Re: [PATCH] MdeModulePkg/Usb/Keyboard.c: Don't request protocol before setting

["Wu, Hao A" <hao.a.wu@intel.com>]

1 inline comment below:


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sean Rhodes <sean@starlabs.systems>
> Sent: Friday, February 18, 2022 3:30 PM
> To: devel@edk2.groups.io
> Cc: Dong, Guo <guo.dong@intel.com>; Rhodes, Sean
> <sean@starlabs.systems>; Wu, Hao A <hao.a.wu@intel.com>; Ni, Ray
> <ray.ni@intel.com>; Matt DeVillier <matt.devillier@gmail.com>; Patrick
> Rudolph <patrick.rudolph@9elements.com>
> Subject: [PATCH] MdeModulePkg/Usb/Keyboard.c: Don't request protocol
> before setting
> 
> No need to check the interface protocol then conditionally setting,
> just set it to BOOT_PROTOCOL and check for error.
> 
> This is what Linux does for HID devices as some don't follow the USB spec.
> One example is the Aspeed BMC HID keyboard device, which adds a massive
> boot delay without this patch as it doesn't respond to 'GetProtocolRequest'.
> 
> Cc: Hao A Wu <hao.a.wu@intel.com>
> Cc: Ray Ni <ray.ni@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Matt DeVillier <matt.devillier@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Patrick Rudolph <patrick.rudolph@9elements.com>
> Signed-off-by: Sean Rhodes <sean@starlabs.systems>
> ---
>  MdeModulePkg/Bus/Usb/UsbKbDxe/KeyBoard.c        | 17 +++++------------
>  .../Library/BrotliCustomDecompressLib/brotli    |  2 +-
>  2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/MdeModulePkg/Bus/Usb/UsbKbDxe/KeyBoard.c
> b/MdeModulePkg/Bus/Usb/UsbKbDxe/KeyBoard.c
> index 5a94a4dda7..73b5df2b64 100644
> --- a/MdeModulePkg/Bus/Usb/UsbKbDxe/KeyBoard.c
> +++ b/MdeModulePkg/Bus/Usb/UsbKbDxe/KeyBoard.c
> @@ -854,22 +854,15 @@ InitUSBKeyboard (
>      }
> 
>    }
> 
> 
> 
> -  UsbGetProtocolRequest (
> 
> -    UsbKeyboardDevice->UsbIo,
> 
> -    UsbKeyboardDevice->InterfaceDescriptor.InterfaceNumber,
> 
> -    &Protocol
> 
> -    );
> 
>    //
> 
>    // Set boot protocol for the USB Keyboard.
> 
>    // This driver only supports boot protocol.
> 
>    //
> 
> -  if (Protocol != BOOT_PROTOCOL) {
> 
> -    UsbSetProtocolRequest (
> 
> -      UsbKeyboardDevice->UsbIo,
> 
> -      UsbKeyboardDevice->InterfaceDescriptor.InterfaceNumber,
> 
> -      BOOT_PROTOCOL
> 
> -      );
> 
> -  }
> 
> +  UsbSetProtocolRequest (
> 
> +    UsbKeyboardDevice->UsbIo,
> 
> +    UsbKeyboardDevice->InterfaceDescriptor.InterfaceNumber,
> 
> +    BOOT_PROTOCOL
> 
> +    );
> 
> 
> 
>    UsbKeyboardDevice->CtrlOn    = FALSE;
> 
>    UsbKeyboardDevice->AltOn     = FALSE;
> 
> diff --git a/MdeModulePkg/Library/BrotliCustomDecompressLib/brotli
> b/MdeModulePkg/Library/BrotliCustomDecompressLib/brotli
> index f4153a09f8..666c3280cc 160000
> --- a/MdeModulePkg/Library/BrotliCustomDecompressLib/brotli
> +++ b/MdeModulePkg/Library/BrotliCustomDecompressLib/brotli
> @@ -1 +1 @@
> -Subproject commit f4153a09f87cbb9c826d8fc12c74642bb2d879ea
> +Subproject commit 666c3280cc11dc433c303d79a83d4ffbdd12cc8d


Why change in BrotliCustomDecompressLib is needed for this patch?

Best Regards,
Hao Wu


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> 2.32.0