From 10d97ee82ad6b53391c16fbe415ec3a79d45cc17 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: flamingcow <git@flamingcow.io>
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2026 14:58:51 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Relay browser touches through the harness into the real
 touchscreen

---
 harness/stream.go |  34 +++++++++-
 harness/touch.go  | 163 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 196 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 harness/touch.go

diff --git a/harness/stream.go b/harness/stream.go
index 9e16266..a82cb70 100644
--- a/harness/stream.go
+++ b/harness/stream.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const page = `<!doctype html>
 <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width">
 <title>cabletest</title>
 <body style="margin:0;background:#000;min-height:100vh;display:grid;place-items:center">
-<canvas style="max-width:100vw;max-height:100vh"></canvas>
+<canvas style="max-width:100vw;max-height:100vh;touch-action:none"></canvas>
 <script>
 (async () => {
   const cv = document.querySelector('canvas'), g = cv.getContext('2d');
@@ -59,6 +59,34 @@ addEventListener('keydown', e => {
     fetch('keys', {method: 'POST', body: e.key});
   }
 });
+(() => {
+  const cv = document.querySelector('canvas');
+  let q = Promise.resolve(), held = -1, lastMove = 0;
+  const send = b => q = q.then(() => fetch('touch', {method: 'POST', body: b}).catch(() => {}));
+  const at = e => {
+    const r = cv.getBoundingClientRect();
+    return Math.round((e.clientX - r.left) * cv.width / r.width) + ' ' +
+           Math.round((e.clientY - r.top) * cv.height / r.height);
+  };
+  cv.addEventListener('pointerdown', e => {
+    e.preventDefault();
+    held = e.pointerId;
+    cv.setPointerCapture(held);
+    send('down ' + at(e));
+  });
+  cv.addEventListener('pointermove', e => {
+    if (e.pointerId !== held || e.timeStamp - lastMove < 50) return;
+    lastMove = e.timeStamp;
+    send('move ' + at(e));
+  });
+  const lift = e => {
+    if (e.pointerId !== held) return;
+    held = -1;
+    send('up');
+  };
+  cv.addEventListener('pointerup', lift);
+  cv.addEventListener('pointercancel', lift);
+})();
 </script>
 `
 
