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27.Dd January 25, 2008
28.Dt VALD 4 i386
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm vald
32.Nd Toshiba Programmable I/O controller
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.Cd "vald* at acpi?"
35.Sh DESCRIPTION
36Some Toshiba computers have a special I/O controller that handles various
37interface devices.
38This special I/O controller is accessed by the
39.Dq GHCI
40ACPI method.
41The
42.Nm
43driver provides some support for it.
44.Pp
45The
46.Nm
47driver handles the following hot-keys:
48.Pp
49.Bl -tag -compact -offset indent -width "Fn+F5"
50.It Fn+F5
51Switch between LCD and External Video output.
52.It Fn+F6
53Decrease LCD brightness.
54.It Fn+F7
55Increase LCD brightness.
56.It Fn+F8
57Switch fan (ON/OFF).
58.El
59.Pp
60The
61.Nm
62driver has only been tested on the Libretto L3 and on the Portege 3440.
63.Sh SEE ALSO
64.Xr acpi 4
65.Sh HISTORY
66The
67.Nm
68driver appeared in
69.Nx 1.6 .
70.Sh BUGS
71.Nm
72may have problems with X11 when switching between LCD
73and External Video output.
74