3 files changed, 51 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/thinkpad-acpi.txt b/Documentation/thinkpad-acpi.txt
index 352e8aee63fe..eab4997efc0f 100644
--- a/Documentation/thinkpad-acpi.txt
+++ b/Documentation/thinkpad-acpi.txt
@@ -611,19 +611,59 @@ registers contain the current battery capacity, etc. If you experiment
 with this, do send me your results (including some complete dumps with
 a description of the conditions when they were taken.)
 
-LCD brightness control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/brightness
----------------------------------------------------
+LCD brightness control
+----------------------
+
+procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/brightness
+sysfs backlight device "thinkpad_screen"
 
 This feature allows software control of the LCD brightness on ThinkPad
-models which don't have a hardware brightness slider. The available
-commands are:
+models which don't have a hardware brightness slider.
+
+It has some limitations: the LCD backlight cannot be actually turned on or off
+by this interface, and in many ThinkPad models, the "dim while on battery"
+functionality will be enabled by the BIOS when this interface is used, and
+cannot be controlled.
+
+The backlight control has eight levels, ranging from 0 to 7.  Some of the
+levels may not be distinct.
+
+Procfs notes:
+
+        The available commands are:
 
         echo up   >/proc/acpi/ibm/brightness
         echo down >/proc/acpi/ibm/brightness
         echo 'level <level>' >/proc/acpi/ibm/brightness
 
-The <level> number range is 0 to 7, although not all of them may be
-distinct. The current brightness level is shown in the file.
+Sysfs notes:
+
+The interface is implemented through the backlight sysfs class, which is poorly
+documented at this time.
+
+Locate the thinkpad_screen device under /sys/class/backlight, and inside it
+there will be the following attributes:
+
+        max_brightness:
+                Reads the maximum brightness the hardware can be set to.
+                The minimum is always zero.
+
+        actual_brightness:
+                Reads what brightness the screen is set to at this instant.
+
+        brightness:
+                Writes request the driver to change brightness to the given
+                value.  Reads will tell you what brightness the driver is trying
+                to set the display to when "power" is set to zero and the display
+                has not been dimmed by a kernel power management event.
+
+        power:
+                power management mode, where 0 is "display on", and 1 to 3 will
+                dim the display backlight to brightness level 0 because
+                thinkpad-acpi cannot really turn the backlight off.  Kernel
+                power management events can temporarily increase the current
+                power management level, i.e. they can dim the display.
+
 
 Volume control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/volume
 ---------------------------------------
diff --git a/drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.c b/drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.c
index ba749df189ab..c0a023cc5ded 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.c
@@ -2414,8 +2414,9 @@ static int __init brightness_init(struct ibm_init_struct *iibm)
         if (b < 0)
                 return b;
 
-        ibm_backlight_device = backlight_device_register("ibm", NULL, NULL,
-                                                         &ibm_backlight_data);
+        ibm_backlight_device = backlight_device_register(
+                                        TPACPI_BACKLIGHT_DEV_NAME, NULL, NULL,
+                                        &ibm_backlight_data);
         if (IS_ERR(ibm_backlight_device)) {
                 printk(IBM_ERR "Could not register backlight device\n");
                 return PTR_ERR(ibm_backlight_device);
diff --git a/drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.h b/drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.h
index 2fe4d61cc27f..8348fc653009 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.h
+++ b/drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.h
@@ -296,6 +296,8 @@ static int bluetooth_write(char *buf);
  * Brightness (backlight) subdriver
  */
 
+#define TPACPI_BACKLIGHT_DEV_NAME "thinkpad_screen"
+
 static struct backlight_device *ibm_backlight_device;
 static int brightness_offset = 0x31;