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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: RE: [ rockbox-Feature Requests-587654 ] Keep Harddisk spinned up in menuRE: [ rockbox-Feature Requests-587654 ] Keep Harddisk spinned up in menu
From: Nielsen Linus (ext) <"Nielsen>
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 10:14:47 +0200 > Initial Comment: > The time that's used till I can see the dir entries is > longer because of the spin up. Can we say the hdd not to spin down > when we are in menu? And when are we not in the dir browser? The firmware starts there and stays there until you play a track or go to the settings menu. > One could also read some data from the disk > every sec so it doesn't spin down. The spin down is controlled by software, so that will not be necessary. > The battery consumption > doesn't matter, that's another 150 mA and a user is usually I think > max 5% of the usage time in the menu. And we could make this > option configurable [on/off], of course. Yes, a configurable spin down timer is a good idea. /Linus Received on 2002-07-29 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |