ukbd: short freeze when activating LEDs

[Stefan Ehmann]

On Saturday 05 September 2009 21:06:53 Bruce Cran wrote:
> On Sat, 5 Sep 2009 20:29:29 +0200
> 
> Ed Schouten <ed at 80386.nl> wrote:
> > * Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky at c2i.net> wrote:
> > > On Saturday 05 September 2009 16:32:55 Stefan Ehmann wrote:
> > > > Whenever I press capslock/numlock, the system shortly (< 0.5 ms)
> > > > freezes.
> > >
> > > It might also be because the USB keyboard driver is using Giant,
> > > which can be congested.
> >
> > For half a second? I experience the same issue. I also have the same
> > issue with the Syscons VGA driver when switching windows. Some time
> > ago I talked about this with some other people and it may be possible
> > it has something to do with SMIs. Not sure...
> 
> Half a millisecond or, as reported in another message, 100us :)
> I suspect the OP probably did mean 0.5s, a pause which someone can both
> see and hear.
> 
Oops. Of course you're right. For some reason I consistently wrote ms instead 
of seconds. It's a noticable delay for humans :)