From 3c4c1b69a2d76ac9a1c716233fde956dba757d76 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Corentin Chary Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:56:43 +0000 Subject: video/backlight: document sysfs interface Date and KernelVersion may be wrong because the backlight interface was introduced before git initial import. Cc:Richard Purdie Signed-off-by: Corentin Chary Signed-off-by: Len Brown --- Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-class-backlight | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-class-backlight (limited to 'Documentation/ABI/stable') diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-class-backlight b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-class-backlight new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..4d637e1c4ff --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-class-backlight @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +What: /sys/class/backlight//bl_power +Date: April 2005 +KernelVersion: 2.6.12 +Contact: Richard Purdie +Description: + Control BACKLIGHT power, values are FB_BLANK_* from fb.h + - FB_BLANK_UNBLANK (0) : power on. + - FB_BLANK_POWERDOWN (4) : power off +Users: HAL + +What: /sys/class/backlight//brightness +Date: April 2005 +KernelVersion: 2.6.12 +Contact: Richard Purdie +Description: + Control the brightness for this . Values + are between 0 and max_brightness. This file will also + show the brightness level stored in the driver, which + may not be the actual brightness (see actual_brightness). +Users: HAL + +What: /sys/class/backlight//actual_brightness +Date: March 2006 +KernelVersion: 2.6.17 +Contact: Richard Purdie +Description: + Show the actual brightness by querying the hardware. +Users: HAL + +What: /sys/class/backlight//max_brightness +Date: April 2005 +KernelVersion: 2.6.12 +Contact: Richard Purdie +Description: + Maximum brightness for . +Users: HAL -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2