linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.22-rc[23]: blinking capslock led, stuck keys?

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Message-Id: <200706042004.35062.ak@suse.de>
Date:	Mon, 4 Jun 2007 20:04:34 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
To:	Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@....eng.br>
Cc:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, Jiri Kosina <jikos@...os.cz>,
	kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: 2.6.22-rc[23]: blinking capslock led, stuck keys?

On Monday 04 June 2007 18:34, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:

> And DoS'ing the EC is very high on the Don't Do That list on a laptop.  If
> the X60 is only losing keypresses and producing no bigger fireworks, that's
> outstanding behavior (as far as I trust ThinkPad firmware, anyway).
>
> So please throttle anything that might access the KDC way too much (as
> compared to normal keyboard operation by an user).

The io port accesses are already throttled and the blinking are quite slow in 
computer time (talking about hundreds of milliseconds). It is hard to imagine
the EC is that slow.

-Andi
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