[MPlayer-users] mplayer and preemptible kernel

[Jeremy Brenner]

> >From what I read on the linux kernel mailing list, ide-scsi does not
> support dma. I suspect it never will as the only things that use it
> (programs that need direct access to cd-rom/cd-rw etc. hardware) will
> have a new interface to use in the next stable release. Oh, and the new
> IDE code (>2.5.somethingorother) can have both ide-cd and ide-scsi
> loaded for the same device.
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wow... thats great... my cpu usage when burning or ripping at 40x is
ludicrous.  I almost payed another 100$ for the scsi version because of
this.  Its sad that a windows install would actually perform better
burning cds than my gentoo install.

jeremy