Re: getting a working CD-drive in 2.6

[Wes Janzen]

Stuart Longland wrote:

> Quoting Wes Janzen <superchkn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
>  
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Actually with 2.6, you no longer need ide-scsi.  You'll need to upgrade 
> > your cdrecord tools and probably your burning GUI, if you use one....
> >
> >    
>
> Ahh okay, I wasn't aware of that.  We use a SCSI burner anyways, but most of my...
>
>  
And here's an even better reason to avoid ide-scsi in 2.6 (Jens sent 
this to the list, but I don't see it...):

> Jens Axboe wrote:
>
>
>  
> That's because it _is_ faster. It contains no silly memory allocations
> for the buffer and data copying in the kernel, the data is mapped from
> the user buffer and DMA'ed directly from there. It also uses DMA where
> ide-scsi wont.
>
> People generally report that they have no problems burning at full speed
> (52) on even really old machines where ide-scsi maxed out long before.
>
>  
Certainly that is true.  The system was nearly unresponsive at 16X (on 
2.4.18 SuSE) with my K6-2 400, but I can set it up to 32X now and I have 
no problems.  My recorder never hits 32X with my media though, maxes out 
at around 20X but I can browse the web while burning with absolutely no 
fear of my buffer running dry (probably helps that it's a 8MB buffer but 
cdrecord still never reports it being low).  That's a big change from 2.4.

-Wes Janzen-

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