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Matthew Garrett bb7ca747f8 backlight: add backlight type 
There may be multiple ways of controlling the backlight on a given
machine.  Allow drivers to expose the type of interface they are
providing, making it possible for userspace to make appropriate policy
decisions.

Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com>
Cc: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net>
Cc: Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk>
Cc: David Airlie <airlied@linux.ie>
Cc: Alex Deucher <alexdeucher@gmail.com>
Cc: Ben Skeggs <bskeggs@redhat.com>
Cc: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com>
Cc: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>
Cc: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-03-22 17:43:59 -07:00
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ABI backlight: add backlight type 2011-03-22 17:43:59 -07:00
accounting taskstats: pad taskstats netlink response for aligment issues on ia64 2010-12-22 19:43:34 -08:00
acpi ACPI, APEI, Add APEI generic error status printing support 2010-12-13 23:42:12 -05:00
aoe Documentation: update broken web addresses. 2010-08-04 15:21:40 +02:00
arm Merge branch 'remove' of master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-arm 2011-03-16 19:05:40 -07:00
auxdisplay
blackfin Blackfin: document SPI CS limitations with CPHA=0 2010-08-06 12:55:52 -04:00
block Documentation: remove anticipatory scheduler info 2010-11-11 12:09:59 +01:00
blockdev Documentation: update broken web addresses. 2010-08-04 15:21:40 +02:00
cdrom Documentation: update broken web addresses. 2010-08-04 15:21:40 +02:00
cgroups Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2011-03-18 10:37:40 -07:00
connector Documentation/: it's -> its where appropriate 2010-04-23 02:09:52 +02:00
console doc: fix console doc typo 2010-02-24 13:51:32 +01:00
cpu-freq [CPUFREQ] Add documentation for sampling_down_factor 2011-03-16 17:54:31 -04:00
cpuidle
cris
crypto
development-process Documentation/development-process: more staging info 2010-11-18 15:00:47 -08:00
device-mapper Merge branch 'master' into for-next 2011-02-15 10:24:31 +01:00
devicetree Merge branch 'hwmon-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jdelvare/staging 2011-03-21 14:02:55 -07:00
DocBook Docbook: add fs/eventfd.c and fix typos in it 2011-02-21 15:07:04 -08:00
driver-model driver core: prune docs about device_interface 2010-11-10 16:57:11 -08:00
dvb [media] Documentation/lmedm04: Fix firmware extract information 2010-12-29 08:16:30 -02:00
early-userspace
fault-injection lkdtm: add debugfs access and loosen KPROBE ties 2010-03-06 11:26:32 -08:00
fb Merge branch 'fbdev/udlfb' 2011-01-06 18:10:09 +09:00
filesystems Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://oss.sgi.com/xfs/xfs 2011-03-21 14:24:56 -07:00
firmware_class firmware: Update hotplug script 2010-08-05 13:53:34 -07:00
frv
hwmon hwmon: (ads1015) Make gain and datarate configurable 2011-03-21 17:59:37 +01:00
i2c Merge branch 'for-linus/2639/i2c-2' of git://git.fluff.org/bjdooks/linux 2011-03-22 10:05:27 -07:00
i2o
ia64 Documentation: update broken web addresses. 2010-08-04 15:21:40 +02:00
ide
infiniband Documentation: update broken web addresses. 2010-08-04 15:21:40 +02:00
input Input: fix force feedback capability query example 2011-01-11 01:07:55 -08:00
ioctl HID: roccat: Rename header roccat.h -> hid-roccat.h 2011-02-03 16:37:28 +01:00
isdn Merge branch 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2010-08-04 15:31:02 -07:00
ja_JP Documentation: update broken web addresses. 2010-08-04 15:21:40 +02:00
