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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Eat keys on panic
From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
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On Sad, 2003-05-31 at 12:56, Andi Kleen wrote:

> +void eat_key(void)
> +{
> +        if (inb(0x60) & 1) 
> +                inb(0x64);
>  }

This will crash at least one of my machines. The keyboard controller
has mandatory access delays of up to 1mS. Respect them or some stuff
dies horribly.