Re: ISDN massive packet drops while DVD burn/verify

Wolfgang Fritz
2003-05-06T17:03:19Z

Stephan von Krawczynski wrote:
> On 06 May 2003 13:56:37 +0100
> Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
>
>
>>On Maw, 2003-05-06 at 13:39, Stephan von Krawczynski wrote:
>>
>>> HDIO_GET_MULTCOUNT failed: Invalid argument
>>> IO_support = 0 (default 16-bit)
>>> unmaskirq = 0 (off)
>>> using_dma = 1 (on)
>>> keepsettings = 0 (off)
>>> readonly = 0 (off)
>>> BLKRAGET failed: Invalid argument
>>> HDIO_GETGEO failed: Invalid argument
>>>
>>>
>>>using_dma means it's using dma for transfer, right?
>>
>>Except for certain operations like audio cd ripping
>
>
> Not used here.
> We are using the DVDs (DVD-R) for data backups, some dozens a month.
> And keep in mind: the problem occurs currently only while writing to DVD, not
> while reading it.
>

DVD writing seems to be problematic in other places too. I lose several
minutes of system time when I write a DVD. This is with SuSE 8.2 (SuSE
vendor kernel 2.4.20 based)

Wolfgang

> Regards,
> Stephan
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