On Mon, 04 Jun 2007, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> >...but I'm not quite sure it is a buggy keyboard. It happens _way_ too
> >often. Launch the line above and try to do some typing...
>
> This used to work fine on my box last time I tried it (the switch
> itself is offloaded to a keventd and shoud not get in the way) but
> then they push all kind of ACPI/SMM crap together with KBC so who
> knows... I should try it again when I get home.
Err... in laptops, almost *always* the KDC is emulated by the embedded
controller, so I bet you're right on the money, there. It is not "a buggy
KDC", it is a buggy EC firmware and/or buggy SMBIOS which is a lot more
common.
And DoS'ing the EC is very high on the Don't Do That list on a laptop. If
the X60 is only losing keypresses and producing no bigger fireworks, that's
outstanding behavior (as far as I trust ThinkPad firmware, anyway).
So please throttle anything that might access the KDC way too much (as
compared to normal keyboard operation by an user).