Re: Linux 2.6.29

From: Mark Lord
Date: Fri Apr 03 2009 - 11:07:59 EST


Janne Grunau wrote:
..
MythTV calls fsync every few seconds on ongoing recordings to prevent
stalls due to large cache writebacks on ext3.

Janne
(MythTV developer)
..

Oooh.. a myth dev!

With the HVR-1600 card, myth calls fsync() *ten* times a second
while recording analog TV (digital is fine).

Any chance you could track down and fix that ?

It might be the same thing that's biting Lennart's system
with his PVR-500 card.

Cheers
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