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23.Dd October 2, 2020
24.Dt BACKLIGHT 9
25.Os
26.Sh NAME
27.Nm backlight ,
28.Nm backlight_register ,
29.Nm backlight_destroy ,
30.Nm BACKLIGHT_GET_STATUS ,
31.Nm BACKLIGHT_SET_STATUS
32.Nd BACKLIGHT methods
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.Cd "device backlight"
35.In "backlight_if.h"
36.In "sys/sys/backlight.h"
37.Ft int
38.Fn BACKLIGHT_GET_STATUS "device_t bus" "struct backlight_props *props"
39.Ft int
40.Fn BACKLIGHT_SET_STATUS "device_t bus" "struct backlight_props *props"
41.Ft struct cdev *
42.Fn backlight_register "const char *name" "device_t dev"
43.Ft int
44.Fn backlight_destroy "struct cdev *cdev"
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46The backlight driver provides a generic way for handling a panel backlight.
47.Pp
48Drivers for backlight system register themselves globally using the
49.Fn backlight_register
50function.
51They must define two methods,
52.Fn BACKLIGHT_GET_STATUS
53which is used to query the current brightness level and
54.Fn BACKLIGHT_SET_STATUS
55which is used to update it.
56.Sh INTERFACE
57.Bl -tag -width indent
58.It Fn BACKLIGHT_GET_STATUS "device_t bus" "struct backlight_props *props"
59Driver fills the current brightless level and the optional supported levels.
60.It Fn BACKLIGHT_SET_STATUS "device_t bus" "struct backlight_props *props"
61Driver update the backlight level based on the brightness member of the props
62struct.
63.El
64.Sh FILES
65.Bl -tag -width "/dev/backlight/*"
66.It Pa /dev/backlight/*
67.El
68.Sh HISTORY
69The
70.Nm backlight
71interface first appear in
72.Fx 13.0 .
73The
74.Nm backlight
75driver and manual page was written by
76.An Emmanuel Vadot Aq Mt manu@FreeBSD.org .
77