On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:19:11 PST, Linda Walsh said: > I'm wondering how the generic, builtin PC-Speaker (config option > "INPUT_PCSPKR") can be used as an input device. > > If it can not be used for input, why is it under the input config section: > > "Device Drivers" > + -> "Input Device Support" > + -> "Miscellaneous devices" > + -> "PC Speaker Support" > > When booting, it is "enumerated" as an input device: (from dmesg) > > input: PC Speaker as /devices/platform/pcspkr/input/input2 > > Just trying to figure out the rationale behind the choice...
The last time around for this question, I was half-paying attention, and the rationale sounded like "We had an input device framework, no output device framework, and too many bad shrooms to do something comprehensible". (This is such a *frequent* FAQ, even all the time since 2.6.0 escaped, that maybe we need to add a 3-4 line explain to the Kconfig 'help' stanza for CONFIG_INPUT_PCSPKR - although for some reason, INPUT_SPARCSPKR and INPUT_M68K_BEEP don't seem to cause the same questions....)
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