diff -up kbd-1.15.2/man/man8/kbdrate.8.orig kbd-1.15.2/man/man8/kbdrate.8
--- kbd-1.15.2/docs/man/man8/kbdrate.8.orig 2009-06-07 21:48:42.000000000 +0200
+++ kbd-1.15.2/docs/man/man8/kbdrate.8 2011-01-05 12:58:34.579706016 +0100
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Using
without any options will reset the repeat rate to 10.9 characters per second (cps)
and the delay to 250 milliseconds (ms) for Intel- and M68K-based systems.
These are the IBM defaults. On SPARC-based systems it will reset the repeat rate
-to 5 cps and the delay to 200 ms.
+to 20 cps and the delay to 200 ms.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
@@ -69,3 +69,5 @@ When these ioctls fail an ioport interfa
.I /etc/rc.local
.br
.I /dev/port
+.br
+.I /dev/kbd
diff -up kbd-1.15.2/src/kbdrate.c.orig kbd-1.15.2/src/kbdrate.c
--- kbd-1.15.2/src/kbdrate.c.orig 2011-01-05 12:53:45.186575833 +0100
+++ kbd-1.15.2/src/kbdrate.c 2011-01-05 12:57:37.746753646 +0100
@@ -108,9 +108,12 @@ static int valid_delays[] = { 250, 500,
static int
KDKBDREP_ioctl_ok(double rate, int delay, int silent) {
+#if defined(KDKBDREP) && !defined(__sparc__)
/*
* This ioctl is defined in <linux/kd.h> but is not
* implemented anywhere - must be in some m68k patches.
+ * We cannot blindly try unimplemented ioctls on sparc64 -
+ * the 32<->64bit transition layer does not like it.
* Since 2.4.9 also on i386.
*/
struct my_kbd_repeat kbdrep_s;
@@ -176,6 +179,9 @@ KDKBDREP_ioctl_ok(double rate, int delay
rate, kbdrep_s.delay );
return 1; /* success! */
+#else /* no KDKBDREP or __sparc__ */
+ return 0;
+#endif /* KDKBDREP */
}
#ifndef KIOCSRATE
@@ -226,7 +232,7 @@ sigalrmhandler( attr_unused int sig ) {
int
main( int argc, char **argv ) {
#ifdef __sparc__
- double rate = 5.0; /* Default rate */
+ double rate = 20.0; /* Default rate */
int delay = 200; /* Default delay */
#else
double rate = 10.9; /* Default rate */
@@ -277,7 +283,9 @@ main( int argc, char **argv ) {
/* The ioport way */
+ /* The ioport way - will crash on sparc */
+#ifndef __sparc__
for (i = 0; i < RATE_COUNT; i++)
if (rate * 10 >= valid_rates[i]) {
value &= 0x60;
@@ -340,5 +348,7 @@ main( int argc, char **argv ) {
valid_rates[value & 0x1f] / 10.0,
valid_delays[ (value & 0x60) >> 5 ] );
+#endif
+
return 0;
}