculating a parity bit for the last 3 bytes of each packet. The driver
124 can check these bits and reject any packet that appears corrupted. Using
125 this knob you can bypass that check.
127 Hardware version 2 does not provide the same parity bits. Only some basic
128 data consistency checking can be done. For now checking is disabled by
129 default. Currently even turning it on will do nothing.
133 Sets crc_enabled to 0/1. The name "crc_enabled" is the official name of
134 this integrity check, even though it is not an actual cyclic redundancy
137 Depending on the state of crc_enabled, certain basic data integrity
138 verification is done by the driver on hardware version 3 and 4. The
139 driver will reject any packet that appears corrupted. Using this knob,
140 The state of crc_enabled can be altered with this knob.
142 Reading the crc_enabled value will show the active value. Echoing
143 "0" or "1" to this file will set the state to "0" or "1".
145 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
147 3. Differentiating hardware versions
148 =================================
150 To detect the hardware version, read the version number as param[0].param[1].param[2]
152 4 bytes version: (after the arrow is the name given in the Dell-provided driver)
155 In the wild, there appear to be more versions, such as 00.01.64, 01.00.21,
156 02.00.00, 02.00.04, 02.00.06.
163 04.01.XX => Scroll_EF051
165 In the wild, there appear to be more versions, such as 04.03.01, 04.04.11. There
166 appears to be almost no difference, except for EF113, which does not report
167 pressure/width and has different data consistency checks.
169 Probably all the versions with param[0] <= 01 can be considered as
170 4 bytes/firmware 1. The versions < 02.08.00, with the exception of 02.00.30, as
171 4 bytes/firmware 2. Everything >= 02.08.00 can be considered as 6 bytes.
173 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
175 4. Hardware version 1
181 By echoing a hexadecimal value to a register it contents can be altered.
185 echo -n 0x16 > reg_10
192 E: 1 = enable smart edges unconditionally
193 S: 1 = enable smart edges only when dragging
194 A: 1 = absolute mode (needs 4 byte packets, see reg_11)
195 L: 1 = enable drag lock (see reg_22)
196 D: 1 = disable dynamic resolution
197 T: 1 = disable tapping
198 C: 1 = enable corner tap
199 B: 1 = swap left and right button
206 P: 1 = enable parity checking for relative mode
207 F: 1 = enable native 4 byte packet mode
208 V: 1 = enable vertical scroll area
209 H: 1 = enable horizontal scroll area
217 scroll area width (small: 0x40 ... wide: 0xff)
221 drag lock time out (short: 0x14 ... long: 0xfe;
222 0xff = tap again to release)
234 smart edge cursor speed (0x02 = slow, 0x03 = medium, 0x04 = fast)
238 smart edge activation area width?
241 4.2 Native relative mode 4 byte packet format
242 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
248 L, R, M = 1 when Left, Right, Middle mouse button pressed
249 some models have M as byte 3 odd parity bit
250 when parity checking is enabled (reg_11, P = 1):
251 p1..p2 = byte 1 and 2 odd parity bit
252 c = 1 when corner tap detected
256 dx7 dx6 dx5 dx4 dx3 dx2 dx1 dx0
258 dx7..dx0 = x movement; positive = right, negative = left
259 byte 1 = 0xf0 when corner tap detected
263 dy7 dy6 dy5 dy4 dy3 dy2 dy1 dy0
265 dy7..dy0 = y movement; positive = up, negative = down
268 parity checking enabled (reg_11, P = 1):
271 w h n1 n0 ds3 ds2 ds1 ds0
274 ds3..ds0 = scroll wheel amount and direction
275 positive = down or left
276 negative = up or right
277 when corner tap detected:
278 ds0 = 1 when top right corner tapped
279 ds1 = 1 when bottom right corner tapped
280 ds2 = 1 when bottom left corner tapped
281 ds3 = 1 when top left corner tapped
282 n1..n0 = number of fingers on touchpad
283 only models with firmware 2.x report this, models with
284 firmware 1.x seem to map one, two and three finger taps
285 directly to L, M and R mouse buttons
286 h = 1 when horizontal scroll action
287 w = 1 when wide finger touch?
289 otherwise (reg_11, P = 0):
292 ds7 ds6 ds5 ds4 ds3 ds2 ds1 ds0
294 ds7..ds0 = vertical scroll amount and direction
299 4.3 Native absolute mode 4 byte packet format
300 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
302 EF013 and EF019 have a special behaviour (due to a bug in the firmware?), and
303 when 1 finger is touching, the first 2 position reports must be discarded.
