ioctl(fd, KDMKTONE, arg) followup w/patch

Bob Tracy - TDS (rct@merkin.csap.af.mil)
Wed, 13 Aug 1997 14:24:47 -0500 (CDT)

Here's a quick patch that I believe implements the intended fix for
linux/drivers/char/vt.c. In any event, "count" should be related to
only the low-order 16 bits of "arg". Apply this to the 2.1.49 source.

-- 
--------Bob Tracy       AFIWC/AFCERT    rct@merkin.csap.af.mil--------
"If you make any money, the government shoves you in the creek once a
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                                -- Will Rogers


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--- linux/drivers/char/vt.c.orig	Wed Aug 13 13:55:07 1997
+++ linux/drivers/char/vt.c	Wed Aug 13 13:57:16 1997
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@
 		 * If the time is zero, turn off sound ourselves.
 		 */
 		ticks = HZ * ((arg >> 16) & 0xffff) / 1000;
-		count = ticks ? arg : 0;
+		count = ticks ? (arg & 0xffff) : 0;
 		kd_mksound(count, ticks);
 		return 0;
 	}
====--TUC EREH--====