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| author | Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> | 2011-04-13 13:32:28 +0200 |
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| committer | Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> | 2011-04-13 13:32:28 +0200 |
| commit | b32e3dc7860d00124fa432dba09667e647cb9bcc (patch) | |
| tree | 2fa6e56f389431dfb84609d3d7572cad76e88e71 /Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-class-backlight | |
| parent | 6604271c5bc658a6067ed0c3deba4d89e0e50382 (diff) | |
| parent | 96120d86fe302c006259baee9061eea9e1b9e486 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'master' of ssh://master.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kaber/nf-2.6
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diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-class-backlight b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-class-backlight index 4d637e1c4ff..70302f370e7 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-class-backlight +++ b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-class-backlight @@ -34,3 +34,23 @@ Contact: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net> Description: Maximum brightness for <backlight>. Users: HAL + +What: /sys/class/backlight/<backlight>/type +Date: September 2010 +KernelVersion: 2.6.37 +Contact: Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com> +Description: + The type of interface controlled by <backlight>. + "firmware": The driver uses a standard firmware interface + "platform": The driver uses a platform-specific interface + "raw": The driver controls hardware registers directly + + In the general case, when multiple backlight + interfaces are available for a single device, firmware + control should be preferred to platform control should + be preferred to raw control. Using a firmware + interface reduces the probability of confusion with + the hardware and the OS independently updating the + backlight state. Platform interfaces are mostly a + holdover from pre-standardisation of firmware + interfaces. |