@@ -87,6 +115,9 @@ func serveStream() error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	if touchscreen, err = openTouchscreen(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	ln, err := net.Listen("tcp", streamAddr)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -104,6 +135,7 @@ func serveStream() error {
 	})
 	mux.HandleFunc("/frames", frames)
 	mux.HandleFunc("/keys", keys)
+	mux.HandleFunc("/touch", touch)
 	go http.Serve(ln, mux)
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/harness/touch.go b/harness/touch.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..572b100
--- /dev/null
+++ b/harness/touch.go
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"encoding/binary"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"unsafe"
+
+	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
+)
+
+const (
+	evSyn    = 0x00
+	evKey    = 0x01
+	evAbs    = 0x03
+	btnTouch = 0x14a
+	absX     = 0x00
+	absY     = 0x01
+
+	inputPropDirect  = 0x01
+	sizeofInputEvent = 24
+)
+
+func evIoc(nr, size uintptr) uintptr {
+	const iocRead = 2
+	return iocRead<<30 | size<<16 | 'E'<<8 | nr
+}
+
+type touchDev struct {
+	f                      *os.File
+	minX, maxX, minY, maxY int32
+}
+
+var touchscreen *touchDev
+
+// Picks the direct-input device that reports absolute X and Y — the same
+// probe cabletest runs, so both ends name the same hardware. Events written
+// to the node are fed into the input core as if the hardware produced them,
+// so cabletest sees a finger without carrying any injection code.
+func openTouchscreen() (*touchDev, error) {
+	paths, err := filepath.Glob("/dev/input/event*")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	for _, p := range paths {
+		f, err := os.OpenFile(p, os.O_RDWR, 0)
+		if err != nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		var props, absBits uint64
+		if _, _, errno := unix.Syscall(unix.SYS_IOCTL, f.Fd(),
+			evIoc(0x09, 8), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&props))); errno != 0 {
+			f.Close()
+			continue
+		}
+		if _, _, errno := unix.Syscall(unix.SYS_IOCTL, f.Fd(),
+			evIoc(0x20+evAbs, 8), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&absBits))); errno != 0 {
+			f.Close()
+			continue
+		}
+		if props&(1<<inputPropDirect) == 0 ||
+			absBits&(1<<absX) == 0 || absBits&(1<<absY) == 0 {
+			f.Close()
+			continue
+		}
+		t := &touchDev{f: f}
+		if t.minX, t.maxX, err = axisRange(f, absX); err != nil {
+			f.Close()
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s x range: %w", p, err)
+		}
+		if t.minY, t.maxY, err = axisRange(f, absY); err != nil {
+			f.Close()
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s y range: %w", p, err)
+		}
+		if t.maxX <= t.minX || t.maxY <= t.minY {
+			f.Close()
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s: degenerate axes x %d..%d y %d..%d",
+				p, t.minX, t.maxX, t.minY, t.maxY)
+		}
+		return t, nil
+	}
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("no touchscreen found among /dev/input/event*")
+}
+
+func axisRange(f *os.File, axis uintptr) (min, max int32, err error) {
+	var info [6]int32
+	if _, _, errno := unix.Syscall(unix.SYS_IOCTL, f.Fd(),
+		evIoc(0x40+axis, 24), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&info[0]))); errno != 0 {
+		return 0, 0, errno
+	}
+	return info[1], info[2], nil
+}
+
+type inputEvent struct {
+	typ, code uint16
+	val       int32
+}
+
+// Timestamps are left zero: evdev stamps injected events at delivery.
+func (t *touchDev) send(evs []inputEvent) error {
+	buf := make([]byte, len(evs)*sizeofInputEvent)
+	for i, e := range evs {
+		o := i * sizeofInputEvent
+		binary.NativeEndian.PutUint16(buf[o+16:], e.typ)
+		binary.NativeEndian.PutUint16(buf[o+18:], e.code)
+		binary.NativeEndian.PutUint32(buf[o+20:], uint32(e.val))
+	}
+	_, err := t.f.Write(buf)
+	return err
+}
+
+// The page speaks portrait canvas pixels; the device speaks the panel's
+// landscape axes, so the quarter turn cabletest applies on the way in is
+// inverted on the way out.
+func touch(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	body, err := io.ReadAll(r.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	f := strings.Fields(string(body))
+	if len(f) == 1 && f[0] == "up" {
+		if err := touchscreen.send([]inputEvent{{evKey, btnTouch, 0}, {evSyn, 0, 0}}); err != nil {
+			http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		}
+		return
+	}
+	if len(f) != 3 || (f[0] != "down" && f[0] != "move") {
+		http.Error(w, "want down x y, move x y, or up", http.StatusBadRequest)
+		return
+	}
+	cx, errX := strconv.Atoi(f[1])
+	cy, errY := strconv.Atoi(f[2])
+	if errX != nil || errY != nil {
+		http.Error(w, "bad coordinates", http.StatusBadRequest)
+		return
+	}
+	latestMu.RLock()
+	k := latest
+	latestMu.RUnlock()
+	if k.buf == nil {
+		http.Error(w, "no frame to locate the touch on", http.StatusServiceUnavailable)
+		return
+	}
+	cx = min(max(cx, 0), k.ph-1)
+	cy = min(max(cy, 0), k.pw-1)
+	xl, yl := cy, k.ph-1-cx
+	t := touchscreen
+	rawX := t.minX + int32(int64(xl)*int64(t.maxX-t.minX)/int64(k.pw-1))
+	rawY := t.minY + int32(int64(yl)*int64(t.maxY-t.minY)/int64(k.ph-1))
+	evs := []inputEvent{{evAbs, absX, rawX}, {evAbs, absY, rawY}}
+	if f[0] == "down" {
+		evs = append(evs, inputEvent{evKey, btnTouch, 1})
+	}
+	evs = append(evs, inputEvent{evSyn, 0, 0})
+	if err := t.send(evs); err != nil {
+		http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
+	}
+}