Performance issues in 5.3-RELEASE.

[Krzysztof Kowalik]

Ronald Klop [ronald-freebsd8 at klop.yi.org] wrote:
> 
> For what I have seen everybody uses snd_emu10k1. Since I use my onboard  
> soundcard (snd_ess* (not MPSAFE)) I have less problems with my sound under  
> disk load.
> [...]

No, I don't. I use and_emu10kx, which behaves far better under high load
than the standard snd_emu10k1.

> Oh, I saw a post a while ago on stable@ or on current@ about a buffer in  
> emu10k1. If it was increased it had less problems. [...]

Yes, I've read those mails, though it's not sound-under-load issue. Not
only and not mainly. It's more that the interactive work in X(org) under 
the high i/o in certain cases (like the mentioned untaring) is getting 
painful.

Regards,
-- 
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