On Tue, 1 Jun 2004 01:25 , Malcolm Baldridge <linux-audio@xxxxxxxxx> sent: > >> I had these problems as well. There's a long thread a few months back >> where it was confirmed that I tried *everything*. Eventually I gave up >> and bought an IDE drive. Hey presto, problems gone. Now the only xruns >> happen when there's scsi disk activity, according to vmstat. > >This is craziness, and turns things completely on their head. IDE, even >with bus mastering, requires more I/O and IRQ turnarounds to complete a >given transaction to a drive. > >I've heard of PCI bus greedy graphics cards (in the pre-AGP era), but >bus-greedy SCSI controllers take the cake. > No, it's not craziness. You need to read this: http://www.staudio.de/kb/english/conflicts/index.html#2940 and this: http://www.prorec.com/prorec/articles.nsf/articles/1A37C1C69674D6D786256950005D2C39 You might be surprised. Jan