/proc/beep

/proc/beep

[Frank Cusack]

/proc/beep is a kernel tweak that sends beep "signals" to a userspace
process reading the /proc/beep file.  There are one or two of these
modules you can find on the Internet.  In order to support them the
kernel needs to export kd_mksound.

Would a /proc/beep module be accepted into the main tree?  From the
ones I've found, I can understand why they might not be accepted.  But
I'm willing to do the [small amount of] work required to get one looking
like other kernel modules.

If not, could at least kd_mksound be exported by default anyway?  This 
would allow homegrown /proc/beep's to not require any kernel mods.

thx
/fc

Re: /proc/beep

[Neil Brown]

On Wednesday September 10, fcusack@fcusack.com wrote:
> /proc/beep is a kernel tweak that sends beep "signals" to a userspace
> process reading the /proc/beep file.  There are one or two of these
> modules you can find on the Internet.  In order to support them the
> kernel needs to export kd_mksound.
> 
> Would a /proc/beep module be accepted into the main tree?  From the
> ones I've found, I can understand why they might not be accepted.  But
> I'm willing to do the [small amount of] work required to get one looking
> like other kernel modules.
> 
> If not, could at least kd_mksound be exported by default anyway?  This 
> would allow homegrown /proc/beep's to not require any kernel mods.

The equivalent can be done with the "input layer" in 2.6.
Open /dev/input/uinput and register yourself as a beep handler, and
you get the beeps instead of the speaker.

The following code does this (but doesn't claim to be well written,
portable, reliable, secure, or anything else).

It requires you do be runnig 'esd' and to have loaded some sample into
esd.  The sample is played instead of any beep.

NeilBrown


/*
 * A user event handler that notices bells and
 * echos something
 */

#include <linux/input.h>
#include <linux/uinput.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <stdio.h>


main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
	char *dev = "/dev/input/user";
	int fd;
	int esd,id;
	struct input_event ev;
	struct uinput_user_dev dv;
	if (argc >= 2)
		dev = argv[1];

	
	fd = open(dev, O_RDWR, 0);
	if (!fd) {
		perror(dev);
		exit(1);
	}
	memset(&dv, 0, sizeof(dv));
	strcpy(dv.name, "Quiet Bell");
	dv.id.bustype = 0;
	dv.id.vendor = 0;
	dv.id.product = 0;
	dv.id.version = 1;

	if (write(fd, &dv, sizeof(dv)) != sizeof(dv)) {
		perror("Write device name");
		exit(1);
	}
	if (ioctl(fd, UI_SET_EVBIT, EV_SND)) {
		perror("Cannot request snd event");
		exit(1);
	}
	if (ioctl(fd, UI_SET_SNDBIT, 0)) {
		perror("Cannot request Click");
		exit(1);
	}
	if (ioctl(fd, UI_SET_SNDBIT, 1)) {
		perror("Cannot request Bell");
		exit(1);
	}
	if (ioctl(fd, UI_SET_SNDBIT, 2)) {
		perror("Cannot request Tone");
		exit(1);
	}

	if (ioctl(fd, UI_DEV_CREATE, NULL)) {
		perror("Create uinput dev");
		exit(1);
	}

	if (argc > 2) {
		esd = esd_open_sound(NULL);
		id = esd_sample_getid(esd, argv[2]);
	}

	while (read(fd, &ev, sizeof(ev)) == sizeof(ev)) {
		if (argc <= 2)
			printf("%d %d %d\n", ev.type, ev.code, ev.value);
		else if (ev.type == 18 && ev.code == 2 && ev.value > 0)
			esd_sample_play(esd, id);
	}
	exit(0);
}

Re: /proc/beep

[Frank Cusack]

On Thu, Sep 11, 2003 at 02:42:21PM +1000, Neil Brown wrote:
> On Wednesday September 10, fcusack@fcusack.com wrote:
> > If not, could at least kd_mksound be exported by default anyway?  This 
> > would allow homegrown /proc/beep's to not require any kernel mods.
> 
> The equivalent can be done with the "input layer" in 2.6.

cool!  thanks
/fc