[PATCH 12/24] video/backlight: document sysfs interface

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Date and KernelVersion may be wrong because the backlight
interface was introduced before git initial import.

Cc:Richard Purdie <rpurdie@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Corentin Chary <corentincj@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-class-backlight |   36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-class-backlight

diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-class-backlight b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-class-backlight
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d637e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-class-backlight
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+What:		/sys/class/backlight/<backlight>/bl_power
+Date:		April 2005
+KernelVersion:	2.6.12
+Contact:	Richard Purdie <rpurdie@xxxxxxxxx>
+Description:
+		Control BACKLIGHT power, values are FB_BLANK_* from fb.h
+		 - FB_BLANK_UNBLANK (0)   : power on.
+		 - FB_BLANK_POWERDOWN (4) : power off
+Users:		HAL
+
+What:		/sys/class/backlight/<backlight>/brightness
+Date:		April 2005
+KernelVersion:	2.6.12
+Contact:	Richard Purdie <rpurdie@xxxxxxxxx>
+Description:
+		Control the brightness for this <backlight>. Values
+		are between 0 and max_brightness. This file will also
+		show the brightness level stored in the driver, which
+		may not be the actual brightness (see actual_brightness).
+Users:		HAL
+
+What:		/sys/class/backlight/<backlight>/actual_brightness
+Date:		March 2006
+KernelVersion:	2.6.17
+Contact:	Richard Purdie <rpurdie@xxxxxxxxx>
+Description:
+		Show the actual brightness by querying the hardware.
+Users:		HAL
+
+What:		/sys/class/backlight/<backlight>/max_brightness
+Date:		April 2005
+KernelVersion:	2.6.12
+Contact:	Richard Purdie <rpurdie@xxxxxxxxx>
+Description:
+		Maximum brightness for <backlight>.
+Users:		HAL
-- 
1.6.4


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