Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756048AbXFLPOh (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Jun 2007 11:14:37 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753919AbXFLPOa (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Jun 2007 11:14:30 -0400 Received: from outpipe-village-512-1.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:50252 "EHLO the-village.bc.nu" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752128AbXFLPO3 (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Jun 2007 11:14:29 -0400 Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:19:51 +0100 From: Alan Cox To: Jan Engelhardt Cc: "R.F. Burns" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: PC speaker Message-ID: <20070612161951.69e54751@the-village.bc.nu> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.9.1 (GTK+ 2.10.8; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) Organization: Red Hat UK Cyf., Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1TE, Y Deyrnas Gyfunol. Cofrestrwyd yng Nghymru a Lloegr o'r rhif cofrestru 3798903 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 652 Lines: 14 > >I'd say impossible. Just disconnect it from the motherboard. > > The days when hardware *relied* on software (hence, where software > could damage hardware) are over. Nice theory but you can destroy or render useless a fair amount of PC hardware via software, usually because the thing is *DESIGNED* that way for convenience. (Flash update interfaces without jumpers, locking interfaces for drives etc) - 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/