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SubjectRe: Toshiba Satellite 2595XDVD

On Thu, 2 December 1999, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
>
> > I am not sure to whom should I address this, it's about a buggy
> > keyboard controller (I guess) found on <subj> laptops that has a
> > peculiar behavior with some key sequences. Specifically, when you
> > press a shift (ctrl, alt, shift) and a key - (mostly when you play a
> > lot with shifts, like in emacs :-)) - sometimes the controller ignores
> > the repeat delay and repeats the key, sending very close (tens of
> > miliseconds) key_down interrups (kbd MAKEs).
>
> It would be nice to warn if such condition is detected. Silently
> correcting problems is bad thing (tm). So patch currently looks like
> this. (Also owners of good keyboards with short autorepeats will at
> least know what code to disable and to who complain :-)))))
Well, of course I had a printk in my first version of this, but, after
a few days I deleted it... We can get it back, if you like. Also,
the 200ms delay I am using here is less than the smalest delay
possible (at least on PC kbds that I am aware of) that is 250 ms, and
this is applicable only to the _second_ identical scancode in a row,
therefore it only affects kbd delay, not kbd rate - so no probl with
short autorepeats.

> /*
> * Fix for Toshiba Satellites. Under some
> * circumstances, its keyboards behave like ignoring the
> * kbd repeat delay. This happens in conjunction with shift
> * keys (ctrl, alt, shift) and leads to undesirable repeat
> * of a key even if pressed briefly. Fix it by ignoring any
> * subsequent occurence of the second identical scancode for
> * 200 ms. IMO, this doesn't break anything on a good keyboard.
> *
> * Thanx to Andrei Pitis <pink@roedu.net>.
> */
> static int prev_scancode = 0;
> static int stop_jiffies = 0;
>
> /* new scancode, trigger delay */
> if (scancode != prev_scancode)
> stop_jiffies = jiffies;
>
> /* same scancode, accept only after the delay */
> else if (jiffies - stop_jiffies >= 10)
> stop_jiffies = 0;
>
> /* glitch! bail out... */
> else {
> printk( "Keyboard glitch detected, ignoring keypress\n" );
> return;
> }
> prev_scancode = scancode;
>
> --
> I'm really pavel@ucw.cz. Look at http://195.113.31.123/~pavel. Pavel
> Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature, please!

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