Re: [Problem] slow write to dvd-ram since 2.6.7-bk8

2005-02-18 Thread Droebbel
On Fr, 2005-02-18 at 00:10 +0100, Tino Keitel wrote: >On Wed, Feb 16, 2005 at 23:29:24 +0100, Droebbel wrote: >> On Mi, 2005-02-16 at 22:55 +0100, Droebbel wrote: >> >> >The vmscan-dont-reclaim-too-many-pages.patch led to the said reduction >> >of writing speed. I reverse-applied it to 2.6.8.1,

Re: [Problem] slow write to dvd-ram since 2.6.7-bk8

2005-02-18 Thread Droebbel
On Fr, 2005-02-18 at 00:10 +0100, Tino Keitel wrote: On Wed, Feb 16, 2005 at 23:29:24 +0100, Droebbel wrote: On Mi, 2005-02-16 at 22:55 +0100, Droebbel wrote: The vmscan-dont-reclaim-too-many-pages.patch led to the said reduction of writing speed. I reverse-applied it to 2.6.8.1, where it

Re: [Problem] slow write to dvd-ram since 2.6.7-bk8

2005-02-17 Thread Tino Keitel
On Wed, Feb 16, 2005 at 23:29:24 +0100, Droebbel wrote: > On Mi, 2005-02-16 at 22:55 +0100, Droebbel wrote: > >Some new information: > > > >2.6.7 is ok, 2.6.7-mm2 is not ok, 2.6.7 with just the linus-patch from > >mm2 is ok, 2.6.7 with linus.patch from mm3 isn't. > >So I took some of the patches

Re: [Problem] slow write to dvd-ram since 2.6.7-bk8

2005-02-17 Thread Tino Keitel
On Wed, Feb 16, 2005 at 23:29:24 +0100, Droebbel wrote: On Mi, 2005-02-16 at 22:55 +0100, Droebbel wrote: Some new information: 2.6.7 is ok, 2.6.7-mm2 is not ok, 2.6.7 with just the linus-patch from mm2 is ok, 2.6.7 with linus.patch from mm3 isn't. So I took some of the patches from the

Re: [Problem] slow write to dvd-ram since 2.6.7-bk8

2005-02-16 Thread Droebbel
On Mi, 2005-02-16 at 22:55 +0100, Droebbel wrote: >Some new information: > >2.6.7 is ok, 2.6.7-mm2 is not ok, 2.6.7 with just the linus-patch from >mm2 is ok, 2.6.7 with linus.patch from mm3 isn't. >So I took some of the patches from the broken-out mm2 and tested them >seperately. > >The

Re: [Problem] slow write to dvd-ram since 2.6.7-bk8

2005-02-16 Thread Droebbel
Some new information: 2.6.7 is ok, 2.6.7-mm2 is not ok, 2.6.7 with just the linus-patch from mm2 is ok, 2.6.7 with linus.patch from mm3 isn't. So I took some of the patches from the broken-out mm2 and tested them seperately. The vmscan-dont-reclaim-too-many-pages.patch led to the said reduction

Re: [Problem] slow write to dvd-ram since 2.6.7-bk8

2005-02-16 Thread Droebbel
Some new information: 2.6.7 is ok, 2.6.7-mm2 is not ok, 2.6.7 with just the linus-patch from mm2 is ok, 2.6.7 with linus.patch from mm3 isn't. So I took some of the patches from the broken-out mm2 and tested them seperately. The vmscan-dont-reclaim-too-many-pages.patch led to the said reduction

Re: [Problem] slow write to dvd-ram since 2.6.7-bk8

2005-02-16 Thread Droebbel
On Mi, 2005-02-16 at 22:55 +0100, Droebbel wrote: Some new information: 2.6.7 is ok, 2.6.7-mm2 is not ok, 2.6.7 with just the linus-patch from mm2 is ok, 2.6.7 with linus.patch from mm3 isn't. So I took some of the patches from the broken-out mm2 and tested them seperately. The

Re: [Problem] slow write to dvd-ram since 2.6.7-bk8

2005-02-14 Thread Droebbel
On Mo, 2005-02-14 at 11:53 +0100, Tino Keitel wrote: >On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 11:25:34 +0100, Droebbel wrote: >> Which 2.6.7 did you use? > >Only 2.6.7 with a -mm patch, since vanilla 2.6.7 screwed up my system >clock, and the noapic option which was suggested to unscrew the clock >screwed up the

