Merge branch 'x86-cpu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git...

[pandora-kernel.git] / drivers / char / vt_ioctl.c

diff --git a/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c b/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c
index 2bbeaae..38df8c1 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c
@@ -533,11 +533,14 @@ int vt_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file * file,
        case KIOCSOUND:
                if (!perm)
                        goto eperm;
-               /* FIXME: This is an old broken API but we need to keep it
-                  supported and somehow separate the historic advertised
-                  tick rate from any real one */
+               /*
+                * The use of PIT_TICK_RATE is historic, it used to be
+                * the platform-dependent CLOCK_TICK_RATE between 2.6.12
+                * and 2.6.36, which was a minor but unfortunate ABI
+                * change.
+                */
                if (arg)
-                       arg = CLOCK_TICK_RATE / arg;
+                       arg = PIT_TICK_RATE / arg;
                kd_mksound(arg, 0);
                break;
 
@@ -553,11 +556,8 @@ int vt_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file * file,
                 */
                ticks = HZ * ((arg >> 16) & 0xffff) / 1000;
                count = ticks ? (arg & 0xffff) : 0;
-               /* FIXME: This is an old broken API but we need to keep it
-                  supported and somehow separate the historic advertised
-                  tick rate from any real one */
                if (count)
-                       count = CLOCK_TICK_RATE / count;
+                       count = PIT_TICK_RATE / count;
                kd_mksound(count, ticks);
                break;
        }