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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: problems copying over many filesRe: problems copying over many files
From: Matthew White <mtw_at_vne.net>
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2003 03:10:48 -0800 upgrading the kernel to a kernel with USB2.0 support (2.4.19) has solved this problem. Thanks Gerald! -mtw On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 07:30:22PM -0600, Gerald Clark (gerald_clark_at_mindspring.com) wrote: > Are you running Linux and USB1 ? > I suspect it starts out fast as it fills > Many megs of buffers. When it runs out of buffers, it starts writing them. > This is the long pause. > I recommend getting a USB 2.0 card. > > > ------------ > I've recently purchased an Archos Jukebox 20 recorder. I'm able to mount > the hard disk and copy/delete files etc. The problem I'm running into is > that when I copy a lot of files, the cp process hangs for a few minutes, > then begins again very slowly. > > While this is happening, I can see (from top) that bdflush and > usb-storage-0 seem to waiting for someting. Their "STAT" is "DW". > When I see bdflush and usb-storage-0 drop from the top of the process > list, the file copies begin again at their normal pace. > > Mounting the filesystem in synchronus mode takes care of this problem > but the copy process is quite a bit slower. I'm happy to provide any > system details folks might deem relevant. > > thanks for your time, > > -mtw > > -- > --Received on 2003-03-29 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |