Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 27 Jan 2005 17:24:03 +0100 | From | Vojtech Pavlik <> | Subject | Re: i8042 access timings |
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On Thu, Jan 27, 2005 at 03:14:36PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Maw, 2005-01-25 at 20:37, Lee Revell wrote: > > Seems like a comment along the lines of "foo hardware doesn't work right > > unless we delay a bit here" is the obvious solution. Then someone can > > easily disprove it later. > > Myths are not really involved here. The IBM PC hardware specifications > are fairly well defined and the various bits of "we glued a 2Mhz part > onto the bus" stuff is all well documented. Nowdays its more complex > because most kbc's aren't standalone low end microcontrollers but are > chipset integrated cells or even software SMM emulations. > > The real test is to fish out something like an old Digital Hi-note > laptop or an early 486 board with seperate kbc and try it.
I'm testing it on an NexGen Nx586 VL-BUS board that has a separate i8042 controller. ;) Remember NexGen?
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