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35 .Nd Sony Miscellaneous Controller
41 notebook computers have a controller that handles various built-in
45 driver provides support for accessing/modifying the settings of
46 some of these devices via the
52 variables are available:
54 .Bl -tag -width "hw.sony0.brt [R/W]" -compact
55 .It Em hw.sony0.brt Bq R/W
56 Controls current LCD brightness.
58 .It Em hw.sony0.pbr Bq R/W
59 Controls power on LCD brightness.
61 .It Em hw.sony0.cdp Bq R/W
63 .It Em hw.sony0.pid Bq R/O
65 .It Em hw.sony0.ctr Bq R/W
67 .It Em hw.sony0.pcr Bq R/W
69 .It Em hw.sony0.cmi Bq R/W
71 .It Em hw.sony0.ams Bq R/W
72 Audio control (mute when 0)
73 .It Em hw.sony0.hke Bq R/O
74 Indicates a Host Key Event.
75 Bits are set when an event occurs and cleared when this value is
77 The following table describes the bit set for each button pressed:
79 .Bl -tag -width 0x1000 -offset indent -compact
89 Fn + F12 (suspend to disk)
91 Fn + F7 (LCD/external monitor)
93 Fn + F6 (brighter backlight)
95 Fn + F5 (darker backlight)
112 Sami Kantoluoto for the original driver and manual information.
113 Christos Zoulas for cleaning up the driver and this manual page.
119 driver just parses integer values from the
122 It could be more intelligent and parse other controls.
126 interface is not great.
129 tree are not self-explanatory.
131 No validity checks are performed on the user input.
132 Playing with random values and/or unknown controls can harm your
135 The name of the driver is too generic.