HDA beep regression...

[Andy Whitcroft]

On Tue, Feb 09, 2010 at 02:48:04PM +0000, Daniel J Blueman wrote:
> Hi Tim, Andy,
> 
> With newer mainline kernel builds (eg 2.6.33-rc) containing the new
> HDA beep framework, a new config option was introduced that was set
> on, re-introducing the (somewhat overzealous) system beep. With pulse
> audio not reconfiguring the PC-beep channel volume, this often
> saturates built-in or external speakers/headphones at undesired times
> (eg when shutting down).
> 
> Is it reasonable to ask to change the Ubuntu mainline kernel configuration:
> 
> CONFIG_SND_HDA_INPUT_BEEP_MODE=1
> 
> to =0, or, disable:
> 
> CONFIG_SND_HDA_INPUT_BEEP=y ?

It is cirtainly possible to change configurations for these kernels
slightly from those used in the main Ubuntu kernels.  What do these two
do?  Which is preferred?

-apw