Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261801AbTKGWm0 (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Nov 2003 17:42:26 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262055AbTKGW03 (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Nov 2003 17:26:29 -0500 Received: from ns.suse.de ([195.135.220.2]:35284 "EHLO Cantor.suse.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264117AbTKGMrP (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Nov 2003 07:47:15 -0500 Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 13:46:11 +0100 From: Jens Axboe To: Linus Torvalds Cc: bill davidsen , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.9test9-mm1 and DAO ATAPI cd-burning corrupt Message-ID: <20031107124611.GB506@suse.de> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 676 Lines: 18 On Thu, Nov 06 2003, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > I'm not sure what you meant by faster, so don't think I'm disagreeing > > with you. > > Faster as in "it uses DMA for everything, so you can actually burn at full > speed without having to worry about it or sucking up CPU". And it doesn't do unnecessary data copies either. Not as important as the DMA issue, but still not completely uninteresting on slower boxes. -- Jens Axboe - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/