• dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Are PS/2 ports still operating on hardware interrupts these days? I would expect these to be emulated as USB devices at this point, depending on whatever I/O chipset is in play.

    The bit about USB asking the CPU is kinda true? My understanding is that it’s a packet protocol of sorts, so it’s really just writing post-it notes for each button press and leaves them on the CPU’s whiteboard for later.

    • JackbyDev
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      3 months ago

      Yes, it’s true the the USB protocol has to “wait” but it gets the message sent so much faster that it doesn’t matter. Still interesting stuff though!