• 0x4E4F
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    10 months ago

    I don’t get it…

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      10 months ago

      Modern USB keyboards need to be asked what’s being pressed by the CPU multiple times a second, but old PS/2 keyboards will actually interrupt the CPU to send the key press command

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        10 months ago

        Oh, didn’t actually know what’s being done behind the scene…

        Why is this relevant to Linux only?

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            10 months ago

            Hm… then why is it posted in a Linux comm?

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              It’s kind of a tradition among the r*ddit refugees from s*bs like linuxmemes and linuxmasterrace. Posting things that aren’t strictly linux-related, but would still be appreciated in general by computer nerds.

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                10 months ago

                Ah, didn’t know that 👍.

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        10 months ago

        Why e in this context? I have seen sei() and cli() before, but not E.

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          That’s the very important information you got from the keyboard.

          Some context may come later, but it will take ages.

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            Thanks, apparently I can’t read. I somehow missed the top right yellow speech bubble.