Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:49:01 +0000 | From | Alan <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 9/11] Panic delay fix |
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> No, not that. But the virtual keyboard I/O gets processed and converted > to physical keyboard I/O when a keyboard is attached to a VM. The > result is that the virtual keyboard spinning out of control causes the > physical keyboard to receive the same commands, far too rapidly. > > So the keyboard blinks out of control and acts as if possessed by demons.
Which is a good example of why breaking udelay is the wrong thing to do. I bet vmware keyboard emulation isn't the only problematic case.
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