On Wednesday 04 February 2004 18:39, prasanna wakhare wrote:
> pcsp_beep(int count, int cycles)
> {
> /* enable counter 2 */
> outb_p(inb_p(0x61)|3, 0x61);
> /* set command for counter 2, 2 byte write */
> outb_p(0xB6, 0x43);
> /* select desired HZ */
> outb_p(count & 0xff, 0x42);
> outb((count >> 8) & 0xff, 0x42);
>
> while (cycles--);
>
> /* disable counter 2 */
> outb(inb_p(0x61)&0xFC, 0x
>
> this is patch of patch of PCSP it's just produces beep
> of count HZ,
> sorry but a simple questions is why this while
> (cycles --) used
I think the parameter, "cycles" is used as a delay counter.
The beep will be there till the loop exits(while (cycles--))....
:-)
Regards,
Shine Mohamed
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