Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750827AbWBCOFv (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Feb 2006 09:05:51 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750826AbWBCOFv (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Feb 2006 09:05:51 -0500 Received: from soundwarez.org ([217.160.171.123]:49801 "EHLO soundwarez.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750827AbWBCOFu (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Feb 2006 09:05:50 -0500 Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 15:05:35 +0100 From: Kay Sievers To: Jan Engelhardt Cc: Joerg Schilling , rlrevell@joe-job.com, jim@why.dont.jablowme.net, mrmacman_g4@mac.com, matthias.andree@gmx.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, James@superbug.co.uk, j@bitron.ch, acahalan@gmail.com Subject: Re: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest) Message-ID: <20060203140535.GA17327@vrfy.org> References: <43DF6812.nail3B44TLQOP@burner> <20060202062840.GI5501@mail> <43E1EA35.nail4R02QCGIW@burner> <20060202161853.GB8833@voodoo> <787b0d920602020917u1e7267c5lbea5f02182e0c952@mail.gmail.com> <20060202210949.GD10352@voodoo> <1138915551.15691.123.camel@mindpipe> <43E35AC8.nail5CAD55WJ3@burner> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 916 Lines: 25 On Fri, Feb 03, 2006 at 02:51:10PM +0100, Jan Engelhardt wrote: > > > >The main point is not to poll to frequent (Solaris does once everz 3 seconds) > >and to use SCSI commands only that to not interrupt or disturb CD/DVD-writing. > > > > I do not have any problems with resmgr/hal ATM (SUSE Linux 10.0). Although > hal [seems to] probes more often than once/3sec, It polls every 2 seconds. > it did not interrupt any > of my cd writing processes. Maybe that's already a feature of cdrecord*, I > don't know. I don't know of any problem in that area and almost every modern Linux desktop has HAL running these days, so I'm sure somebody would have complained. Kay - 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/