kbuild Merge branch 'kbuild' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild-2.6 2011-03-21 15:55:26 -07:00
kdump kdump: update kexec-tools URL and Vivek's email 2010-11-25 14:36:38 +01:00
ko_KR Docs/Kconfig: Update: osdl.org -> linuxfoundation.org 2010-11-15 23:50:13 +01:00
kvm Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2011-03-18 10:37:40 -07:00
laptops Move hp_accel to drivers/platform/x86 2011-03-21 17:59:36 +01:00
leds Documentation: led drivers lp5521 and lp5523 2010-11-12 07:55:32 -08:00
lguest lguest: document --rng in example Launcher 2011-01-20 21:37:29 +10:30
m68k
make kbuild: introduce HDR_ARCH_LIST for headers_install_all 2010-12-14 22:16:19 +01:00
mips
misc-devices Move lis3lv02d drivers to drivers/misc 2011-03-21 17:59:36 +01:00
mmc mmc: add erase, secure erase, trim and secure trim operations 2010-08-12 08:43:30 -07:00
mn10300
mtd Documentation: update broken web addresses. 2010-08-04 15:21:40 +02:00
namespaces
netlabel Documentation/: it's -> its where appropriate 2010-04-23 02:09:52 +02:00
networking Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2011-03-15 15:15:17 -07:00
nfc NFC: Driver for NXP Semiconductors PN544 NFC chip. 2011-01-13 08:03:19 -08:00
parisc
PCI Documentation: pci.txt: fix typo 2010-07-11 22:17:45 +02:00
pcmcia pcmcia: use autoconfiguration feature for ioports and iomem 2010-09-29 17:20:24 +02:00
power PM: Documentation/power/states.txt: fix repetition 2011-03-15 00:43:17 +01:00
powerpc Documentation: add devicetree docs index file 2011-03-16 10:47:03 -07:00
pps pps: add parallel port PPS signal generator 2011-01-13 08:03:21 -08:00
prctl
RCU rcu: add documentation saying which RCU flavor to choose 2011-03-04 08:05:25 -08:00
s390 Documentation: update broken web addresses. 2010-08-04 15:21:40 +02:00
scheduler sched, docs: Update schedstats documentation to version 15 2011-02-01 09:07:13 +01:00
scsi [SCSI] hpsa: export resettable host attribute 2011-03-14 18:44:41 -05:00
serial n_gsm: add a documentation 2011-03-09 15:43:38 -08:00
sh sh: clkfwk: Kill off unused clk_set_rate_ex(). 2010-11-15 18:25:12 +09:00
sound ALSA: HDA: Add a new model "asus" for Conexant 5066/205xx 2011-01-22 17:29:22 +01:00
sparc
spi arm/pxa2xx: reorgazine SSP and SPI header files 2010-12-01 12:18:33 +01:00
sysctl Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2011-03-18 10:37:40 -07:00
target [SCSI] target: Add LIO target core v4.0.0-rc6 2011-01-14 10:12:29 -06:00
telephony Documentation: update broken web addresses. 2010-08-04 15:21:40 +02:00
thermal thermal: Add event notification to thermal framework 2011-01-12 00:08:35 -05:00
timers tree-wide: fix comment/printk typos 2010-11-01 15:38:34 -04:00
trace tracing: Add an 'overwrite' trace_option. 2011-03-09 13:52:27 -05:00
uml Documentation: update broken web addresses. 2010-08-04 15:21:40 +02:00
usb USB: usbmon: fix-up docs and text API for sparse ISO 2011-02-04 11:46:57 -08:00
video4linux i2c: Get rid of <linux/i2c-id.h> 2011-03-20 14:50:52 +01:00
vm doc: CONFIG_UNEVICTABLE_LRU doesn't exist anymore 2011-03-17 00:37:19 +01:00
w1 w1: DS2423 counter driver and documentation 2011-01-13 08:03:22 -08:00
watchdog watchdog: docs: add an entry for imx2_wdt 2010-07-01 16:02:55 +00:00
wimax
x86 x86: Fix misspelling and align params 2011-03-18 10:39:30 +01:00
zh_CN Fix spelling mistakes in Documentation/zh_CN/SubmittingPatches 2011-02-28 19:30:48 -08:00
.gitignore add random binaries to .gitignore 2010-04-08 11:34:34 +02:00
00-INDEX Documentation: remove obsolete files from 00-INDEX 2011-03-16 10:47:03 -07:00
apparmor.txt AppArmor: update Maintainer and Documentation 2010-08-02 15:35:15 +10:00
applying-patches.txt
