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Date:      Wed, 14 Jul 2010 23:58:28 +0200
From:      Alexander Best <alexbestms@uni-muenster.de>
To:        Paul B Mahol <onemda@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: buffer starvation when recording DVDs
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2010/7/14 Alexander Best <alexbestms@uni-muenster.de>:
> 2010/7/14 Paul B Mahol <onemda@gmail.com>:
>> On 7/14/10, Alexander Best <alexbestms@uni-muenster.de> wrote:
>>> 2010/7/14 Paul B Mahol <onemda@gmail.com>:
>>>> On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 1:25 PM, Alexander Best
>>>> <alexbestms@uni-muenster.de> wrote:
>>>>> 2010/7/14 Paul B Mahol <onemda@gmail.com>:
>>>>>> On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 12:46 PM, Alexander Best
>>>>>> <alexbestms@uni-muenster.de> wrote:
>>>>>>> 2010/7/14 Alexander Best <alexbestms@uni-muenster.de>:
>>>>>>>> hi there,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> my dvdr drive supports recording DVDs (both DVD-Rs and DVD+Rs) at =
a
>>>>>>>> maximum speed of 16x. however at speeds of more than ~12x the burn=
er's
>>>>>>>> buffer get's filled only ~20%. probably that's why the burner's sp=
eed
>>>>>>>> get's reduced by `growisofs` (to prevent buffer starvation?). how =
can
>>>>>>>> this happen? the iso i am using lies on my HDD which is quite fast
>>>>>>>> (connected via SATA 2.0).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> this is the output of `camcontrol devlist -v`:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> scbus0 on ahcich0 bus 0:
>>>>>>>> <> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0=
 at scbus0 target -1 lun -1 ()
>>>>>>>> scbus1 on ahcich1 bus 0:
>>>>>>>> <> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0=
 at scbus1 target -1 lun -1 ()
>>>>>>>> scbus2 on ata2 bus 0:
>>>>>>>> <HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-H10N JL12> =A0 =A0at scbus2 target 0 lun 0
>>>>>>>> (cd0,pass0)
>>>>>>>> <> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0=
 at scbus2 target -1 lun -1 ()
>>>>>>>> scbus3 on ahcich2 bus 0:
>>>>>>>> <SAMSUNG SP2504C VT100-50> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 at scbus3 target 0 lun =
0
>>>>>>>> (ada0,pass1)
>>>>>>>> <> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0=
 at scbus3 target -1 lun -1 ()
>>>>>>>> scbus4 on ahcich3 bus 0:
>>>>>>>> <> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0=
 at scbus4 target -1 lun -1 ()
>>>>>>>> scbus5 on ahcich4 bus 0:
>>>>>>>> <> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0=
 at scbus5 target -1 lun -1 ()
>>>>>>>> scbus6 on ahcich5 bus 0:
>>>>>>>> <> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0=
 at scbus6 target -1 lun -1 ()
>>>>>>>> scbus7 on ahcich6 bus 0:
>>>>>>>> <> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0=
 at scbus7 target -1 lun -1 ()
>>>>>>>> scbus8 on ahcich7 bus 0:
>>>>>>>> <> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0=
 at scbus8 target -1 lun -1 ()
>>>>>>>> scbus-1 on xpt0 bus 0:
>>>>>>>> <> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0=
 at scbus-1 target -1 lun -1 (xpt0)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> as you can see cd0 and ada0 don't share the same cable (cd0 is PAT=
A,
>>>>>>>> ada0 is SATA). the PATA and SATA controllers are:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> atapci0: <JMicron JMB363 UDMA133 controller> port
>>>>>>>> 0xd000-0xd007,0xd100-0xd103,0xd200-0xd207,0xd300-0xd303,0xd400-0xd=
40f
>>>>>>>> irq 16 at device 0.1 on pci3
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ahci0: <JMicron JMB363 AHCI SATA controller> mem 0xf8000000-0xf800=
1fff
>>>>>>>> irq 19 at device 0.0 on pci3
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> sorry for the wrong information. just realized my HDD is connected =
to
>>>>>>> the intel controller!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> this is the output of `growisofs`:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Executing 'builtin_dd if=3Dnew.iso of=3D/dev/pass0 obs=3D32k seek=
=3D0'
>>>>>>>> /dev/pass0: "Current Write Speed" is 16.4x1352KBps.
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00.0% UBU
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00.0% UBU
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00.0% UBU
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00.0% UBU
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 UBU
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% UBU
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UBU
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UBU
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UBU
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UBU
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UBU
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UBU
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UBU
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UBU
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% UBU
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UBU
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UBU
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UBU
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% UBU
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 UBU
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BU
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 UBU
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BU
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UBU
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UBU
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 UBU
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 UBU
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 UBU
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9% UBU
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 UBU
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 UBU
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 UBU
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 UBU
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9% UBU
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 UBU
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9% UBU
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 UBU
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 UBU
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 UBU
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 UBU
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5% UBU
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 UBU
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9% UBU
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 UBU
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6% UBU
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 UBU
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 UBU
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 UBU
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 UBU
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9% UBU
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 UBU
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 UBU
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 UBU
