Re: "Read my lips: no more merges" - aka Linux 2.6.14-rc1

Linus Torvalds
2005-09-13T19:11:21Z

On Tue, 13 Sep 2005, Mathieu Fluhr wrote:
>
> Okay, here is the point: I will have these bloody buffer underruns
> unless I select a 'Timer frequency' of 1000 Hz in 'Processor type and
> features' section of the kernel configuration. That's quite
> understandable, as recording a DVD at 16x requires a throughput of 22160
> KB/s, which is quite fast.
>
> I will have a deep look in the patch, and maybe write a patched patch
> (Ooooo my god what am I writing ?) in the next few days.

It may just be an application bug too. Too small a buffer, and depending
on 2.6.x with a 1kHz timer having timers that run faster...

Linus