Show ContentFridgeratr@lemmy.world2·2 years agoModern 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
Show Content0x4E4F@sh.itjust.worksEnglish0·2 years agoOh, didn’t actually know what’s being done behind the scene… Why is this relevant to Linux only?
Show Contentkattenluik@feddit.nl1·2 years agoBecause it’s funny, there’s nothing that you don’t already know.
I don’t get it…
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
Oh, didn’t actually know what’s being done behind the scene…
Why is this relevant to Linux only?
It’s not
Hm… then why is it posted in a Linux comm?
Because it’s funny, there’s nothing that you don’t already know.