• @Fridgeratr
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      Modern USB keyboards need to be asked what’s being pressed by the CPU multiple times a second, but old PS/2 keyboards will actually interrupt the CPU to send the key press command

      • @[email protected]
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        10 months ago

        Oh, didn’t actually know what’s being done behind the scene…

        Why is this relevant to Linux only?

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      10 months ago

      I see you had interruptions masked.

      • Turun
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        10 months ago

        Why e in this context? I have seen sei() and cli() before, but not E.

        • @marcos
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          That’s the very important information you got from the keyboard.

          Some context may come later, but it will take ages.

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            Thanks, apparently I can’t read. I somehow missed the top right yellow speech bubble.