[MPlayer-users] mplayer and preemptible kernel

[Sala Riccardo]

Green, Shaun wrote:

>[Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jeremy Brenner [mailto:jeremy at theedge.net] 
>Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 8:45 PM
>To: mplayer-users at mplayerhq.hu
>Subject: Re: [MPlayer-users] mplayer and preemptible kernel
>
>[Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
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>>hdparm -c1 -u1 -d1 /dev/cdrom would probably help more, if you haven't
>>done so already.
>>
>>Rich
>>
>>what about ide-scsi emulated drives?
>>
>
>The scsi emulated devices can't be DMA enabled. But the only device I mount
>that way is scd0 for the CD-RW.
>
You could try  "ide0=dma" or "ide1=dma" ... ,as boot param, on my system 
it works.
In the latest kernel you could also specify ata33 ata66 ..., but I can' 
remember syntax.
( from /usr/src/linux/Documentation/ide.txt )

Bye