Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: PC keyboard rate/delay | Date | Tue, 12 Jun 2001 17:02:39 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> In file include/linux/kd.h was declared KDKBDREP ioctl number > to tune up keyboard rate/delay with struct kbd_repeat. > But in 2.4.x kernel there is only m68k version for that. > I wrote some code for implement this feature on x86 machines. > Gzipped and uuencoded patch for kernel 2.4.5 is attached. > To setup keyboard rate/delay on x86 you should use code like that: > > struct kbd_repeat kbd_rep={ > 1000, /* delay in ms */ > 30 /* repeat rate in cps */ > }; > ioctl(0,KDKBDREP,&kbd_rep); > > After that ioctl kbd_rep is filled with previous values. > I hope it will be useful for someone.
You must have been reading my mind. Yesterday I traced at least one X11 hang down to the kernel and X server both frobbing with the port at the same time and crashing the microcontroller on my PC110.
Alan
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