Messages in this thread | | | From | (Miquel van Smoorenburg) | Subject | Re: one more time on KDMKTONE | Date | 14 Aug 1997 19:54:44 +0200 |
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In article <UTC199708140844.KAA23697=aeb@eik.cwi.nl>, <Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl> wrote: >Bob Tracy - TDS: > >: The intent of the original 2.1.49 patch for linux/drivers/char/vt.c >: seems to be to modify the affected ioctl() calls to accept the frequency >: of the desired tone rather than the period ( 1193180 / frequency ). > >That would be rather stupid. No new features, no bug fixes, >just a gratuitous change forcing everybody using KDMKTONE to >test the kernel version to find out whether it should be called >with arg or 1193180/arg.
Also, the "old" interface is compatible with what sysv does.. why change it?
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