304 This counting is reset whenever a different number of fingers is reported.
307 firmware version 1.x:
312 L, R = 1 when Left, Right mouse button pressed
313 p1..p3 = byte 1..3 odd parity bit
314 D, U = 1 when rocker switch pressed Up, Down
316 firmware version 2.x:
321 L, R = 1 when Left, Right mouse button pressed
322 p1..p3 = byte 1..3 odd parity bit
323 n1..n0 = number of fingers on touchpad
326 firmware version 1.x:
329 f 0 th tw x9 x8 y9 y8
331 tw = 1 when two finger touch
332 th = 1 when three finger touch
333 f = 1 when finger touch
335 firmware version 2.x:
342 x7 x6 x5 x4 x3 x2 x1 x0
344 x9..x0 = absolute x value (horizontal)
348 y7 y6 y5 y4 y3 y2 y1 y0
350 y9..y0 = absolute y value (vertical)
353 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
356 5. Hardware version 2
363 By echoing a hexadecimal value to a register it contents can be altered.
367 echo -n 0x56 > reg_10
374 D: 1 = enable drag and drop
381 S: 1 = enable vertical scroll
389 drag and drop release time out (short: 0x70 ... long 0x7e;
390 0x7f = never i.e. tap again to release)
393 5.2 Native absolute mode 6 byte packet format
394 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
395 5.2.1 Parity checking and packet re-synchronization
396 There is no parity checking, however some consistency checks can be performed.
398 For instance for EF113:
405 if( (((SA1 & 0x3C) != 0x3C) && ((SA1 & 0xC0) != 0x80)) || // check Byte 1
406 (((SA1 & 0x0C) != 0x0C) && ((SA1 & 0xC0) == 0x80)) || // check Byte 1 (one finger pressed)
407 (((SA1 & 0xC0) != 0x80) && (( A1 & 0xF0) != 0x00)) || // check Byte 2
408 (((SB1 & 0x3E) != 0x38) && ((SA1 & 0xC0) != 0x80)) || // check Byte 4
409 (((SB1 & 0x0E) != 0x08) && ((SA1 & 0xC0) == 0x80)) || // check Byte 4 (one finger pressed)
410 (((SA1 & 0xC0) != 0x80) && (( C1 & 0xF0) != 0x00)) ) // check Byte 5
413 For all the other ones, there are just a few constant bits:
414 if( ((packet[0] & 0x0C) != 0x04) ||
415 ((packet[3] & 0x0f) != 0x02) )
419 In case an error is detected, all the packets are shifted by one (and packet[0] is discarded).
421 5.2.2 One/Three finger touch
429 L, R = 1 when Left, Right mouse button pressed
430 n1..n0 = number of fingers on touchpad
435 p7 p6 p5 p4 x11 x10 x9 x8
440 x7 x6 x5 x4 x3 x2 x1 x0
442 x11..x0 = absolute x value (horizontal)
449 n4 = set if more than 3 fingers (only in 3 fingers mode)
450 vf = a kind of flag ? (only on EF123, 0 when finger is over one
451 of the buttons, 1 otherwise)
452 w3..w0 = width of the finger touch (not EF113)
453 b2 (on EF113 only, 0 otherwise), b2.R.L indicates one button pressed:
457 3 = Middle (Left and Right)
466 p3 p1 p2 p0 y11 y10 y9 y8
468 p7..p0 = pressure (not EF113)
473 y7 y6 y5 y4 y3 y2 y1 y0
475 y11..y0 = absolute y value (vertical)
478 5.2.3 Two finger touch
481 Note that the two pairs of coordinates are not exactly the coordinates of the
482 two fingers, but only the pair of the lower-left and upper-right coordinates.
483 So the actual fingers might be situated on the other diagonal of the square
484 defined by these two points.
489 n1 n0 ay8 ax8 . . R L
491 L, R = 1 when Left, Right mouse button pressed
492 n1..n0 = number of fingers on touchpad
497 ax7 ax6 ax5 ax4 ax3 ax2 ax1 ax0
499 ax8..ax0 = lower-left finger absolute x value
504 ay7 ay6 ay5 ay4 ay3 ay2 ay1 ay0
506 ay8..ay0 = lower-left finger absolute y value
516 bx7 bx6 bx5 bx4 bx3 bx2 bx1 bx0
518 bx8..bx0 = upper-right finger absolute x value
523 by7 by8 by5 by4 by3 by2 by1 by0
525 by8..by0 = upper-right finger absolute y value
527 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
529 6. Hardware version 3
539 A: 1 = enable absolute tracking
540 T: 1 = enable two finger mode auto correct
541 F: 1 = disable ABS Position Filter
542 R: 1 = enable real hardware resolution
544 6.2 Native absolute mode 6 byte packet format
545 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
546 1 and 3 finger touch shares the same 6-byte packet format, except that
547 3 finger touch only reports the position of the center of all three fingers.
