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33 .Nd ACPI Video Extensions driver
35 .Cd "device acpi_video"
37 This driver uses the ACPI Video Extensions to control display switching and
39 The availability of the
41 variables depends on the functions offered by the host's ACPI implementation.
43 The following sysctls are currently implemented,
50 .Bl -tag -width indent
51 .It Va hw.acpi.video. Ns Ao Ar device Ac Ns Va .active
52 Current state of the output device.
53 .It Va hw.acpi.video. Ns Ao Ar device Ac Ns Va .levels
54 List of supported brightness levels.
55 .It Va hw.acpi.video. Ns Ao Ar device Ac Ns Va .brightness
56 Current brightness level of the device.
57 .It Va hw.acpi.video. Ns Ao Ar device Ac Ns Va .fullpower
58 Preset brightness level to be used in full power mode.
59 .It Va hw.acpi.video. Ns Ao Ar device Ac Ns Va .economy
60 Preset brightness level to be used in economy mode.
63 Defaults for these variables can be set in
65 which is parsed at boot-time.
74 driver first appeared in
83 .An Taku YAMAMOTO Aq Mt taku@cent.saitama-u.ac.jp .
84 This manual page was written by
85 .An Mark Santcroos Aq Mt marks@ripe.net .
87 Some systems only perform output switching via SMM even though they export
88 the proper information via ACPI.
89 On such systems, the proper hotkeys or OEM driver (for example,