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What: /sys/class/backlight/<backlight>/bl_power
Date: April 2005
KernelVersion: 2.6.12
Contact: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net>
Description:
Control BACKLIGHT power, values are compatible with
FB_BLANK_* from fb.h
- 0 (FB_BLANK_UNBLANK) : power on.
- 4 (FB_BLANK_POWERDOWN) : power off
Users: HAL
What: /sys/class/backlight/<backlight>/brightness
Date: April 2005
KernelVersion: 2.6.12
Contact: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net>
Description:
Control the brightness for this <backlight>. 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/<backlight>/actual_brightness
Date: March 2006
KernelVersion: 2.6.17
Contact: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net>
Description:
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
Date: April 2005
KernelVersion: 2.6.12
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.
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