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Date:      Sat, 23 Aug 2008 17:09:11 -0400
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org
Cc:        acpi@freebsd.org, cvs-src@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/share/man/man4/man4.i386 Makefile dpms.4 src/sys/conf files.i386 src/sys/i386/conf NOTES src/sys/i386/isa dpms.c src/sys/modules Makefile src/sys/modules/dpms Makefile
Message-ID:  <200808231709.11606.jhb@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <200808232104.m7NL4PSH066579@repoman.freebsd.org>
References:  <200808232104.m7NL4PSH066579@repoman.freebsd.org>

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On Saturday 23 August 2008 05:00:40 pm John Baldwin wrote:
> jhb         2008-08-23 21:00:40 UTC
>
>   FreeBSD src repository
>
>   Modified files:
>     share/man/man4/man4.i386 Makefile
>     sys/conf             files.i386
>     sys/i386/conf        NOTES
>     sys/modules          Makefile
>   Added files:
>     share/man/man4/man4.i386 dpms.4
>     sys/i386/isa         dpms.c
>     sys/modules/dpms     Makefile
>   Log:
>   SVN rev 182081 on 2008-08-23 21:00:40Z by jhb
>
>   Add a very simple dpms(4) driver that uses the VESA BIOS DPMS calls to
>   turn off the external display during suspend and restore it to its
>   original state on resume.
>
>   MFC after:      2 weeks

This is equivalent to the old acpi_video_dpms.patch but less hackish. :)  Note 
that not all machines need this, but it does fix issues with the display not 
turning back on for some folks.

-- 
John Baldwin



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