On Sat, 2005-Nov-12 16:18:15 +0900, Pyun YongHyeon wrote: >I encountered a P3 SMP system that shows poor fdc(4) performance. >But when I use larger block size, say 36b, it seems it works >as expected.
36b is one track. My suspicion is that the system isn't fast enough to read sequential blocks, one at a time, so you're forced to wait a complete revolution (plus a bit) for each block you read. -- Peter Jeremy _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"