Re: [discuss] [RFC] make PC Speaker driver work on x86-64

[Jan Engelhardt]

>> Is there a better way to do this? ACPI?
>
>Maybe. ACPI folks, any opinion? 
>
>-Andi (known to rip out the speaker cables in new machines) 
>

Leave the cables, try this for ttyX:

diff --fast -Ndpru linux-2.6.16-rc1-git3-SUSE20060124/drivers/char/vt.c linux-2.6-AS24/drivers/char/vt.c
--- linux-2.6.16-rc1-git3-SUSE20060124/drivers/char/vt.c	2006-01-28 19:01:17.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6-AS24/drivers/char/vt.c	2006-01-28 19:01:18.860985000 +0100
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ const struct consw *conswitchp;
  * Here is the default bell parameters: 750HZ, 1/8th of a second
  */
 #define DEFAULT_BELL_PITCH	750
-#define DEFAULT_BELL_DURATION	(HZ/8)
+#define DEFAULT_BELL_DURATION	0
 
 extern void vcs_make_devfs(struct tty_struct *tty);
 extern void vcs_remove_devfs(struct tty_struct *tty);
#<<eof>>

X seems silent by default for me, if not, you can configure it too.
But ttyX always get reset to HZ/8 when you make a tty reset, which is why I 
put 0 as a default.



Jan
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