[ltp] Re: DVD cpu usage

David Gillies linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 14 Sep 2004 17:47:40 +1000


Joan Roig Amorós wrote:
> Didn't help, but thanks again.
> 
> I keep trying to understand what's going on; a good way to learn, I guess. top 
> tells me that XFree is responsible for most of the cpu usage. Can anyone with 
> a Radeon 7500 tell me how much cpu is used when watching DVDs and post a good 
> XFree config?

I know that for kernel 2.4.x, you need to add this to your 
/etc/modules.conf:

options ide-cd dma=1

I'm not 100% sure if this is required for 2.6.x though.