549 Firmware would send 12 bytes of data for 2 finger touch.
552 In case the box has unstable power supply or other electricity issues, or
553 when number of finger changes, F/W would send "debounce packet" to inform
554 driver that the hardware is in debounce status.
555 The debouce packet has the following signature:
562 When we encounter this kind of packet, we just ignore it.
564 6.2.1 One/Three finger touch
565 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
572 L, R = 1 when Left, Right mouse button pressed
573 n1..n0 = number of fingers on touchpad
578 p7 p6 p5 p4 x11 x10 x9 x8
583 x7 x6 x5 x4 x3 x2 x1 x0
585 x11..x0 = absolute x value (horizontal)
592 w3..w0 = width of the finger touch
597 p3 p1 p2 p0 y11 y10 y9 y8
604 y7 y6 y5 y4 y3 y2 y1 y0
606 y11..y0 = absolute y value (vertical)
608 6.2.2 Two finger touch
611 The packet format is exactly the same for two finger touch, except the hardware
612 sends two 6 byte packets. The first packet contains data for the first finger,
613 the second packet has data for the second finger. So for two finger touch a
614 total of 12 bytes are sent.
616 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
618 7. Hardware version 4
628 A: 1 = enable absolute tracking
630 7.2 Native absolute mode 6 byte packet format
631 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
632 v4 hardware is a true multitouch touchpad, capable of tracking up to 5 fingers.
633 Unfortunately, due to PS/2's limited bandwidth, its packet format is rather
636 Whenever the numbers or identities of the fingers changes, the hardware sends a
637 status packet to indicate how many and which fingers is on touchpad, followed by
638 head packets or motion packets. A head packet contains data of finger id, finger
639 position (absolute x, y values), width, and pressure. A motion packet contains
640 two fingers' position delta.
642 For example, when status packet tells there are 2 fingers on touchpad, then we
643 can expect two following head packets. If the finger status doesn't change,
644 the following packets would be motion packets, only sending delta of finger
645 position, until we receive a status packet.
647 One exception is one finger touch. when a status packet tells us there is only
648 one finger, the hardware would just send head packets afterwards.
658 L, R = 1 when Left, Right mouse button pressed
663 . . . ft4 ft3 ft2 ft1 ft0
665 ft4 ft3 ft2 ft1 ft0 ftn = 1 when finger n is on touchpad
693 L, R = 1 when Left, Right mouse button pressed
694 w3..w0 = finger width (spans how many trace lines)
699 p7 p6 p5 p4 x11 x10 x9 x8
704 x7 x6 x5 x4 x3 x2 x1 x0
706 x11..x0 = absolute x value (horizontal)
711 id2 id1 id0 1 0 0 0 1
718 p3 p1 p2 p0 y11 y10 y9 y8
725 y7 y6 y5 y4 y3 y2 y1 y0
727 y11..y0 = absolute y value (vertical)
735 id2 id1 id0 w 0 1 R L
737 L, R = 1 when Left, Right mouse button pressed
739 w = 1 when delta overflows (> 127 or < -128), in this case
740 firmware sends us (delta x / 5) and (delta y / 5)
745 x7 x6 x5 x4 x3 x2 x1 x0
747 x7..x0 = delta x (two's complement)
752 y7 y6 y5 y4 y3 y2 y1 y0
754 y7..y0 = delta y (two's complement)
759 id2 id1 id0 1 0 0 1 0
766 x7 x6 x5 x4 x3 x2 x1 x0
768 x7..x0 = delta x (two's complement)
773 y7 y6 y5 y4 y3 y2 y1 y0
775 y7..y0 = delta y (two's complement)
777 byte 0 ~ 2 for one finger
778 byte 3 ~ 5 for another
781 8. Trackpoint (for Hardware version 3 and 4)
782 =========================================
785 No special registers have been identified.
787 8.2 Native relative mode 6 byte packet format
788 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
806 x7 x6 x5 x4 x3 x2 x1 x0
809 y7 y6 y5 y4 y3 y2 y1 y0
812 x and y are written in two's complement spread
813 over 9 bits with sx/sy the relative top bit and
814 x7..x0 and y7..y0 the lower bits.
815 ~sx is the inverse of sx, ~sy is the inverse of sy.
816 The sign of y is opposite to what the input driver
817 expects for a relative movement