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minus-squarecheet@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up34·3 months agoPS2 keyboards use interrupts rather than polling in USB, meaning every time a key is pressed the CPU stops what its doing to process it.
minus-squaremfed1122@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoCool! I had no idea it was deeper than just a physical interface change.
minus-squaredrath@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 months agoI’m wondering, is it still the case for mobos with Super IO?
minus-squareDeebster@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoAnd having to pick your IRQ when installing anything into your machine, and the weird bugs that could happen if you mucked it up.
PS2 keyboards use interrupts rather than polling in USB, meaning every time a key is pressed the CPU stops what its doing to process it.
Cool! I had no idea it was deeper than just a physical interface change.
I’m wondering, is it still the case for mobos with Super IO?
And having to pick your IRQ when installing anything into your machine, and the weird bugs that could happen if you mucked it up.