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minus-squaremfed1122@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoPlease explain? I get that the chubby bird is speaking assembly, but I’m sure there’s more to it than that?
minus-squarecheet@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoPS2 keyboards use interrupts rather than polling in USB, meaning every time a key is pressed the CPU stops what its doing to process it.
minus-squaremfed1122@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoCool! I had no idea it was deeper than just a physical interface change.
Please explain? I get that the chubby bird is speaking assembly, but I’m sure there’s more to it than that?
PS2 keyboards use interrupts rather than polling in USB, meaning every time a key is pressed the CPU stops what its doing to process it.
Cool! I had no idea it was deeper than just a physical interface change.