Re: dvd+rw-tools update [6.0, DVD-R DL]

[Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>]

Joerg Schilling wrote:

> Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com> wrote:
>
> > From reading your last mail, it seems that you seem to be a novice.
> Let me give you the advise that it helps a lot to shorten quotings
> in order to get accepted by knowledgeable people.
>
>
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> > > I did not test O_DIRECT because I believe it is not worth testing after the
> > > experiences with DG/UX, but star is notiable faster if you boot the same 
> > > hardware with Solaris instead of Linux.
> > >
> > >
> > >      
> > You can fix the limitations of star by using O_DIRECT...
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> ???
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> This sounds a bit confused. Are you able to describe your concern?
You said star doesn't run as fast on Linux as Solaris, you can probably 
fix that problem by using O_DIRECT, so the writes and reads don't 
compete for the same buffer memory.

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bill davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
 CTO TMR Associates, Inc
 Doing interesting things with small computers since 1979