atomic_ops.txt Documentation/: it's -> its where appropriate 2010-04-23 02:09:52 +02:00
bad_memory.txt
basic_profiling.txt
binfmt_misc.txt Documentation: update broken web addresses. 2010-08-04 15:21:40 +02:00
braille-console.txt
bt8xxgpio.txt
btmrvl.txt
BUG-HUNTING
bus-virt-phys-mapping.txt documentation: fix almost duplicate filenames (IO/io-mapping.txt) 2010-07-20 17:49:30 +00:00
cachetlb.txt Documentation/: it's -> its where appropriate 2010-04-23 02:09:52 +02:00
Changes Documentation update broken web addresses 2010-07-11 21:55:42 +02:00
circular-buffers.txt Document Linux's circular buffering capabilities 2010-03-24 16:31:22 -07:00
coccinelle.txt scripts/coccinelle: update for compatability with Coccinelle 0.2.4 2010-12-03 12:27:01 +01:00
CodingStyle Documentation: update header filename in CodingStyle 2011-03-16 10:47:03 -07:00
cpu-hotplug.txt documentation: fix erroneous email address. 2010-08-11 23:04:10 +09:30
cpu-load.txt
cputopology.txt topology/sysfs: Provide book id and siblings attributes 2010-09-09 20:41:25 +02:00
credentials.txt CRED: Fix __task_cred()'s lockdep check and banner comment 2010-07-29 15:16:18 -07:00
dcdbas.txt
debugging-modules.txt
debugging-via-ohci1394.txt
dell_rbu.txt
devices.txt Merge branch 'v4l_for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-2.6 2010-10-28 09:35:11 -07:00
DMA-API-HOWTO.txt Documentation: DMA-API-HOWTO.txt: rename ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN to ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN 2010-08-14 11:56:46 -07:00
DMA-API.txt dma-mapping: remove dma_is_consistent API 2010-08-11 08:59:21 -07:00
DMA-attributes.txt
DMA-ISA-LPC.txt
dmaengine.txt
dontdiff Documentation/dontdiff: add further autogenerated files to ignore list 2011-01-06 09:59:37 -08:00
dynamic-debug-howto.txt Dynamic debug: Add more flags 2011-02-03 15:39:16 -08:00
edac.txt EDAC: Fix typos in Documentation/edac.txt 2010-11-25 17:32:47 +01:00
eisa.txt doc: fix Defaultd -> Defaults typo in EISA doc 2010-02-05 12:22:39 +01:00
email-clients.txt Documentation/email-clients.txt: update Thunderbird docs with wordwrap plugin 2011-01-13 08:03:15 -08:00
feature-removal-schedule.txt i2c: Drop i2c_adapter.id 2011-03-20 14:50:53 +01:00
flexible-arrays.txt Update flex_arrays.txt 2009-10-15 07:25:20 -06:00
futex-requeue-pi.txt
gcov.txt
gpio.txt Revert "gpiolib: annotate gpio-intialization with __must_check" 2011-01-13 17:26:46 -08:00
highuid.txt
HOWTO Documentation: update broken web addresses. 2010-08-04 15:21:40 +02:00
hw_random.txt
hwspinlock.txt drivers: hwspinlock: add framework 2011-02-17 09:52:03 -08:00
init.txt init/main.c: improve usability in case of init binary failure 2010-03-06 11:26:29 -08:00
initrd.txt
intel_txt.txt Documentation: update broken web addresses. 2010-08-04 15:21:40 +02:00
Intel-IOMMU.txt
io_ordering.txt
io-mapping.txt
iostats.txt remove extraneous 'is' from Documentation/iostats.txt 2011-01-03 14:00:28 +01:00
IPMI.txt IPMI: Add the document description of ipmi_get_smi_info 2010-12-14 00:22:00 -05:00
IRQ-affinity.txt
IRQ.txt
irqflags-tracing.txt
isapnp.txt
java.txt
kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt docbook: warn on unused doc entries 2010-09-11 16:49:21 -07:00
kernel-docs.txt Documentation: update kernel-docs.txt 2011-01-06 09:59:38 -08:00
kernel-parameters.txt Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc 2011-03-18 06:31:43 -07:00
keys-request-key.txt KEYS: Add a new keyctl op to reject a key with a specified error code 2011-03-08 11:17:18 +11:00
keys-trusted-encrypted.txt keys: add new trusted key-type 2010-11-29 08:55:25 +11:00
keys.txt KEYS: Add an iovec version of KEYCTL_INSTANTIATE 2011-03-08 11:17:22 +11:00
kmemcheck.txt
kmemleak.txt
kobject.txt kobject: documentation: Update to refer to kset-example.c. 2010-03-19 07:12:20 -07:00
kprobes.txt tree-wide: fix comment/printk typos 2010-11-01 15:38:34 -04:00
kref.txt kref: Fix typo in kref documentation 2011-03-07 13:20:05 -08:00
ldm.txt Documentation: update broken web addresses. 2010-08-04 15:21:40 +02:00
leds-class.txt led-class: always implement blinking 2010-11-12 07:55:32 -08:00
leds-lp3944.txt
local_ops.txt
lockdep-design.txt
lockstat.txt lockstat: Add usage info to Documentation/lockstat.txt 2009-12-06 13:20:02 +01:00
logo.gif
logo.txt
magic-number.txt take coda-private headers out of include/linux 2011-01-12 20:02:48 -05:00
Makefile [media] Remove the old V4L1 v4lgrab.c file 2010-12-29 08:17:12 -02:00
ManagementStyle
mca.txt
md.txt Documentation: update broken web addresses. 2010-08-04 15:21:40 +02:00
memory-barriers.txt smp: Document transitivity for memory barriers. 2011-03-04 08:05:49 -08:00
memory-hotplug.txt memory hotplug: Allow memory blocks to span multiple memory sections 2011-02-03 16:08:57 -08:00
memory.txt
mono.txt
mutex-design.txt mutex: Fix annotations to include it in kernel-locking docbook 2010-09-03 08:19:51 +02:00
nmi_watchdog.txt
nommu-mmap.txt nommu: fix malloc performance by adding uninitialized flag 2009-12-15 08:53:24 -08:00
numastat.txt
oops-tracing.txt panic: Add taint flag TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND ('I') 2010-05-19 08:37:43 +01:00
padata.txt Documentation/padata.txt: fix typos etc. 2010-08-11 08:59:18 -07:00
parport-lowlevel.txt
parport.txt
pi-futex.txt
pnp.txt doc: capitalization and other minor fixes in pnp doc 2010-02-05 12:22:44 +01:00
preempt-locking.txt
printk-formats.txt
prio_tree.txt
rbtree.txt Documentation: remove anticipatory scheduler info 2010-11-11 12:09:59 +01:00
rfkill.txt Document the rfkill sysfs ABI 2010-03-10 17:09:33 -05:00
robust-futex-ABI.txt
robust-futexes.txt
rt-mutex-design.txt variable name fix to Documentation/rt-mutex-design.txt 2010-06-05 17:39:09 +02:00
rt-mutex.txt
rtc.txt RTC: Fix up rtc.txt documentation to reflect changes to generic rtc layer 2011-03-09 11:25:10 -08:00
SAK.txt
SecurityBugs
SELinux.txt
serial-console.txt
sgi-ioc4.txt
sgi-visws.txt
SM501.txt
Smack.txt Documentation/: it's -> its where appropriate 2010-04-23 02:09:52 +02:00
sparse.txt update email address 2010-07-19 10:56:54 +02:00
spinlocks.txt locking: Remove deprecated lock initializers 2011-01-27 12:30:38 +01:00
stable_api_nonsense.txt
stable_kernel_rules.txt Documentation: -stable rules: upstream commit ID requirement reworded 2010-04-22 15:24:56 -07:00
SubmitChecklist Documentation: update SubmitChecklist for O=objdir and kconfig testing 2010-05-24 07:31:20 -07:00
SubmittingDrivers Documentation: update broken web addresses. 2010-08-04 15:21:40 +02:00
SubmittingPatches SubmittingPatches: add more about patch descriptions 2010-08-09 20:45:05 -07:00
svga.txt
sysfs-rules.txt Fix typos in comments 2010-03-16 11:47:56 +01:00
sysrq.txt documentation: update sysrq.txt magic sysrq keys 2010-10-26 17:32:41 -07:00
tomoyo.txt TOMOYO: Update version to 2.3.0 2010-08-02 15:35:10 +10:00
unaligned-memory-access.txt
unicode.txt
unshare.txt
VGA-softcursor.txt
vgaarbiter.txt vgaarbiter: fix a typo in the vgaarbiter Documentation 2009-12-16 11:28:58 -08:00
video-output.txt
volatile-considered-harmful.txt Documentation/volatile-considered-harmful.txt: correct cpu_relax() documentation 2010-03-24 16:31:20 -07:00
workqueue.txt workqueue, freezer: unify spelling of 'freeze' + 'able' to 'freezable' 2011-02-16 17:48:59 +01:00
xz.txt decompressors: add XZ decompressor module 2011-01-13 08:03:24 -08:00
zorro.txt