touch_overl...chscreen_abs(9)
π touch_overlay_get_touchscreen_abs(9)
okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual β¨ 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.
πΈ NAME πΈ
touch_overlay_get_touchscreen_abs β literally just gets the abs size from the touchscreen area π«Ά like that's it, that's the whole job.
β¨ SYNOPSIS β¨
void touch_overlay_get_touchscreen_abs (struct list_head *list , u16 *x
, u16 *y );
that's the whole signature, mwah π returns void, so nothing comes back out of it directly β the goodies come out through the pointers, iykyk.
π ARGUMENTS π
listβ pointer to the list that holds the segments π she's the main character here, everything lives inside her.xβ horizontal abs. yes literally horizontal abs, the width vibes πβ¨yβ vertical abs. the height vibes, matching set withxπ¦
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.
π SEE ALSO π
kernel file ./drivers/input/touch-overlay.c β go read the source, it's giving lore π and also these four besties right here:
touch_overlay_map(9)touch_overlay_mapped_touchscreen(9)touch_overlay_sync_frame(9)touch_overlay_process_contact(9)
all of them fr fr in the same squad, go say hi π
and that's the page, periodt π 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 ππ slay anyway, ily, bye bestie πβ¨
π¦ where this page comes from
- nixpkgs unstable: linux-manual 7.3.1
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