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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: exception handlingRe: exception handling
From: Dave Wiard <lists_at_wiard.net>
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 15:07:22 -0700 Dave Hooper wrote: >>>> That's okay but I was a little disturbed by the fact the >>>> hard drive had been spinning for more than 6 hours. Thankfully I had >>>> the >>>> player plugged into AC or it would surely have drained the battery by >>>> the time I found it (and who knows what could have happened there). Is >>>> it possible to ensure the hard drive spins down when throwing fatal >>>> exceptions to ensure the drive doesn't just spin endlessly? >>> >>> A good idea. I'll look into it one of those says. >> >> Excellent. Obviously not crashing is best but it will happen and when it >> does it's good to leave the device as idle as possible. > > Hrm - this was talked about on irc, and Bagder (I think?) said that > there's very little we can do in the illegal instruction handler - so I > assumed this wasn't possible? If it can't be helped it can't be helped. I just don't fancy another crash leaving the device spinning for 6 hours while I sleep through it. Dave _______________________________________________ http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockbox Received on 2005-08-23 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |