The configuration file of the Yocto build that we are using contains the following configuration line :

CONFIG_TOUCHSCREEN_EGALAX_SINGLE_TOUCH=y

Which is probably the reason that we are not getting multi-touch events.

uname -a :

root@imx6qsabresd:~/rafi/ws/tmp# uname -a
Linux imx6qsabresd 3.0.35-4.1.0+yocto+gbdde708 #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Feb 6 17:31:39 EST 2014 armv7l GNU/Linux


Image was created from :
/java/embedded/platforms/yocto/fsl-image-gui-imx6qsabresd-20140206214943.rootfs.sdcard.gz