From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Dec 15 14:28:16 2000 From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 15 14:28:12 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from smtp3.libero.it (smtp3.libero.it [193.70.192.53]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B856237B404 for ; Fri, 15 Dec 2000 14:28:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from MoonSpell.NewLuxor (151.33.119.193) by smtp3.libero.it; 15 Dec 2000 23:28:09 +0100 Received: from localhost (flag@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by MoonSpell.NewLuxor (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id eBFIjN502203; Fri, 15 Dec 2000 19:45:23 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from flag@libero.it) Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 19:45:23 +0100 (CET) From: flag X-Sender: flag@localhost To: Nicolas Souchu Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Parallel ZIP patch for better mode detection In-Reply-To: <20001214152635.B16808@wiliam.alcove-int> 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 Thu, 14 Dec 2000, Nicolas Souchu wrote: > Hi, > > Here is a patch against -stable /sys/dev/ppbus for better ZIP/ZIP+ > mode detection. I've tested ZIP, but don't have any ZIP+ :( > > Could some of you approve vpo and imm drivers for me? Can I gain any speed-boost installing this patch? The big problem with the parallel zip is that, while you are transferring data from/to the zip, the copy process get the 100% of the cpu and the system stay unusable until the end of the zip operation...very sad...=( Paolo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message