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+Video Output Switcher Control
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+2006 luming.yu@intel.com
+
+The output sysfs class driver provides an abstract video output layer that
+can be used to hook platform specific methods to enable/disable video output
+device through common sysfs interface. For example, on my IBM ThinkPad T42
+laptop, The ACPI video driver registered its output devices and read/write
+method for 'state' with output sysfs class. The user interface under sysfs is::
+
+ linux:/sys/class/video_output # tree .
+ .
+ |-- CRT0
+ | |-- device -> ../../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0
+ | |-- state
+ | |-- subsystem -> ../../../class/video_output
+ | `-- uevent
+ |-- DVI0
+ | |-- device -> ../../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0
+ | |-- state
+ | |-- subsystem -> ../../../class/video_output
+ | `-- uevent
+ |-- LCD0
+ | |-- device -> ../../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0
+ | |-- state
+ | |-- subsystem -> ../../../class/video_output
+ | `-- uevent
+ `-- TV0
+ |-- device -> ../../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0
+ |-- state
+ |-- subsystem -> ../../../class/video_output
+ `-- uevent
+