min/max and actual values on absolute axes

[Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@who-t.net>]

Hi guys,

A question regarding min/max values on absolute axes of input devices. I
have a few bugreports related to the synaptics driver and the trigger for
the bug are coordinates outside the min/max range.

Example evtest output: http://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=27229

 Event type 3 (Absolute)
    Event code 0 (X)
      Value   6044
      Min     1472
      Max     5472
    Event code 1 (Y)
      Value   1261
      Min     1408
      Max     4448


>From Documentation/input/input-programming:
"This setting would be appropriate for a joystick X axis, with the minimum of
0, maximum of 255 (which the joystick *must* be able to reach, no problem if
it sometimes reports more, but it must be able to always reach the min and
max values), [...]"

Do I read this correct that min/max is intended as guideline only and cannot
be relied on for actual coordinate boundaries?

Cheers,
  Peter