Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: Question about KVM and PC speaker

[Samuel Thibault]

Kevin Wolf, le Thu 23 Apr 2009 11:06:30 +0200, a écrit :
> Samuel Thibault schrieb:
> >Jan Kiszka, le Thu 23 Apr 2009 09:45:17 +0200, a écrit :
> >>Simon Bienlein wrote:
> >>>I hear the beep if I am in the bash of the wirtsystem and press the
> >>>backspace key on the start of the line. The PC speaker works therefore.
> >>>
> >>>How can I configure KVM so that the PC speaker also works in the VM?
> >>>Supports the BIOS PC Speaker beeps?
> >>Nope, not yet. Neither QEMU nor KVM (with its in-kernel handling of the
> >>involved timer chip) translates the guest's speaker settings into
> >>anything audible. But that should be feasible.
> >
> >Err, have you read the first paragraph?  The speaker does work.
> 
> It works on the host, but not in the guest.
> 
> Admittedly, "wirtssystem" doesn't look like a proper English word, so 
> that might not have been obvious for you. ;-)

Oh, ok.  Err, what is the current use of the -soundhw pcspkr choice
then?  Just making the guest happy? :)

Samuel