On Wed, 16 Jul 2003 19:03:52 +0200, Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>  said:

> Yes. You can try and make the situation a little better by unmasking
> interrupts with -u1. Or you can try and use a ripper that actually uses
> SG_IO, that way you can use dma (and zero copy) for the rips. That will
> be lots more smooth.

Dumb user question - which rippers support SG_IO?  I've been using cdparanoia
mostly for lack of a good reason to migrate - but this sounds like a good reason. ;)