acpi_video —
ACPI Video Extensions driver
device acpi_video
This driver uses the ACPI Video Extensions to control display switching and
backlight brightness. The availability of the
sysctl(8) variables depends on the functions
offered by the host's ACPI implementation.
The following sysctls are currently implemented, where
⟨
device⟩ is
crt,
lcd, or
tv:
-
hw.acpi.video.⟨device⟩.active
- Current state of the output device.
-
hw.acpi.video.⟨device⟩.levels
- List of supported brightness levels.
-
hw.acpi.video.⟨device⟩.brightness
- Current brightness level of the device.
-
hw.acpi.video.⟨device⟩.fullpower
- Preset brightness level to be used in full power mode.
-
hw.acpi.video.⟨device⟩.economy
- Preset brightness level to be used in economy mode.
Defaults for these variables can be set in
sysctl.conf(5), which is parsed at boot-time.
acpi(4),
loader.conf(5),
sysctl.conf(5),
sysctl(8)
The
acpi_video driver first appeared in
FreeBSD 5.3.
The
acpi_video driver was written by
Taku YAMAMOTO
<
[email protected]>.
This manual page was written by
Mark
Santcroos
<
[email protected]>.
Some systems only perform output switching via SMM even though they export the
proper information via ACPI. On such systems, the proper hotkeys or OEM driver
(for example,
acpi_toshiba(4)) must be used
instead.