Commit 7fb091f8 authored by Changbin Du's avatar Changbin Du Committed by Rafael J. Wysocki

Documentation: ACPI: move video_extension.txt to firmware-guide/acpi and convert to reST

This converts the plain text documentation to reStructuredText format
and adds it to Sphinx TOC tree.

No essential content change.
Signed-off-by: default avatarChangbin Du <changbin.du@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: default avatarMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarRafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
parent 7fe19072
...@@ -23,3 +23,4 @@ ACPI Support ...@@ -23,3 +23,4 @@ ACPI Support
i2c-muxes i2c-muxes
acpi-lid acpi-lid
lpit lpit
video_extension
.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
=====================
ACPI video extensions ACPI video extensions
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ =====================
This driver implement the ACPI Extensions For Display Adapters for This driver implement the ACPI Extensions For Display Adapters for
integrated graphics devices on motherboard, as specified in ACPI 2.0 integrated graphics devices on motherboard, as specified in ACPI 2.0
...@@ -8,9 +11,10 @@ defining the video POST device, retrieving EDID information or to ...@@ -8,9 +11,10 @@ defining the video POST device, retrieving EDID information or to
setup a video output, etc. Note that this is an ref. implementation setup a video output, etc. Note that this is an ref. implementation
only. It may or may not work for your integrated video device. only. It may or may not work for your integrated video device.
The ACPI video driver does 3 things regarding backlight control: The ACPI video driver does 3 things regarding backlight control.
1 Export a sysfs interface for user space to control backlight level Export a sysfs interface for user space to control backlight level
==================================================================
If the ACPI table has a video device, and acpi_backlight=vendor kernel If the ACPI table has a video device, and acpi_backlight=vendor kernel
command line is not present, the driver will register a backlight device command line is not present, the driver will register a backlight device
...@@ -22,36 +26,41 @@ The backlight sysfs interface has a standard definition here: ...@@ -22,36 +26,41 @@ The backlight sysfs interface has a standard definition here:
Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-class-backlight. Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-class-backlight.
And what ACPI video driver does is: And what ACPI video driver does is:
actual_brightness: on read, control method _BQC will be evaluated to
get the brightness level the firmware thinks it is at; actual_brightness:
bl_power: not implemented, will set the current brightness instead; on read, control method _BQC will be evaluated to
brightness: on write, control method _BCM will run to set the requested get the brightness level the firmware thinks it is at;
brightness level; bl_power:
max_brightness: Derived from the _BCL package(see below); not implemented, will set the current brightness instead;
type: firmware brightness:
on write, control method _BCM will run to set the requested brightness level;
max_brightness:
Derived from the _BCL package(see below);
type:
firmware
Note that ACPI video backlight driver will always use index for Note that ACPI video backlight driver will always use index for
brightness, actual_brightness and max_brightness. So if we have brightness, actual_brightness and max_brightness. So if we have
the following _BCL package: the following _BCL package::
Method (_BCL, 0, NotSerialized) Method (_BCL, 0, NotSerialized)
{
Return (Package (0x0C)
{ {
0x64, Return (Package (0x0C)
0x32, {
0x0A, 0x64,
0x14, 0x32,
0x1E, 0x0A,
0x28, 0x14,
0x32, 0x1E,
0x3C, 0x28,
0x46, 0x32,
0x50, 0x3C,
0x5A, 0x46,
0x64 0x50,
}) 0x5A,
} 0x64
})
}
The first two levels are for when laptop are on AC or on battery and are The first two levels are for when laptop are on AC or on battery and are
not used by Linux currently. The remaining 10 levels are supported levels not used by Linux currently. The remaining 10 levels are supported levels
...@@ -62,13 +71,15 @@ as a "brightness level" indicator. Thus from the user space perspective ...@@ -62,13 +71,15 @@ as a "brightness level" indicator. Thus from the user space perspective
the range of available brightness levels is from 0 to 9 (max_brightness) the range of available brightness levels is from 0 to 9 (max_brightness)
inclusive. inclusive.
2 Notify user space about hotkey event Notify user space about hotkey event
====================================
There are generally two cases for hotkey event reporting: There are generally two cases for hotkey event reporting:
i) For some laptops, when user presses the hotkey, a scancode will be i) For some laptops, when user presses the hotkey, a scancode will be
generated and sent to user space through the input device created by generated and sent to user space through the input device created by
the keyboard driver as a key type input event, with proper remap, the the keyboard driver as a key type input event, with proper remap, the
following key code will appear to user space: following key code will appear to user space::
EV_KEY, KEY_BRIGHTNESSUP EV_KEY, KEY_BRIGHTNESSUP
EV_KEY, KEY_BRIGHTNESSDOWN EV_KEY, KEY_BRIGHTNESSDOWN
...@@ -84,23 +95,27 @@ ii) For some laptops, the press of the hotkey will not generate the ...@@ -84,23 +95,27 @@ ii) For some laptops, the press of the hotkey will not generate the
notify value it received and send the event to user space through the notify value it received and send the event to user space through the
input device it created: input device it created:
===== ==================
event keycode event keycode
===== ==================
0x86 KEY_BRIGHTNESSUP 0x86 KEY_BRIGHTNESSUP
0x87 KEY_BRIGHTNESSDOWN 0x87 KEY_BRIGHTNESSDOWN
etc. etc.
===== ==================
so this would lead to the same effect as case i) now. so this would lead to the same effect as case i) now.
Once user space tool receives this event, it can modify the backlight Once user space tool receives this event, it can modify the backlight
level through the sysfs interface. level through the sysfs interface.
3 Change backlight level in the kernel Change backlight level in the kernel
====================================
This works for machines covered by case ii) in Section 2. Once the driver This works for machines covered by case ii) in Section 2. Once the driver
received a notification, it will set the backlight level accordingly. This does received a notification, it will set the backlight level accordingly. This does
not affect the sending of event to user space, they are always sent to user not affect the sending of event to user space, they are always sent to user
space regardless of whether or not the video module controls the backlight level space regardless of whether or not the video module controls the backlight level
directly. This behaviour can be controlled through the brightness_switch_enabled directly. This behaviour can be controlled through the brightness_switch_enabled
module parameter as documented in admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst. It is recommended to module parameter as documented in admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst. It is
disable this behaviour once a GUI environment starts up and wants to have full recommended to disable this behaviour once a GUI environment starts up and
control of the backlight level. wants to have full control of the backlight level.
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