kd_mksound() in keyboard.c

[Derrick W. <de...@lo...>]

It appears that the KIOCSOUND ioctl call is broken in the 2.6 kernels.
KIOSOUND calls kd_nosound() and kd_mksound() in linux/drivers/char/keyboard.c
to emit sound. These functions do not appear to be working, I am quickly 
trying to learn the input API and how the input_event() request that 
kd_mksound() calls is failing. However there is very little documentation on 
the subject, and because I'm not familiar with input devices the code is 
confusing. 

For example, in kd_mksound() the code loops thru a list of (I'm assuming) 
keyboard devices, looking for one that has the EV_SND bit turned on. But it 
never finds any. So I'm attempting to find where the handle->dev->evbit bit 
is set. I'm assuming that would be when the input device is registered with 
the input API, but I cannot seam to find it!! 

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
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