Hi!
> > Imagine your kernel is having awfull interrupt latencies. Then HW
> > autorepeat makes sense and no SW autorepeat can be as good.
>
> Assuming you have an interval timer this is incorrect and both are the same
> or the SW one potentially better.
>
> If you have an interval timer you can at any point reconstruct the number of
> key repeats lost and generate them as a block. If you have a repeating keyboard
> you are constrained by the buffering on the controller
No. At PC side, you no longer know _when_ key was
pressed/released. Keyboard itself knows it much better ;-).
Pavel
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