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| author | Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> | 2011-03-23 02:34:54 -0400 |
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| committer | Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> | 2011-03-23 02:34:54 -0400 |
| commit | 02e2407858fd62053bf60349c0e72cd1c7a4a60e (patch) | |
| tree | 0ebdbddc97d3abbc675916010e7771065b70c137 /Documentation | |
| parent | 96e1c408ea8a556c5b51e0e7d56bd2afbfbf5fe9 (diff) | |
| parent | 6447f55da90b77faec1697d499ed7986bb4f6de6 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'linus' into release
Conflicts:
arch/x86/kernel/acpi/sleep.c
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
125 files changed, 3837 insertions, 965 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/00-INDEX b/Documentation/00-INDEX index 8dfc6708a257..f607367e642f 100644 --- a/Documentation/00-INDEX +++ b/Documentation/00-INDEX @@ -328,8 +328,6 @@ sysrq.txt - info on the magic SysRq key. telephony/ - directory with info on telephony (e.g. voice over IP) support. -time_interpolators.txt - - info on time interpolators. uml/ - directory with information about User Mode Linux. unicode.txt @@ -346,8 +344,6 @@ vm/ - directory with info on the Linux vm code. volatile-considered-harmful.txt - Why the "volatile" type class should not be used -voyager.txt - - guide to running Linux on the Voyager architecture. w1/ - directory with documents regarding the 1-wire (w1) subsystem. watchdog/ diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-class-backlight b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-class-backlight index 4d637e1c4ff7..70302f370e7e 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-class-backlight +++ b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-class-backlight @@ -34,3 +34,23 @@ Contact: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net> Description: Maximum brightness for <backlight>. Users: HAL + +What: /sys/class/backlight/<backlight>/type +Date: September 2010 +KernelVersion: 2.6.37 +Contact: Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com> +Description: + The type of interface controlled by <backlight>. + "firmware": The driver uses a standard firmware interface + "platform": The driver uses a platform-specific interface + "raw": The driver controls hardware registers directly + + In the general case, when multiple backlight + interfaces are available for a single device, firmware + control should be preferred to platform control should + be preferred to raw control. Using a firmware + interface reduces the probability of confusion with + the hardware and the OS independently updating the + backlight state. Platform interfaces are mostly a + holdover from pre-standardisation of firmware + interfaces. diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-firmware-efi-vars b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-firmware-efi-vars new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..5def20b9019e --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-firmware-efi-vars @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ +What: /sys/firmware/efi/vars +Date: April 2004 +Contact: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com> +Description: + This directory exposes interfaces for interactive with + EFI variables. For more information on EFI variables, + see 'Variable Services' in the UEFI specification + (section 7.2 in specification version 2.3 Errata D). + + In summary, EFI variables are named, and are classified + into separate namespaces through the use of a vendor + GUID. They also have an arbitrary binary value + associated with them. + + The efivars module enumerates these variables and + creates a separate directory for each one found. Each + directory has a name of the form "<key>-<vendor guid>" |