Merge branch 'drm-intel-next' of git://people.freedesktop.org/~danvet/drm-intel into...

[karo-tx-linux.git] / Documentation / kernel-parameters.txt

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@@ -982,6 +982,20 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
        i8k.restricted  [HW] Allow controlling fans only if SYS_ADMIN
                        capability is set.
 
+       i915.invert_brightness=
+                       [DRM] Invert the sense of the variable that is used to
+                       set the brightness of the panel backlight. Normally a
+                       brightness value of 0 indicates backlight switched off,
+                       and the maximum of the brightness value sets the backlight
+                       to maximum brightness. If this parameter is set to 0
+                       (default) and the machine requires it, or this parameter
+                       is set to 1, a brightness value of 0 sets the backlight
+                       to maximum brightness, and the maximum of the brightness
+                       value switches the backlight off.
+                       -1 -- never invert brightness
+                        0 -- machine default
+                        1 -- force brightness inversion
+
        icn=            [HW,ISDN]
                        Format: <io>[,<membase>[,<icn_id>[,<icn_id2>]]]