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.Dd March 3, 2004
.Dt ACPI_VIDEO 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm acpi_video
.Nd ACPI Video Extensions driver
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Cd "device acpi_video"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
This driver uses the ACPI Video Extensions to control display switching and
backlight brightness.
The availability of the
.Xr sysctl 8
variables depends on the functions offered by the host's ACPI implementation.
.Sh SYSCTLS
The following sysctls are currently implemented,
where
.Aq Ar device
is
.Va crt , lcd ,
or
.Va tv :
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Va hw.acpi.video. Ns Ao Ar device Ac Ns Va .active
Current state of the device.
.It Va hw.acpi.video. Ns Ao Ar device Ac Ns Va .levels
List of supported brightness levels.
.It Va hw.acpi.video. Ns Ao Ar device Ac Ns Va .brightness
Current brightness level of the device.
.It Va hw.acpi.video. Ns Ao Ar device Ac Ns Va .fullpower
Preset brightness level to be used in full power mode.
.It Va hw.acpi.video. Ns Ao Ar device Ac Ns Va .economy
Preset brightness level to be used in economy mode.
.El
.Pp
Defaults for these variables can be set in
.Xr sysctl.conf 5 ,
which is parsed at boot-time.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr acpi 4 ,
.Xr loader.conf 5 ,
.Xr sysctl.conf 5 ,
.Xr sysctl 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
driver first appeared in
.Fx 5.3 .
.Sh AUTHORS
.An -nosplit
The
.Nm
driver was written by
.An Taku YAMAMOTO Aq taku@cent.saitama-u.ac.jp .
This manual page was written by
.An Mark Santcroos Aq marks@ripe.net .