Linux is nice and changes around core structures :)

--- kbd-1.12/src/kbdrate.c	Fri Jan 16 20:45:31 2004
+++ kbd-1.12.kbdrate/src/kbdrate.c	Sun Feb  8 14:52:04 2004
@@ -164,10 +169,10 @@
 		exit( 1 );
 	}
 
-	kbdrate_s.period = (int) (rate + 0.5);  /* round up */
+	kbdrate_s.rate = (int) (rate + 0.5);  /* round up */
 	kbdrate_s.delay = delay * HZ / 1000;  /* convert ms to Hz */
-	if (kbdrate_s.period > 50)
-		kbdrate_s.period = 50;
+	if (kbdrate_s.rate > 50)
+		kbdrate_s.rate = 50;
 
 	if (ioctl( fd, KIOCSRATE, &kbdrate_s )) {
 		perror( "ioctl(KIOCSRATE)" );
@@ -177,7 +182,7 @@
 
 	if (!silent)
 		printf( "Typematic Rate set to %d cps (delay = %d ms)\n",
-			kbdrate_s.period, kbdrate_s.delay * 1000 / HZ );
+			kbdrate_s.rate, kbdrate_s.delay * 1000 / HZ );
 
 	return 1;
 #else /* no KIOCSRATE */