On Fri, Dec 15, 2000 at 07:45:23PM +0100, flag wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Dec 2000, Nicolas Souchu wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Here is a patch against -stable /sys/dev/ppbus for better ZIP/ZIP+
> > mode detection. I've tested ZIP, but don't have any ZIP+ :(
> >
> > Could some of you approve vpo and imm drivers for me?
>
> Can I gain any speed-boost installing this patch?
>
> The big problem with the parallel zip is that, while you are transferring
> data from/to the zip, the copy process get the 100% of the cpu and the
> system stay unusable until the end of the zip operation...very sad...=(
That's normal. The ZIP is designed so that it can run only in polling mode :(
You should get better speed and reactivness of your machine if you use
EPP mode (which is polled also but faster).
Nicholas
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