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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-class-backlight')
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-class-backlight b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-class-backlight index 023fb52645f8..40b8c46b95b2 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-class-backlight +++ b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-class-backlight @@ -3,10 +3,11 @@ Date: April 2005 KernelVersion: 2.6.12 Contact: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net> Description: - Control BACKLIGHT power, values are FB_BLANK_* from fb.h + Control BACKLIGHT power, values are compatible with + FB_BLANK_* from fb.h - - FB_BLANK_UNBLANK (0) : power on. - - FB_BLANK_POWERDOWN (4) : power off + - 0 (FB_BLANK_UNBLANK) : power on. + - 4 (FB_BLANK_POWERDOWN) : power off Users: HAL What: /sys/class/backlight/<backlight>/brightness @@ -25,7 +26,12 @@ Date: March 2006 KernelVersion: 2.6.17 Contact: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net> Description: - Show the actual brightness by querying the hardware. + Show the actual brightness by querying the hardware. Due + to implementation differences in hardware this may not + match the value in 'brightness'. For example some hardware + may treat blanking differently or have custom power saving + features. Userspace should generally use the values in + 'brightness' to make decisions. Users: HAL What: /sys/class/backlight/<backlight>/max_brightness |