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

Craig Ringer craig at postnewspapers.com.au
Mon Jan 27 12:49:46 WST 2003


> 	mknod /tmp/hdc b 22 0 --mode=600
> 	hdparm -d1 /dev/hdc
> 	rm -f /tmp/hdc

*smacks head*
Should've thought of that. Anyway,

/tmp/hdc:
  I/O support  =  1 (32-bit)
  unmaskirq    =  1 (on)
  using_dma    =  1 (on)
  keepsettings =  0 (off)
  readonly     =  0 (off)
  busstate     =  1 (on)

is how I expected: DMA enabled, but the kernel is often not using DMA mode.

Craig



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