Re: highest priority?
>From: Hanspeter Roth <hampi@rootshell.be>
>> It may be that you are hit by Linux ps missfeatures :-(
>And what are »Linux ps missfeatures« ?
>(I'm running cdrecord and cdda2wav on FreeBsd.)
It ignores that fact that there is more than historic UNIX priorities from
the 1970's.
>> they run on a even much higher priority
>So is it necessary or is it just for fun?
>(cdda2wav freezes the display on a ATAPI Ultra-ATA2 drive if -S is
>omitted.)
>I've run cdda2wav at -4 (setpriority()) and didn't encounter a problem.
If you have such problems, this looks as if you did not properly set up the
drive or as if the Kernel is unable to support DMA.
Jörg
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