[PATCH 5/6] platform/x86/tuxedo: Update and extend documentation

Aaron Erhardt <[email protected]> Tue, 28 Jul 2026 13:59:40 +0200
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.platform-driver-x86,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Fill-in missing details, update information and
clean up some obsolete documentation.

Signed-off-by: Aaron Erhardt <[email protected]>
---
 drivers/platform/x86/tuxedo/nb04/wmi_ab.c | 51 ++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/tuxedo/nb04/wmi_ab.c b/drivers/platform/x86/tuxedo/nb04/wmi_ab.c
index 2b985b030197..5dedf93f6d75 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/tuxedo/nb04/wmi_ab.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/tuxedo/nb04/wmi_ab.c
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 /*
  * This driver implements the WMI AB device found on TUXEDO notebooks with board
- * vendor NB04.
+ * vendor NB04. This enables keyboard backlight control via a virtual HID
+ * LampArray device.
+ *
+ * The device will be available through the regular HID interfaces, such as
+ * hidraw and can be used by any userspace program that implements the HID
+ * LampArray standard.
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2024-2025 Werner Sembach <[email protected]>
+ * Copyright (C) 2026 Aaron Erhardt <[email protected]>
  */
 
 #include <linux/dmi.h>
@@ -488,12 +494,14 @@ static int handle_lamp_array_attributes_report(struct hid_device *hdev,
 	struct tux_hdev_driver_data_t *driver_data = hdev->driver_data;
 
 	rep->lamp_count = driver_data->lamp_count;
+
+	// Physical dimensions of the Sirius 16 keyboard
 	rep->bounding_box_width_in_micrometers = 368000;
 	rep->bounding_box_height_in_micrometers = 266000;
 	rep->bounding_box_depth_in_micrometers = 30000;
 	/*
 	 * LampArrayKindKeyboard, see "26.2.1 LampArrayKind Values" of
-	 * "HID Usage Tables v1.5"
+	 * "HID Usage Tables v1.7"
 	 */
 	rep->lamp_array_kind = 1;
 	// Some guessed value for interval microseconds
@@ -547,7 +555,7 @@ static int handle_lamp_attributes_response_report(struct hid_device *hdev,
 	rep->update_latency_in_microseconds = 100;
 	/*
 	 * LampPurposeControl, see "26.3.1 LampPurposes Flags" of
-	 * "HID Usage Tables v1.5"
+	 * "HID Usage Tables v1.7"
 	 */
 	rep->lamp_purpose = 1;
 	rep->red_level_count = 0xff;
@@ -560,8 +568,8 @@ static int handle_lamp_attributes_response_report(struct hid_device *hdev,
 		rep->input_binding = driver_data->kbl_map[lamp_id].code;
 	} else {
 		/*
-		 * Everything bigger is reserved/undefined, see
-		 * "10 Keyboard/Keypad Page (0x07)" of "HID Usage Tables v1.5"
+		 * Everything bigger than 0xe8 is reserved/undefined, see
+		 * "10 Keyboard/Keypad Page (0x07)" of "HID Usage Tables v1.7"
 		 * and should return 0, see "26.8.3 Lamp Attributes" of the same
 		 * document.
 		 */
@@ -606,10 +614,7 @@ static int handle_lamp_multi_update_report(struct hid_device *hdev,
 	u8 key_id, key_id_j, intensity_i, red_i, green_i, blue_i;
 	int ret;
 
-	/*
-	 * Catching misformatted lamp_multi_update_report and fail silently
-	 * according to "HID Usage Tables v1.5"
-	 */
+	// Catch bad reports and fail silently according to "HID Usage Tables v1.7"
 	for (unsigned int i = 0; i < rep->lamp_count; ++i) {
 		if (rep->lamp_id[i] > driver_data->lamp_count) {
 			hid_dbg(hdev, "Out of bounds lamp_id in lamp_multi_update_report. Skipping whole report!\n");
@@ -624,6 +629,7 @@ static int handle_lamp_multi_update_report(struct hid_device *hdev,
 		}
 	}
 
+	// Fill kbl_set_multiple_keys_in update buffer
 	for (unsigned int i = 0; i < rep->lamp_count; ++i) {
 		key_id = driver_data->kbl_map[rep->lamp_id[i]].code;
 
@@ -632,6 +638,8 @@ static int handle_lamp_multi_update_report(struct hid_device *hdev,
 		     ++j) {
 			rgb_configs_j = &next->kbl_set_multiple_keys_in.rgb_configs[j];
 			key_id_j = rgb_configs_j->key_id;
+
+			// Search for existing or empty entry
 			if (key_id_j != 0x00 && key_id_j != key_id)
 				continue;
 
@@ -691,10 +699,7 @@ static int handle_lamp_range_update_report(struct hid_device *hdev,
 	struct lamp_rgbi_tuple_t *update_channels_j;
 	int ret;
 
-	/*
-	 * Catching misformatted lamp_range_update_report and fail silently
-	 * according to "HID Usage Tables v1.5"
-	 */
+	// Catch bad reports and fail silently according to "HID Usage Tables v1.7"
 	if (rep->lamp_id_start > rep->lamp_id_end) {
 		hid_dbg(hdev, "lamp_id_start > lamp_id_end in lamp_range_update_report. Skipping whole report!\n");
 		return sizeof(*rep);
@@ -706,8 +711,8 @@ static int handle_lamp_range_update_report(struct hid_device *hdev,
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * Break handle_lamp_range_update_report call down to multiple
-	 * handle_lamp_multi_update_report calls to easily ensure that mixing
+	 * Break handle_lamp_range_update_report call down into multiple
+	 * handle_lamp_multi_update_report calls to ensure that mixing
 	 * handle_lamp_range_update_report and handle_lamp_multi_update_report
 	 * does not break things.
 	 */
@@ -750,15 +755,12 @@ static int handle_lamp_array_control_report(struct hid_device *hdev __always_unu
 					    struct lamp_array_control_report_t *rep)
 {
 	/*
-	 * The keyboards firmware doesn't have any built in controls and the
-	 * built in effects are not implemented so this is a NOOP.
-	 * According to the HID Documentation (HID Usage Tables v1.5) this
+	 * The keyboards firmware doesn't have any built-in controls and the
+	 * built-in effects are not implemented so this is a NOOP.
+	 * According to the HID Documentation (HID Usage Tables v1.7) this
 	 * function is optional and can be removed from the HID Report
 	 * Descriptor, but it should first be confirmed that userspace respects
-	 * this possibility too. The Microsoft MacroPad reference implementation
-	 * (https://github.com/microsoft/RP2040MacropadHidSample 1d6c3ad)
-	 * already deviates from the spec at another point, see
-	 * handle_lamp_*_update_report.
+	 * this possibility too.
 	 */
 
 	return sizeof(*rep);
@@ -894,8 +896,8 @@ static struct wmi_driver tuxedo_nb04_wmi_tux_driver = {
 };
 
 /*
- * We don't know if the WMI API is stable and how unique the GUID is for this
- * ODM. To be on the safe side we therefore only run this driver on tested
+ * We don't know whether the WMI API is stable and how unique the GUID is for
+ * this ODM. To be on the safe side we therefore only run this driver on tested
  * devices defined by this list.
  */
 static const struct dmi_system_id tested_devices_dmi_table[] __initconst = {
@@ -933,4 +935,5 @@ module_exit(tuxedo_nb04_wmi_tux_exit);
 
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Virtual HID LampArray interface for TUXEDO NB04 devices");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Werner Sembach <[email protected]>");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Aaron Erhardt <[email protected]>");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-- 
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