On Sun, 18 Aug 2013 14:14:09 -0400
Scott Dwyer <[email protected]> wrote:
> the kernel, and not ddrescue. Although I would like to point out that
> for me this issue does not happen when using the --direct option.
For what ever reason, it still slows down for me with
--direct, I've also noticed that using --direct causes
different "severe failure" behaviour when reading from USB
bridges, sometimes requiring a reboot to resolve.
> So now the big question... What happens every time the input device
> is closed and reopened? I put my ear to the drive when it happened,
I can't imagine it would try anything like that, but yes, I
have also thought about it.
Do you have the "reopen" patch that I can try on my 18pre2 copy
here so that I can see how the performance changes?
Paul.
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