Re: [PATCH] Documentation/ABI: speakup: document bleeps and bleep_time
From: Samuel Thibault
Date: Mon Feb 02 2026 - 06:16:56 EST
Hello,
Kirill Petrov, le lun. 02 févr. 2026 13:56:47 +0300, a ecrit:
> Document the accepted bitmask values for
> /sys/accessibility/speakup/bleeps and the time unit (milliseconds) for
> /sys/accessibility/speakup/bleep_time, as implemented by Speakup edge
> notification logic announce_edge() and bleep().
>
> Signed-off-by: Kirill Petrov <kosyanip@xxxxxxxxx>
Henry Zhang has beaten you on this :)
Thanks anyway,
Samuel
> ---
> Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-driver-speakup | 9 +++++----
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-driver-speakup b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-driver-speakup
> index bcb6831aa114..e9d71851e6b5 100644
> --- a/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-driver-speakup
> +++ b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-driver-speakup
> @@ -16,15 +16,16 @@ What: /sys/accessibility/speakup/bleeps
> KernelVersion: 2.6
> Contact: speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Description: This controls whether one hears beeps through the PC speaker
> - when using speakup's review commands.
> - TODO: what values does it accept?
> + when using speakup's review commands. This is a bitmask:
> + 0x1: bleep (PC speaker) when reaching an edge
> + 0x2: speak the corresponding edge message
> + Any combination of the above.
>
> What: /sys/accessibility/speakup/bleep_time
> KernelVersion: 2.6
> Contact: speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Description: This controls the duration of the PC speaker beeps speakup
> - produces.
> - TODO: What are the units? Jiffies?
> + produces, in milliseconds.
>
> What: /sys/accessibility/speakup/cursor_time
> KernelVersion: 2.6
> --
> 2.43.0