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speakup: Document bleeps parameter values
authorHenry Zhang <zeri@umich.edu>
Wed, 28 Jan 2026 01:45:01 +0000 (20:45 -0500)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Thu, 2 Apr 2026 15:05:49 +0000 (17:05 +0200)
The speakup documentation had a TODO about accepted values for the
bleeps parameter. drivers/accessibility/speakup/main.c indicates
that it's a bitmasked param where bit 0 controls beeping and bit 1
controls announcements.

Signed-off-by: Henry Zhang <zeri@umich.edu>
Reviewed-by: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260128014501.1600263-1-zeri@umich.edu
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-driver-speakup

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@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ 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. Range: 0-3. 0 = off, 1 = beeps
+               only, 2 = announcements only, 3 = beeps and announcements (default).
 
 What:          /sys/accessibility/speakup/bleep_time
 KernelVersion: 2.6