Re: freezes with cdrecord

[Alexander ZVYAGIN <Alexander.Zviagine@cern.ch>]

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On Tuesday 04 May 2004 12:16, DervishD wrote:
>     Hi Alexander :)
>
>  * Alexander ZVYAGIN <Alexander.Zviagine@cern.ch> dixit:
> > During the burning process everything is fine and
> > smooth. But very close to the end, the computer freezes
> > again for ~10-20 seconds. It happens in 'fixating' stage
> > of the writing process.
>
> [...]
>
> > Any explanations why those freezes happen?
>
>     It maybe has to do with the lack of zerocopy support (no DMA
> transfer) in certain parts of the process. For example, under 2.4.x
> you don't have zerocopy when writing audio, and maybe during fixation
> DMA is not used, neither. I'm not an expert in this issue, but I
> think that it may be the cause.
>
>     Which kernel are you using? Which kind of recorder?
>
>     Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado

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