Hi Guys,

Just thought I'd share this little titbit of info with you all and especially those who are compiling kernels for the first time.

Since my last few re-compiles to try and slim the kernel down i've been suffering with poor cd-rom performance and no amount of tweaking would do the job. So I examined the kernel build menu and noticed I'd built the iso9660 filesystem support into the kernel so on a whim I changed it to be compiled as a module, re-compiled and un-remarked the line in my rc.modules file (slackware). Since then woosh, maximum performance. I've not done any benchmarking but on ripping a cd I've noticed a definite marked improvement. Give it a go.

Simon