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
> Ted Roche & Associates, LLC
> http://www.tedroche.com
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Thanks Ted, that was a good article.  Unfortunately haven't solved this 
one yet!

Bruce



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