Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965139AbWJXNsX (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Oct 2006 09:48:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965141AbWJXNsX (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Oct 2006 09:48:23 -0400 Received: from emailer.gwdg.de ([134.76.10.24]:44698 "EHLO emailer.gwdg.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965139AbWJXNsW (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Oct 2006 09:48:22 -0400 Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 15:47:34 +0200 (MEST) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Jan-Benedict Glaw cc: Panagiotis Issaris , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: PC speaker listed as input device In-Reply-To: <20061024083821.GY26271@lug-owl.de> Message-ID: References: <20061024083821.GY26271@lug-owl.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Report: Content analysis: 0.0 points, 6.0 required _SUMMARY_ Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 667 Lines: 18 > >The Input subsystem also covers simple beeps, because real keyboards >beep. So it was only straight-forward to also put the PC speaker into "What is real?" -from Matrix That said, older keyboards, such as SUN4, do indeed beep themselves. In fact, it's just a matter where the beeper is installed, even on x86, you can see the history of it, because the IO port for beeps is the same as for keyboard leds. -`J' -- - 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/