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From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Cc: walt <w41ter@×××××.com>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: I want to play movies without hangs
Date: Mon, 07 May 2012 23:15:20
Message-Id: 1953514.gLAp84RWeY@energy
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: I want to play movies without hangs by walt
1 Am Montag, 7. Mai 2012, 15:56:20 schrieb walt:
2 > On 05/07/2012 10:14 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
3 > > Am Montag, 7. Mai 2012, 18:44:05 schrieb Michael Hampicke:
4 > >> Maybe changing the kernel io scheduler will help?
5 > >>
6 > >> # /usr/src/linux/Documentation/block/switching-sched.txt
7 > >> # /usr/src/linux/Documentation/block/deadline-iosched.txt
8 > >> # /usr/src/linux/Documentation/block/cfq-iosched.txt
9 > >
10 > > nice idea - but that didn't help in the past. Why should it help now?
11 > >
12 > > The question is - why does disk IO make the mouse jerky and delays
13 > > keyboard
14 > > input? That is just idiotic.
15 >
16 > Have you tested ck-sources for comparison?
17
18 in the past, yes. Complete disappointment.
19
20 But it is ok, if the io happens between two very fast drives (ssd - ssd or ssd
21 - raid5). So the problem is:
22 io with one slow drive being written to
23 swapping
24
25 those cases are just horrible.
26
27 And vanilla-sources just work. Stable. Even with suspend to ram and ati
28 drivers.
29
30 --
31 #163933

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