* Len Sorensen writes: >On Tue, Nov 26, 2002 at 03:56:21PM -0600, David Bell wrote: >>On Tue, 2002-11-26 at 15:37, Len Sorensen wrote: >>> I see NOTHING there that indicates if dma is on or off, only what is >>> supported. The * does NOT indicate linux is using dma. >>> /proc/ide/hd?/settings does, as might hdparm device, by itself. >>> >>> Your method most certainly does not. >> >>Sorry about that, It seems I wanted hdparm -v, not hdparm -i: >> >> [hdparm saying DMA is on] >> >>...As you can see (I hope), DMA is enabled on all of these devices.
>Yep. Looks on. Can't think of anything else, other than maybe you are >burning cds that are not plain iso data images. Anything that doens't Well, have a look at the subject ;-) >use 2048byte blocks, can't use dma on current linux kernels (supposedly >it will be possible in 2.6 kernels). Audio would fit that category and >hence use a lot more cpu. It is already possible in 2.5 kernels and I am still convinced that it's also possible with 2.4 kernels. Just tested it once again. Audio CD at 20x speed with less than 3% CPU load (user+system). My kernel must be doing something "wrong" ;-) regards Markus -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
