Re: beeping patch for debugging acpi sleep

[Pavel Machek]

On Sun 2007-06-10 09:27:55, Nigel Cunningham wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> On Sun, 2007-06-10 at 00:54 +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > On Sat 2007-06-09 15:16:04, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote:
> > > On Sat, 2007-06-09 15:08:17 +0200, Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > Starting beeper as soon as ACPI sleep returns is very useful in
> > > > debugging "apparently dead" machines. If it beeps at all, it makes
> > > > sense to start playing with CMOS tracer.
> > > 
> > > I'd even go so far and implement it unconditionally.
> > 
> > Well, try it; it is too annoying to be unconditional.
> 
> Could you modify the pitch or the length then, to make it less annoying?
> It sounds like a really good idea to me.

Modifying length is non-trivial, AFAICT, but feel free to submit a
patch...

Actually, *any* tone will be annoying in quiet room, and kernel should
not really be making sounds on its own, so scratch that idea.

									Pavel
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