[plug] massive CPU activity on CD writing, cdda rips, etc

[garry]

Maybe if the cdwriter and hdd are on the same ide bus you are having mass 
interupts with the ide bus?

HTH

Garry


>
> So ... this can't be right. I can't reliably write a CD at > 24x on a
> modern fast machine. Anybody have any idea what's going on? My old 8x
> burner wasn't a problem but that could be due to my failure to actually
> notice the CPU load.
>
> I've heard things about issues with the IDE-SCSI interface but didn't
> think it was anything quite this bad. OTOH I've also heard that big
> improvements are due in 2.6 for ATA cdwriters.
>
> Anybody have any idea what's going on?
>
> Craig Ringer