From 4301891ecfabaa3226f254a77ecfd41149e71050 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Telatynski <7t3chguy@googlemail.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2015 16:39:29 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add hdmi_blanking config option

ref: https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/issues/487#issuecomment-132638826
---
 configuration/config-txt.md | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/configuration/config-txt.md b/configuration/config-txt.md
index 278483589b..8894e2ef84 100644
--- a/configuration/config-txt.md
+++ b/configuration/config-txt.md
@@ -192,6 +192,17 @@ Force the pixel encoding mode. By default, it will use the mode requested from t
 | 3 | YCbCr limited (16-235) |
 | 4 | YCbCr full (0-255) |
 
+#### hdmi_blanking
+
+This allows you to choose whether the HDMI output should be switched off when DPMS is triggered, this is to mimic behaviour of other computers, after a specific amount of time the display not only blanks, but will also go into Low-Power/Standby Mode due to "No Signal"
+
+**NOTE:** This feature may cause issues when using applications which don't use the framebuffer, such as omxplayer.
+
+| hdmi_blanking | result |
+| --- | --- |
+| 0 | HDMI Output will Blank instead of being Disabled |
+| 1 | HDMI Output will be Disabled rather than just Blank |
+
 #### hdmi_drive
 
 This allows you to choose between HDMI and DVI output modes.