Messages in this thread | | | From | (H. Peter Anvin) | Subject | Re: keyboard repeat rate, increase ceiling? | Date | 24 Mar 1998 05:28:43 GMT |
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Followup to: <19980324000034.41088@vaxerdec.dyn.ml.org> By author: Scott McDermott <vaxerdec@frontiernet.net> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > I am wondering if the cieling to the keyboard repeat rate value is > hardware or kernel imposed; using `kbdrate' at its highest setting, > which is apparently based on the kernel, yields an unsatisfactory rate. > Is there some way that I might be able to artificially increase this > rate? >
It's hardware. Each key normally sends the kernel a <MAKE> code when pressed and a <BREAK> code when released. When the keyboard repeats, it sends <MAKE> codes without intervening <BREAK>s. You *could* get around it by rewriting the keyboard driver to do repeats in software, but please be aware that it is not a trivial thing to do.
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