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28.Dd March 03, 2004
29.Dt ACPI_VIDEO 4
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm acpi_video
33.Nd ACPI Video Extensions driver
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35.Cd "device acpi_video"
36.Sh DESCRIPTION
37This driver uses the ACPI Video Extensions to control display switching and
38backlight brightness.
39The availability of the
40.Xr sysctl 8
41variables depends on the functions offered by the hosts ACPI implementation.
42.Sh SYSCTLS
43The following sysctls are currently implemented,
44where <device> is "crt", "lcd" or "tv":
45.Bl -tag -width indent
46.It Va hw.acpi.video.<device>.active
47Current state of the device.
48.It Va hw.acpi.video.<device>.levels
49List of supported brightness levels.
50.It Va hw.acpi.video.<device>.brightness
51Current brightness level of the device.
52.It Va hw.acpi.video.<device>.fullpower
53Preset brightness level to be used in full power mode.
54.It Va hw.acpi.video.<device>.economy
55Preset brightness level to be used in economy mode.
56.El
57.Pp
58Defaults for these variables can be set in
59.Xr sysctl.conf 5 ,
60which is parsed at boot-time.
61.Sh SEE ALSO
62.Xr acpi 4 ,
63.Xr loader.conf 5 ,
64.Xr sysctl.conf 5 ,
65.Xr sysctl 8
66.Sh HISTORY
67The
68.Nm
69driver first appeared in
70.Fx 5.3 .
71.Sh AUTHORS
72.An -nosplit
73The
74.Nm
75driver was written by
76.An Taku YAMAMOTO Aq taku@cent.saitama-u.ac.jp .
77This manual page was written by
78.An Mark Santcroos Aq marks@ripe.net .
79