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SubjectRe: one more time on KDMKTONE
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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?

Mike.
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