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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0 of 1] Fix for DOS keyboard problems
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malc |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0 of 1] Fix for DOS keyboard problems |
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Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:21:38 +0400 (MSD) |
On Mon, 24 Aug 2009, Stefan Ring wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 11:55 PM, Jamie Lokier<address@hidden> wrote:
> > Let's see if I understand your explanation.
> >
> > 1. Cursor key is pressed. The key press is represented as two scan codes.
> > 2. IRQ 1 is entered.
> > 3. Borland's code reads port 60h - gets the first scan code.
> > 4. BIOS's code reads port 60h - gets the second scan code.
> > 5. Return from IRQ 1.
> >
> > 6. Cursor key is released. The key release is represented as two
> > scan codes.
> > 7. IRQ 1 is entered.
> > 8. Borland's code reads port 60h - gets the first scan code.
> > 9. BIOS's code reads port 60h - gets the second scan code.
> > 10. Return from IRQ 1.
> >
> > So both Borland's code and the BIOS are *missing* scan codes.
> >
> > How does that result in Borland seeing *multiple* cursor key
> > press/release sequences?
>
> Actually I wondered about the same thing while I wrote my previous
> answer... I'm not exactly sure, but it seems to happen like this: the
> cursor keys generate two scan codes - E0h and the real scan code in
> this order. Somehow the second IRQ seems to happen although its value
> has already been consumed by the first interrupt handler activation,
> and during the second invocation the handler will just get repetitions
> of the last value read. Apparently the scan code for the cursor keys
> is interpreted as cursor movement regardless if E0h appeared earlier
> or not.
[..snip..]
There's other DOS application that exhibits erroneous keyboard
beahviour and i was curious whether your hack "fixes" it too (alas
it doesn't) - Command and Conquer, the demo can be found at:
http://www.dosgamesarchive.com/download/command-and-conquer/
Keyboard is dysfunctional in both the setup and the game. What i'm
wondering now if this is a indeed pckbd or BIOS problem, but Bochs
where the former can be verified refuses to work on my machines,
perhaps someone could give it a try and report here?
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- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0 of 1] Fix for DOS keyboard problems, Stefan Ring, 2009/08/23
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1 of 1] Fix for DOS keyboard problems, Stefan Ring, 2009/08/23
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0 of 1] Fix for DOS keyboard problems, Jamie Lokier, 2009/08/23
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0 of 1] Fix for DOS keyboard problems, Stefan Ring, 2009/08/23
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0 of 1] Fix for DOS keyboard problems, Jamie Lokier, 2009/08/23
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0 of 1] Fix for DOS keyboard problems, Stefan Ring, 2009/08/23
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0 of 1] Fix for DOS keyboard problems, Hans de Bruin, 2009/08/24
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0 of 1] Fix for DOS keyboard problems, Jamie Lokier, 2009/08/24
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0 of 1] Fix for DOS keyboard problems, Hans de Bruin, 2009/08/24
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0 of 1] Fix for DOS keyboard problems,
malc <=
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0 of 1] Fix for DOS keyboard problems, Stefan Ring, 2009/08/24
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0 of 1] Fix for DOS keyboard problems, malc, 2009/08/24
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0 of 1] Fix for DOS keyboard problems, Jamie Lokier, 2009/08/24
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0 of 1] Fix for DOS keyboard problems, Stefan Ring, 2009/08/24
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0 of 1] Fix for DOS keyboard problems, Stefan Ring, 2009/08/24
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0 of 1] Fix for DOS keyboard problems, Stefan Ring, 2009/08/24
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0 of 1] Fix for DOS keyboard problems, malc, 2009/08/24
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0 of 1] Fix for DOS keyboard problems, Stefan Ring, 2009/08/24
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0 of 1] Fix for DOS keyboard problems, malc, 2009/08/24
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0 of 1] Fix for DOS keyboard problems, malc, 2009/08/25