set the typmatic delay to minimum and repeate rate to maximum. we could
add options to /dev/consctl for this but I have never seen anyone want anything
else. I would do this in the bios but the HP bios on my latest terminal
doesn't have the options.

-Steve

Reference: /n/sources/patch/applied/typematic-rate
Date: Thu Aug 25 11:41:54 CES 2011
Signed-off-by: steve@quintile.net

--- /sys/src/9/pc/kbd.c	Thu Aug 25 11:13:58 2011
+++ /sys/src/9/pc/kbd.c	Thu Aug 25 11:13:54 2011
@@ -659,8 +659,13 @@
 	nokbd = 0;
 
 	/* disable mouse */
-	if (outbyte(Cmd, 0x60) < 0 || outbyte(Data, ccc) < 0)
+	if(outbyte(Cmd, 0x60) < 0 || outbyte(Data, ccc) < 0)
 		print("i8042: kbdinit mouse disable failed\n");
+
+	/* set typematic rate/delay (0 -> delay=250ms & rate=30cps) */
+	if(outbyte(Data, 0xf3) << 0 || outbyte(Data, 0) < 0)
+		print("i8042: kbdinit set typamatic rate failed\n");
+
 }
 
 void