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8% UBU
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9% UBU
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>>>>>>>> =A02682814464/4695924736 (57.1%) @12.4x, remaining 2:46 RBU 100.0%=
 UBU
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>>>>>>>> =A02740486144/4695924736 (58.4%) @12.5x, remaining 2:41 RBU =A099.=
9% UBU
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% UBU
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 UBU
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 UBU
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 UBU
>>>>>>>> =A097.1%
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9% UBU
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8% UBU
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 UBU
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 UBU
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9% UBU
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 UBU
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 UBU
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9% UBU
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9% UBU
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 UBU
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 UBU
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 UBU
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 UBU
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 UBU
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 UBU
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 UBU
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 UBU
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 UBU
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 UBU
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 UBU
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 UBU
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 UBU
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 UBU
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 UBU
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9% UBU
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9% UBU
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9% UBU
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 UBU
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3% UBU
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>>>>>>>> builtin_dd: 2292944*2KB out @ average 9.9x1352KBps
>>>>>>>> /dev/pass0: flushing cache
>>>>>>>> /dev/pass0: closing track
>>>>>>>> /dev/pass0: closing disc
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> i also noticed this output (console):
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> (cd0:ata2:0:0:0): READ TOC/PMA/ATIP. CDB: 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
>>>>>>>> (cd0:ata2:0:0:0): CAM status: SCSI Status Error
>>>>>>>> (cd0:ata2:0:0:0): SCSI status: Check Condition
>>>>>>>> (cd0:ata2:0:0:0): SCSI sense: ILLEGAL REQUEST csi:43,0,0,e asc:24,=
0
>>>>>>>> (Invalid field in CDB): Command byte 6 is invalid
>>>>>>>> (cd0:ata2:0:0:0): READ TOC/PMA/ATIP. CDB: 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
>>>>>>>> (cd0:ata2:0:0:0): CAM status: SCSI Status Error
>>>>>>>> (cd0:ata2:0:0:0): SCSI status: Check Condition
>>>>>>>> (cd0:ata2:0:0:0): SCSI sense: ILLEGAL REQUEST csi:43,0,0,e asc:24,=
0
>>>>>>>> (Invalid field in CDB): Command byte 6 is invalid
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> my motherboard features a second SATA controller:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ahci1: <Intel ICH9 AHCI SATA controller> port
>>>>>>>> 0xe600-0xe607,0xe700-0xe703,0xe800-0xe807,0xe900-0xe903,0xea00-0xe=
a1f
>>>>>>>> mem 0xf8206000-0xf82067ff irq 19 at device 31.2 on pci0
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> this one!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> should i consider moving my hdd to this controller? i heard the
>>>>>>>> jmicron controllers don't work very well under freebsd.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> i'm running
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> FreeBSD otaku 9.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT #4 r209884: Sat Jul =
10
>>>>>>>> 19:25:16 CEST 2010 =A0 =A0 root@otaku:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ARUNDEL=
 =A0amd64
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> options =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 ATA_CAM
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> in my kernel config.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> cheers.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ps: during the `growisofs` session i made sure that no other
>>>>>>>> application was causing heavy HDD activity!!!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How much is your HDD really fast(when reading that iso file)?
>>>>>
>>>>> dd if=3D/dev/ada0 of=3D/dev/null bs=3D1M count=3D4482
>>>>> 4482+0 records in
>>>>> 4482+0 records out
>>>>> 4699717632 bytes transferred in 66.619926 secs (70545224 bytes/sec)
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ISO file !=3D start of disk
>>>
>>> oh sorry. here're a couple of different tests. i'm not sure if they
>>> are useful because of the effects of caching:
>>>
>>> dd if=3D/dev/cd0 of=3D./test.iso bs=3D2048
>>> 2293232+0 records in
>>> 2293232+0 records out
>>> 4696539136 bytes transferred in 1581.225780 secs (2970189 bytes/sec)
>>>
>>> dd if=3Dtest.iso of=3D/dev/null bs=3D1M
>>> 4478+1 records in
>>> 4478+1 records out
>>> 4696539136 bytes transferred in 101.192359 secs (46411994 bytes/sec)
>>>
>>> time cp test.iso /dev/null
>>> cp test.iso /dev/null =A00,00s user 7,98s system 7% cpu 1:39,78 total
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Usually when I use growisofs, files I burn are located on tmpfs or a=
re
>>>>>> completly cached in VM (yes, that is hardcore)
>>>>>
>>>>> thanks for the hint. although i use tmpfs i only have 2GB of RAM.
>>>>> that's why an entire DVD image (4.377 GiB) cannot reside inside tmpfs
>>>>> (or any other memory backed fs) on my machine.
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Alexander Best
>>>>>
>>>>
>>
>> I'm not really expert in those things, perhaps firmware for your
>> burner is not up to date or have some limitations.
>>
>> Can be anything from flaky disc being burned to cdrecord.
>> You are burning DVD-R or DVD+R?
>> You tested with other disc vendors to see if there is anything different=
 ....
>
> i'm using DVD+Rs. unfortunately i don't have any DVD-Rs available
> right now. this might be an issue with growisofs. i'm not using
> cdrecord. i don't think it's capable of burning DVDs, but i might be
> wrong there.
>
> i guess i'll have to bite the bullet and run more tests. just thought
> this was a common issue and somebody already came up with a solution.
>
> thanks for your help.
>
> ps: i've added freebew-questions@

oopppsss...pressed the send button too early. ;) i was going to say:

i've added freebsd-questions@ to CC in case somebody else has the same prob=
lem.

>
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Alexander Best
>



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