ACPIVIDEO(4) - Device Drivers Manual #

ACPIVIDEO(4) - Device Drivers Manual

NAME #

acpivideo - ACPI video

SYNOPSIS #

acpivideo* at acpi?

DESCRIPTION #

The acpivideo driver supports ACPI display output switching and brightness control. Output displays can take the form of CRTs, LCDs, TV-OUTs or any similar devices that may be connected to the machine.

SEE ALSO #

acpi(4), acpithinkpad(4), acpitoshiba(4), acpivout(4), intro(4)

HISTORY #

The acpivideo driver first appeared in OpenBSD 4.6.

AUTHORS #

The acpivideo driver was written by Federico G. Schwindt <fgsch@openbsd.org> and Paul Irofti <paul@irofti.net>.

CAVEATS #

On IBM and Lenovo ThinkPad systems, acpivideo functionality is handled by the acpithinkpad(4) driver.

OpenBSD 7.5 - April 6, 2020