touch_overl...chscreen_abs(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

πŸ’… touch_overlay_get_touchscreen_abs(9)

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ β€” this one's a lil cutie from the touch overlay world and honestly she's serving pure "just tell me how big the screen is" energy. No cap.


🌸 NAME 🌸

touch_overlay_get_touchscreen_abs β€” literally just gets the abs size from the touchscreen area 🫢 like that's it, that's the whole job.


✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void touch_overlay_get_touchscreen_abs (struct list_head *list , u16 *x
, u16 *y );

that's the whole signature, mwah πŸ’‹ returns void, so nothing comes back out of it directly β€” the goodies come out through the pointers, iykyk.


πŸŽ€ ARGUMENTS πŸŽ€

  • list β€” pointer to the list that holds the segments πŸ‘‘ she's the main character here, everything lives inside her.
  • x β€” horizontal abs. yes literally horizontal abs, the width vibes πŸ“βœ¨
  • y β€” vertical abs. the height vibes, matching set with x πŸ¦‹
ngl bestie the naming here is doing the absolute most β€” "abs" is just how this file talks about the size of the touchscreen area. iconic, honestly.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

kernel file ./drivers/input/touch-overlay.c β€” go read the source, it's giving lore πŸ’€ and also these four besties right here:

all of them fr fr in the same squad, go say hi πŸ’–


and that's the page, periodt πŸŽ€ this lil slice of ./drivers/input lore dropped in October 2026 β€” sourced straight from ./drivers/input, version vibes and all, and the header was out here spelling it touch_overl...chscreen_abs(9) because apparently even manpage headers get lazy sometimes πŸ˜­πŸ’€ slay anyway, ily, bye bestie πŸ‘‘βœ¨

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