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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2026-09-05 11:59:05 -0700
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Merge tag 'driver-core-7.3-rc2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/driver-core/driver-coregrafted
Pull driver core fixes from Danilo Krummrich: - Fix kernfs listxattr() not returning security xattr names (e.g. SELinux labels) when the kernfs node has no allocated kernfs_iattrs - Fix silent truncation of IRQ vector indices in the Rust PCI abstractions - Don't select OF from DRIVER_PE_KUNIT_TEST; skip the test when OF is disabled instead of silently enabling extra kernel functionality - Russ Weight is retiring from kernel development; update the Firmware Loader sysfs contact to the driver-core mailing list, add a CREDITS entry for Firmware Upload, and update MAINTAINERS accordingly * tag 'driver-core-7.3-rc2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/driver-core/driver-core: MAINTAINERS: Remove Russ Weight from Firmware Loader CREDITS: Add CREDITS entry for Firmware Upload firmware_loader: Change contact for sysfs nodes rust: pci: reject IRQ vector indices that do not fit in u32 kernfs: preserve security xattrs without allocating iattrs drivers: base: test: DRIVER_PE_KUNIT_TEST should not select OF
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+Video Output Switcher Control
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+2006 luming.yu@intel.com
+
+The output sysfs class driver provides an abstract video output layer that
+can be used to hook platform specific methods to enable/disable video output
+device through common sysfs interface. For example, on my IBM ThinkPad T42
+laptop, The ACPI video driver registered its output devices and read/write
+method for 'state' with output sysfs class. The user interface under sysfs is::
+
+ linux:/sys/class/video_output # tree .
+ .
+ |-- CRT0
+ | |-- device -> ../../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0
+ | |-- state
+ | |-- subsystem -> ../../../class/video_output
+ | `-- uevent
+ |-- DVI0
+ | |-- device -> ../../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0
+ | |-- state
+ | |-- subsystem -> ../../../class/video_output
+ | `-- uevent
+ |-- LCD0
+ | |-- device -> ../../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0
+ | |-- state
+ | |-- subsystem -> ../../../class/video_output
+ | `-- uevent
+ `-- TV0
+ |-- device -> ../../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0
+ |-- state
+ |-- subsystem -> ../../../class/video_output
+ `-- uevent
+