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author | Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> | 2009-09-19 09:55:27 +0400 |
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committer | Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> | 2009-09-19 09:55:27 +0400 |
commit | b4549a24b6194201077d0295207ec204f785fab1 (patch) | |
tree | d290a7868f12a1b62aba0449f6c693dd0ff91130 /Documentation/leds-class.txt | |
parent | 3bb29ec14ce5f448ab37a5da16c3d720ae5af9cf (diff) | |
parent | 52cc96bd5b61775db2792780c610979fc02313eb (diff) | |
download | linux-b4549a24b6194201077d0295207ec204f785fab1.tar.xz |
Merge branch 'asus' into release
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diff --git a/Documentation/leds-class.txt b/Documentation/leds-class.txt index 6399557cdab3..8fd5ca2ae32d 100644 --- a/Documentation/leds-class.txt +++ b/Documentation/leds-class.txt @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ + LED handling under Linux ======================== @@ -5,10 +6,10 @@ If you're reading this and thinking about keyboard leds, these are handled by the input subsystem and the led class is *not* needed. In its simplest form, the LED class just allows control of LEDs from -userspace. LEDs appear in /sys/class/leds/. The brightness file will -set the brightness of the LED (taking a value 0-255). Most LEDs don't -have hardware brightness support so will just be turned on for non-zero -brightness settings. +userspace. LEDs appear in /sys/class/leds/. The maximum brightness of the +LED is defined in max_brightness file. The brightness file will set the brightness +of the LED (taking a value 0-max_brightness). Most LEDs don't have hardware +brightness support so will just be turned on for non-zero brightness settings. The class also introduces the optional concept of an LED trigger. A trigger is a kernel based source of led events. Triggers can either be simple or |