Re: Linux 2.6.29

Mark Lord
2009-04-03T15:07:59Z

Janne Grunau wrote:
>..
> MythTV calls fsync every few seconds on ongoing recordings to prevent
> stalls due to large cache writebacks on ext3.
>
> Janne
> (MythTV developer)
..

Oooh.. a myth dev!

With the HVR-1600 card, myth calls fsync() *ten* times a second
while recording analog TV (digital is fine).

Any chance you could track down and fix that ?

It might be the same thing that's biting Lennart's system
with his PVR-500 card.

Cheers