Starting hal daemon incredibly decrease my hard drive performance

[Trent Lloyd]

> Yes i confirm realworld performance are also degraded.
> 
> > He's in the CC, so i guess he should be able to give some numbers :)
> 
> Numbers ? Well, perhaps :
> 
> joshua download # time cp -r /usr/portage/distfiles/ /tmp/
> 
> real    0m15.742s
> user    0m0.004s
> sys     0m0.349s
> 
> joshua download # hal-set-property
> --udi /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/block_3_64 --key
> storage.media_check_enabled --bool false
> 
> joshua download # time cp -r /usr/portage/distfiles/ /tmp/ 
> real    0m0.294s
> user    0m0.005s
> sys     0m0.281s
> 
> Convincing ? This difference appear by copying many files but not for a
> single (big or not) file.

Keep in mind that these files are probably cached after doing this...

Cheers,
Trent
Bur.st

-- 
Trent Lloyd <lathiat at bur.st>
Bur.st Networking Inc.
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