[Fw_Os_Forum] How to detect devices that support touch

[Aaron.Pop at congatec.com]

EDK implements a console splitter for input device.  This console splitter 
creates a absolute pointer protocol instance that does not contain a 
device path.

You can locate a handle buffer of all the handles that contain an absolute 
pointer protocol, and then you can go through the handles and make sure 
that there is a handle that contains a device path.  If there are no 
absolute pointer instances that contain a device path.





From:   Venkat Gorla <venkatagorla at gmail.com>
To:     fw_os_forum at mailman.uefi.org, 
Date:   03/03/2016 01:06 AM
Subject:        [Fw_Os_Forum] How to detect devices that support touch
Sent by:        fw_os_forum-bounces at mailman.uefi.org



Hello,

We are making some product changes that are specific to touch devices 
(such as a tablet) in the Windows pre-boot UEFI environment. I am 
referring the following document for the UEFI specification:
http://www.uefi.org/sites/default/files/resources/UEFI_Spec_2_3_1.pdf

However I haven't been able to definitively check for touch devices vs 
non-touch devices using the specification.

For example, querying for the absolute pointer protocol interface succeeds 
even on a non-touch device such as a laptop or a desktop. Additionally, 
the absolute max X and max Y values are also being reported as non-zero 
when I query the "Mode" of the protocol interface.

So my question is how do I filter out the negative scenarios (devices that 
don't support touch) using the UEFI specification?

Any pointers or help will is much appreciated.

Thanks,
Venkat _______________________________________________
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