diff -u --recursive linux-2.4.5/drivers/char/vt.c linux-2.4.5-nc/drivers/char/vt.c
--- linux-2.4.5/drivers/char/vt.c	Fri Feb  9 20:30:22 2001
+++ linux-2.4.5-nc/drivers/char/vt.c	Wed May  9 23:47:36 2001
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@
 #include <asm/vc_ioctl.h>
 #endif /* CONFIG_FB_COMPAT_XPMAC */
 
+extern int pcspeaker_enabled;
 char vt_dont_switch;
 extern struct tty_driver console_driver;
 
@@ -112,6 +117,9 @@
 	unsigned int count = 0;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
+	/* is the pcspeaker enabled or disabled ? 0=disabled,1=enabled */
+	if (!pcspeaker_enabled)
+		return;
 	if (hz > 20 && hz < 32767)
 		count = 1193180 / hz;
 	
diff -u --recursive linux-2.4.5/include/linux/sysctl.h linux-2.4.5-nc/include/linux/sysctl.h
--- linux-2.4.5/include/linux/sysctl.h	Tue May 29 17:56:29 2001
+++ linux-2.4.5-nc/include/linux/sysctl.h	Mon May 28 19:24:08 2001
@@ -118,7 +118,8 @@
 	KERN_SHMPATH=48,	/* string: path to shm fs */
 	KERN_HOTPLUG=49,	/* string: path to hotplug policy agent */
 	KERN_IEEE_EMULATION_WARNINGS=50, /* int: unimplemented ieee instructions */
-	KERN_S390_USER_DEBUG_LOGGING=51  /* int: dumps of user faults */
+	KERN_S390_USER_DEBUG_LOGGING=51,  /* int: dumps of user faults */
+	KERN_DISABLE_PC_SPEAKER=52 /* int: speaker on or off */
 };
 
 
diff -u --recursive linux-2.4.5/kernel/sysctl.c linux-2.4.5-nc/kernel/sysctl.c
--- linux-2.4.5/kernel/sysctl.c	Tue May 29 17:55:59 2001
+++ linux-2.4.5-nc/kernel/sysctl.c	Wed May  9 23:44:30 2001
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@
 extern int nr_queued_signals, max_queued_signals;
 extern int sysrq_enabled;
 
+int pcspeaker_enabled;
 /* this is needed for the proc_dointvec_minmax for [fs_]overflow UID and GID */
 static int maxolduid = 65535;
 static int minolduid;
@@ -212,6 +217,8 @@
 	 0444, NULL, &proc_dointvec},
 	{KERN_RTSIGMAX, "rtsig-max", &max_queued_signals, sizeof(int),
 	 0644, NULL, &proc_dointvec},
+	{KERN_DISABLE_PC_SPEAKER, "pcspeaker", &pcspeaker_enabled, sizeof(int),
+	 0644, NULL, &proc_dointvec},
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSVIPC
 	{KERN_SHMMAX, "shmmax", &shm_ctlmax, sizeof (size_t),
 	 0644, NULL, &proc_doulongvec_minmax},