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.