> > 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.
And - it might be good thing (tm) to do that. I would like to see that
feature...
Pavel
PS: I believe that on sparc's we already do autorepeat in SW.
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