Alternative to k3b? or why is everything soooooo slow?

[Ted Roche]

On Nov 6, 2005, at 9:42 PM, Bruce Labitt wrote:

> What does set unmaskirq flag do?  Will the command string above  
> change the dma mode?

O'Reilly just published an article on the hdparm command. From that  
article:

"unmaskirq: Turning this on will allow Linux to unmask other  
interrupts while processing a disk interrupt. What does that mean? It  
lets Linux attend to other interrupt-related tasks (i.e., network  
traffic) while waiting for your disk to return with the data it asked  
for. It should improve overall system response time, but be warned:  
Not all hardware configurations will be able to handle it. See the  
manpage"

Source: http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2000/06/29/hdparm.html



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