Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750929AbWA2L2b (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 Jan 2006 06:28:31 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750930AbWA2L2b (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 Jan 2006 06:28:31 -0500 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.21]:52894 "HELO mail.gmx.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1750925AbWA2L2a (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 Jan 2006 06:28:30 -0500 X-Authenticated: #428038 Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2006 12:28:25 +0100 From: Matthias Andree To: Jan Engelhardt Cc: Joerg Schilling , bzolnier@gmail.com, mrmacman_g4@mac.com, matthias.andree@gmx.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, acahalan@gmail.com Subject: Re: CD writing in future Linux try #2 [ was: Re: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest) ] Message-ID: <20060129112825.GB29356@merlin.emma.line.org> Mail-Followup-To: Jan Engelhardt , Joerg Schilling , bzolnier@gmail.com, mrmacman_g4@mac.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, acahalan@gmail.com References: <58cb370e0601270837h61ac2b03uee84c0fa9a92bc28@mail.gmail.com> <43DCA097.nailGPD11GI11@burner> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-PGP-Key: http://home.pages.de/~mandree/keys/GPGKEY.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 693 Lines: 19 Jan Engelhardt schrieb am 2006-01-29: > Does speed==40 also suffice? > How about a DVD at 8x speed? (Even faster than CD at 40x) The block size of 2352 bytes (not a power of two and not a multiple of 512 either) is important. Just check the CPU load. The machine is pretty crawling without DMA, with high system and I/O wait figures. Even fast machines (Athlon XP 2500+) are hogged down so much the mouse pointer gets jerky. -- Matthias Andree - 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/