Unexpected keyyyyboard repeatssss, kernel latency issue?

[Lonni J Friedman]

On 7/18/06, Tim <ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-07-18 at 16:34 -0700, Lonni J Friedman wrote:
> > This is usually a BIOS bug, although I've seen reports that it can be
> > worked around with some kernel boot parameters.  I'll guess that
> > you're using a dual core CPU in an Asus motherboard?
>
> I've seen similar faults, from time to time.  If it's a BIOS bug, why
> does it only show up on Linux?  And has anybody seen whether turning off
> key repeat, or changing the speeds/intervals, in the BIOS makes any
> difference.

Because each OS interacts with the BIOS differently.


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