Re: [Problem] slow write to dvd-ram since 2.6.7-bk8

2005-02-14 Thread Droebbel
On Mo, 2005-02-14 at 09:53 +0100, Tino Keitel wrote: >I also have low write performance (around 300 kb/s) with several 2.6 >kernels (2.6.7 to 2.6.9-mm1) and I can hear the head jump around when I >use ext2 or UDF. It will be fast when written directly to the device >without a file system using dd.

Re: [Problem] slow write to dvd-ram since 2.6.7-bk8

2005-02-14 Thread Tino Keitel
On Sun, Feb 13, 2005 at 09:26:35 -0500, Wakko Warner wrote: > Droebbel wrote: > > On recent kernels, writing to DVD-RAM is much slower than to be > > expected. A 3x Writer should do about 1.9MB/s including automatic > > verify. This is what I get with 2.6.7 up to bk7. However, from 2.6.7-bk8 > >

Re: [Problem] slow write to dvd-ram since 2.6.7-bk8

2005-02-14 Thread Tino Keitel
On Sun, Feb 13, 2005 at 09:26:35 -0500, Wakko Warner wrote: Droebbel wrote: On recent kernels, writing to DVD-RAM is much slower than to be expected. A 3x Writer should do about 1.9MB/s including automatic verify. This is what I get with 2.6.7 up to bk7. However, from 2.6.7-bk8 to 2.6.10

Re: [Problem] slow write to dvd-ram since 2.6.7-bk8

2005-02-14 Thread Droebbel
On Mo, 2005-02-14 at 09:53 +0100, Tino Keitel wrote: I also have low write performance (around 300 kb/s) with several 2.6 kernels (2.6.7 to 2.6.9-mm1) and I can hear the head jump around when I use ext2 or UDF. It will be fast when written directly to the device without a file system using dd.

Re: [Problem] slow write to dvd-ram since 2.6.7-bk8

2005-02-14 Thread Droebbel
On Mo, 2005-02-14 at 11:53 +0100, Tino Keitel wrote: On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 11:25:34 +0100, Droebbel wrote: Which 2.6.7 did you use? Only 2.6.7 with a -mm patch, since vanilla 2.6.7 screwed up my system clock, and the noapic option which was suggested to unscrew the clock screwed up the USB

Re: [Problem] slow write to dvd-ram since 2.6.7-bk8

2005-02-13 Thread Wakko Warner
Droebbel wrote: > On recent kernels, writing to DVD-RAM is much slower than to be > expected. A 3x Writer should do about 1.9MB/s including automatic > verify. This is what I get with 2.6.7 up to bk7. However, from 2.6.7-bk8 > to 2.6.10 write speed is as low as 600 to 1000 kB/s. The drive's head >

[Problem] slow write to dvd-ram since 2.6.7-bk8

2005-02-13 Thread Droebbel
On recent kernels, writing to DVD-RAM is much slower than to be expected. A 3x Writer should do about 1.9MB/s including automatic verify. This is what I get with 2.6.7 up to bk7. However, from 2.6.7-bk8 to 2.6.10 write speed is as low as 600 to 1000 kB/s. The drive's head jumps a lot more with

[Problem] slow write to dvd-ram since 2.6.7-bk8

2005-02-13 Thread Droebbel
On recent kernels, writing to DVD-RAM is much slower than to be expected. A 3x Writer should do about 1.9MB/s including automatic verify. This is what I get with 2.6.7 up to bk7. However, from 2.6.7-bk8 to 2.6.10 write speed is as low as 600 to 1000 kB/s. The drive's head jumps a lot more with

Re: [Problem] slow write to dvd-ram since 2.6.7-bk8

2005-02-13 Thread Wakko Warner
Droebbel wrote: On recent kernels, writing to DVD-RAM is much slower than to be expected. A 3x Writer should do about 1.9MB/s including automatic verify. This is what I get with 2.6.7 up to bk7. However, from 2.6.7-bk8 to 2.6.10 write speed is as low as 600 to 1000 kB/s. The drive's head