Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751546AbWCXE7R (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Mar 2006 23:59:17 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751551AbWCXE7Q (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Mar 2006 23:59:16 -0500 Received: from mail.aknet.ru ([82.179.72.26]:8976 "EHLO mail.aknet.ru") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751393AbWCXE7P (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Mar 2006 23:59:15 -0500 Message-ID: <44237CB2.8000400@aknet.ru> Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 07:59:30 +0300 From: Stas Sergeev User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2-6 (X11/20050513) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: dtor_core@ameritech.net Cc: Linux kernel , vojtech@suse.cz Subject: Re: [patch 1/1] pc-speaker: add SND_SILENT References: <200603220652.k2M6qZgi020656@shell0.pdx.osdl.net> <4422318C.407@aknet.ru> <4422E2DA.7050305@aknet.ru> <4422E968.1050506@aknet.ru> <4422F85E.7000200@aknet.ru> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 881 Lines: 18 Dmitry Torokhov wrote: >> Or, why not to have the grabbing capability in the input layer, so >> that the driver can request an exclusive handling of some events? > That can be explored, although does not answer how you do about > allowing concurrent access to the hardware. I could simply grab SND_BELL so that the pcspkr won't even receive it. > I understand that the beeps kill music currently; they should not if > you have lower level module controlling access. OK, that's a driver core stuff then, you are right. I'll see what can be done about the legacy/ISA devices there, but from the first glance it doesn't look promising... - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/