thanks.
>
> > On Pentium+ boxes, with not too old disks, the problem should be
> > pratically inexistent.
>
> Correct.
Is this true even for CDROMs in DMA mode
(DMAed CDROM drives on Pentium+ boxes bugfree or not ?)
Alan, how do you stand to this IDE CDROM DMA BUG ?
(pointed out by Dan Hollis)
>
> > But such an automatic tuning/check has soon to be implemented into distros,
> > in order to get the maximum performance out of the HW.
> > ( Or are you not willing to try out the 5th gear of your Ferrari ? :-) )
>
> Distributions have to work with as much hardware as possible.
Agreed, and that is the reason because you have to be careful
when doing the tuning.
But users with non-flawed hardware should be able to use the 5th gear.
It would be a bit disappointing to say:
"do not use the CDROM drive while usign your harddisk recording app,
because it might ruin your realtime performance"
>It's more a case
> of ensuring that the car delivered goes and the wheels don't fall off than
> the hand tuning it. The latter is _very_ hard.
Of course I agree 100% : the system should be reliabe and THEN efficient.
>
> Alan
Benno.
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