This kernel has been patched to enable turning off the backlight.
See this message for the exact patch.

To turn off the backlight from the CLI:
echo 0 > /sys/class/backlight/pwm-backlight/brightness

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DEB linux-headers-3.1.10-10-nexus7_3.1.10-10.28_armhf.deb 2014-Jun-02 04:27 479.25KB [ md5sum ]
DEB linux-headers-3.1.10-10_3.1.10-10.28_armhf.deb 2014-Jun-02 04:30 11.13MB [ md5sum ]
DEB linux-image-3.1.10-10-nexus7_3.1.10-10.28_armhf.deb 2014-Jun-02 04:31 5.56MB [ md5sum ]

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