beeper(4)

beeper4

Console annunciator

Usage

beeper* at ebus? beep* at ebus?

Overview

The beeper device does exactly what it sounds like: it beeps. In particular, this device registers itself to handle beeping for pckbd(4) or ukbd(4) devices.

History

OpenBSD support for the beeper first appeared in OpenBSD 3.0.

From man 8.0-current-20261101 in OpenBSD 8.0-current (2026-11-01). Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.