linux-kernel - Re: PC speaker

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Date:	Tue, 12 Jun 2007 17:09:42 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>
To:	"R.F. Burns" <burnsrf@...il.com>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: PC speaker


On Jun 12 2007 15:57, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
>On Jun 12 2007 09:54, R.F. Burns wrote:
>> On 6/12/07, Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de> wrote:
>>> On Jun 12 2007 08:45, R.F. Burns wrote:
>
>>> > Is it possible to write a kernel module which, when loaded, will blow the
>>> > PC
>>> > speaker?
>>>
>>> Define blow.
>>> (As in "damage"?)
>>
>> Yes.  As in, blow it out/damage it so that it is no longer usable.
>
>I'd say impossible. Just disconnect it from the motherboard.

The days when hardware *relied* on software (hence, where software
could damage hardware) are over.



	Jan
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