Re: [PATCH] Documentation/ABI: speakup: document bleeps and bleep_time

[Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>]

Hello,

Kirill Petrov, le lun. 02 févr. 2026 13:56:47 +0300, a ecrit:
> Document the accepted bitmask values for
> /sys/accessibility/speakup/bleeps and the time unit (milliseconds) for
> /sys/accessibility/speakup/bleep_time, as implemented by Speakup edge
> notification logic announce_edge() and bleep().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kirill Petrov <kosyanip@gmail.com>

Henry Zhang has beaten you on this :)

Thanks anyway,
Samuel

> ---
>  Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-driver-speakup | 9 +++++----
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-driver-speakup b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-driver-speakup
> index bcb6831aa114..e9d71851e6b5 100644
> --- a/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-driver-speakup
> +++ b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-driver-speakup
> @@ -16,15 +16,16 @@ What:		/sys/accessibility/speakup/bleeps
>  KernelVersion:	2.6
>  Contact:	speakup@linux-speakup.org
>  Description:	This controls whether one hears beeps through the PC speaker
> -		when using speakup's review commands.
> -		TODO: what values does it accept?
> +		when using speakup's review commands. This is a bitmask:
> +		0x1: bleep (PC speaker) when reaching an edge
> +		0x2: speak the corresponding edge message
> +		Any combination of the above.
>  
>  What:		/sys/accessibility/speakup/bleep_time
>  KernelVersion:	2.6
>  Contact:	speakup@linux-speakup.org
>  Description:	This controls the duration of the PC speaker beeps speakup
> -		produces.
> -		TODO: What are the units? Jiffies?
> +		produces, in milliseconds.
>  
>  What:		/sys/accessibility/speakup/cursor_time
>  KernelVersion:	2.6
> -- 
> 2.43.0