VALD(4)

VALD(4) 👑

okay bestie, welcome to the VALD(4) page from the i386 Kernel Interfaces Manual. It's giving Toshiba hot-key controller realness, and we're gonna read it together. No cap. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

• vald — Toshiba Programmable I/O controller. That's the whole driver name-and-game. 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

vald* at acpi?

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so some Toshiba computers have a special I/O controller that handles various interface devices. This special I/O controller is accessed by the GHCI ACPI method. The vald driver provides some support for it. Literally that's the setup. 💻✨

The vald driver handles the following hot-keys:

• Fn+F5 — Switch between LCD and External Video output.
• Fn+F6 — Decrease LCD brightness.
• Fn+F7 — Increase LCD brightness.
• Fn+F8 — Switch fan (ON/OFF).

The vald driver has only been tested on the Libretto L3 and on the Portege 3440. So those are the test girlies, and we respect them. 🎀

🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

• acpi(4) — go read this one too, bestie. iykyk.

🦋 HISTORY 🦋

The vald driver appeared in NetBSD 1.6. periodt. 🦋

💀 BUGS 💀

ngl, vald may have problems with X11 when switching between LCD and External Video output. That's the warning, bestie — don't shoot the messenger. 💀

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This page is from Debian, dated January 25, 2008 — mwah, slay, bye 💋💖