The Intel Open Source Technology Center is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the ACPI Integrated Graphics Device OpRegion Specification[1] under the Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. This document is intended for use by graphics drivers developers and users to enable features such as ambient light sensor support and hotkey-driven display output switching.
The IGD OpRegion interface is supported by video BIOS for all Intel® 965 Express Chipset family and newer chipsets. Initial support code is already available for the Linux kernel. The spec includes detailed descriptions of IGD OpRegion functions, APIs, and other interfaces to provide full software support. This release demonstrates Intel's continued commitment to supporting the free software community using the best practices of open source software development. [1] http://www.intellinuxgraphics.org/documentation.html -- Jesse Barnes, Intel Open Source Technology Center _______________________________________________ xorg mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg
