Alternative to k3b? or why is everything soooooo slow?
Bruce Labitt
bruce.labitt at verizon.net
Tue Nov 8 21:42:01 EST 2005
Ted Roche wrote:
> 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
>
>
>
> Ted Roche
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Thanks Ted, that was a good article. Unfortunately haven't solved this
one yet!
Bruce
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