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-rw-r--r--drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c b/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c
index a2dee0eb6dad..e6ce632a393e 100644
--- a/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c
@@ -400,6 +400,9 @@ int vt_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file * file,
case KIOCSOUND:
if (!perm)
goto eperm;
+ /* FIXME: This is an old broken API but we need to keep it
+ supported and somehow separate the historic advertised
+ tick rate from any real one */
if (arg)
arg = CLOCK_TICK_RATE / arg;
kd_mksound(arg, 0);
@@ -417,6 +420,9 @@ int vt_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file * file,
*/
ticks = HZ * ((arg >> 16) & 0xffff) / 1000;
count = ticks ? (arg & 0xffff) : 0;
+ /* FIXME: This is an old broken API but we need to keep it
+ supported and somehow separate the historic advertised
+ tick rate from any real one */
if (count)
count = CLOCK_TICK_RATE / count;
kd_mksound(count, ticks);