From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 9 15:43:22 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BAC1816A420 for ; Fri, 9 Dec 2005 15:43:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scottl@samsco.org) Received: from pooker.samsco.org (pooker.samsco.org [168.103.85.57]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCDFF43D5D for ; Fri, 9 Dec 2005 15:43:18 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scottl@samsco.org) Received: from [192.168.254.11] (junior.samsco.home [192.168.254.11]) (authenticated bits=0) by pooker.samsco.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id jB9FhEQt071998; Fri, 9 Dec 2005 08:43:14 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from scottl@samsco.org) Message-ID: <4399A612.1030103@samsco.org> Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 08:43:14 -0700 From: Scott Long User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050615 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Wilko Bulte References: <20051209093610.GR898@marvin.riggiland.au> <4399997D.7010304@samsco.org> <20051209154056.GA21926@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20051209154056.GA21926@freebie.xs4all.nl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.4 required=3.8 tests=ALL_TRUSTED autolearn=failed version=3.1.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on pooker.samsco.org Cc: "Thomas E. Zander" , stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boot manager beep X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 15:43:22 -0000 Wilko Bulte wrote: > On Fri, Dec 09, 2005 at 07:49:33AM -0700, Scott Long wrote.. > >>Thomas E. Zander wrote: >> >>>Hi, >>> >>>just installed a fresh 6.0 on a laptop, using the standard boot >>>manager. The problem is: The default volume of pcspeaker can't be tuned >>>in bios or anywhere else before loading a sound driver (in this case >>>snd_ich). This especially means the pc speaker volume is always set to >>>100% at every boot which results in a horribly loud beep which I am >>>afraid the built-in "speakers" can't do very often :-) >>> >>>So what about this one: >>> >>>--- /usr/src/sys/boot/i386/boot0/boot0.S >>>+++ boot0.S >>>@@ -201,9 +201,7 @@ >>>/* >>> * Start of input loop. Beep and take note of time >>> */ >>>-main.10: movb $ASCII_BEL,%al # Signal >>>- callw putchr # beep! >>>- xorb %ah,%ah # BIOS: Get >>>+main.10: xorb %ah,%ah # BIOS: Get >>> int $0x1a # system time >>> movw %dx,%di # Ticks when >>> addw _TICKS(%bp),%di # timeout >>> >>>This might be an issue on other architectures (amd64?) as well, I >>>haven't checked that right now. >>> >>>TIA, >>>Riggs >>> >> >>The beep is useful for some people who run headless systems, but it >>is indeed annoying for others, especially with laptops in quiet places. >>We should probably conditionalize this on a variable that can go into >>/etc/make.conf. Note that amd64 uses the i386 bits here. > > > Originally it was introduced (IIRC) to accomodate visually impaired users > of FreeBSD. So the install CDs etc better keep it enabled. > It is highly irritating for everyone else, though. Scott