From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Dec 19 14:26:17 2000 From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 19 14:26:15 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from topperwein.dyndns.org (acs-24-154-28-99.zoominternet.net [24.154.28.99]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B16E37B404 for ; Tue, 19 Dec 2000 14:26:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from topperwein.dyndns.org (topperwein.dyndns.org [192.168.168.10]) by topperwein.dyndns.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id eBJMRBe76047 for ; Tue, 19 Dec 2000 17:27:12 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from behanna@zbzoom.net) Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 17:27:11 -0500 (EST) From: Chris BeHanna Sender: behanna@zbzoom.net Reply-To: behanna@zbzoom.net To: FreeBSD-Stable Subject: Re: DMA33 ATAPI CDROM and 4.2-STABLE In-Reply-To: <20001219151922.A73910@skunkworks.area51-arpa.mil> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 19 Dec 2000, Chris Wasser wrote: > [...CDROM running in UDMA mode or not...] > > I can't see it making all that big a difference unless perhaps your machine > is a network jukebox or something where CDROM speed would be a important > factor, but if you're like me and rarely use your CDROM under BSD (I use it > more in Windows then BSD) then you're missing nothing. If you're doing something CPU-intensive, like, say, decoding video in software at 24fps, and you're pulling that video from your CDROM (or DVD drive), then you're going to want UDMA, methinks. -- Chris BeHanna Software Engineer behanna@bogus.zbzoom.net Remove "bogus" before responding. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message