Re: Raw I/O Problems with inb()

[Matthias Urlichs]

Hi, Brett Gmoser wrote:

> The question is not one of "how" to accomplish all of this, it is how to 
> get inb(0x64) to state that it is indeed mouse movement, and not keyboard 
> data, on an AMD Athlon XP system with PS/2 mouse.

Well, as I said, I would solve the "how" problem with a kernel module
which monitors mouse movement or keyboard events. This happens to be a
whole lot more reliable, and it will also eat no CPU time when nothing's
happening.

Plus, it will work on any mouse or keyboard. People actually _use_ USB
critters these days, you know ...

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