On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 15:52:12 -0400 "Lee Revell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 3/16/07, John Coppens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The problem I have, is that when I copy a file from a DVD to harddisk, > > the internet connection almost dies (it slows down terribly, so much > > so that established connections actually disconnect, ping looses > > packets, DNS lookup fails, etc). After copy ends, all returns to > > normal. > > Sounds like DMA starvation, it's been seen in the past with some SATA > controllers. Presumably vendors do it to improve benchmark scores. Hi Lee. In this case SATA isn't used, as the copy is from IDE to IDE. But I doubt bandwidth has anything to do with it. The DVD transfer rate rarely reaches 3.3 MB/s - which by itself isn't normal. > You can confirm it by forcing the hard drive and/or DVD drive to a > lower speed if your BIOS allows it. No... I didn't find any way to lower the speed. Thanks John - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
