From 4abfea0c2cda0b9854cdf472d1cc23b68121caf4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bircoph <bircoph@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 05:23:12 +0000
Subject: Update some statements: 1) Suggest larger read ahead buffer. 2) Note
 how sdparm may be used to adjust scsi device speed.

git-svn-id: svn://svn.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/trunk@28706 b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2
---
 DOCS/xml/en/cd-dvd.xml | 14 +++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

(limited to 'DOCS/xml')

diff --git a/DOCS/xml/en/cd-dvd.xml b/DOCS/xml/en/cd-dvd.xml
index fafc76410d..535f62fe08 100644
--- a/DOCS/xml/en/cd-dvd.xml
+++ b/DOCS/xml/en/cd-dvd.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ If you set it to too high, the drive will continuously spin up and down, and
 will dramatically decrease the performance.
 It is recommended that you also tune your CD-ROM drive
 with <command>hdparm</command>:
-<screen>hdparm -d1 -a8 -u1 <replaceable>[cdrom device]</replaceable></screen>
+<screen>hdparm -d1 -a256 -u1 <replaceable>[cdrom device]</replaceable></screen>
 </para>
 
 <para>
@@ -68,8 +68,16 @@ for fine-tuning your CD-ROM.
 </para>
 
 <para>
-SCSI drives do not have a uniform way of setting these parameters (Do you know
-one? Tell us!) There is a tool that works for
+You may tweak the speed of SCSI CD-ROM drives with
+<command>sdparm</command>, you need version 1.03 or higher:
+<screen>sdparm --command=speed=<replaceable>[speed in kB/s]</replaceable> <replaceable>[cdrom device]</replaceable></screen>
+Speed must be specified in kilobytes per second, the drive will
+round it as appropriate. Please refer to the sdparm man page for
+details.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+There is also a dedicated tool that works for
 <ulink url="http://das.ist.org/~georg/">Plextor SCSI drives</ulink>.
 </para>
 </sect2>
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