Re: [PATCH 1/1] Input: trackpoint - Add new ELAN trackpoint device variant id 7

[Yao Yuan <yaoyuan0329os@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Nov 12, 2026 at 04:14:35PM +0900, Vishnu Sankar wrote:
> Hi Dimitry, Jingle, Yuan,
>
> On Thu, Nov 12, 2026 at 2:33 PM Dmitry Torokhov
> <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Jingle,
> >
> > On Thu, Nov 12, 2026 at 05:26:46AM +0000, Jingle Wu 吳金國 wrote:
> > > Hi Yao:
> > >
> > > Upon inquiry, it was confirmed that a black TrackPoint stick (0x07)
> > > underneath the red TrackPoint cap corresponds to a vendor that is
> > > compatible with the Windows ELAN driver.
> >
> > Are you at liberty to share the vendor name? Or should we mark it as
> > "Elan" or "Elan-compatible"?
>
> Sorry to jump in; this is Vishnu from Lenovo.
> I have now confirmed with the component owner and supplier that the
> TrackPoint reporting variant ID `0x07` and firmware revision `0xA1`
> are made by JYT/NDT, not ELAN. The physical check also identified the
> corresponding button/stick as white. It uses the same ELAN driver for
> Windows but has different FW.
>
> Therefore, the patch should recognize `0x07` as the JYT/NDT variant
> rather than naming it as an ELAN variant.
>
> Can name it something like  [TP_VARIANT_JYT_NDT]          = "JYT_NDT"
> or something like that.

Ah thank you!

Now with yours and Jingle Wu's info the things become clear now!

I will respin v2 w/ TP_VARIANT_JYT_NDT to 0x7 and "JYT_NTD" if no more object.

> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > --
> > Dmitry
>
> --
>
> Regards,
>
>       Vishnu Sankar