From: Björn Stenberg <bjorn_at_haxx.se>
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 11:24:52 +0200

Uwe Freese wrote:
> Arg. I see you don't get the point. I want that the disk spins down
> directly after reading for filling the buffer. On the other hand I
> want that the HDD keeps to be spinned up for 30 s after user activity
> (key press).
>
> How should that work with ONE value for "ext. power available" and ONE
> value "battery mode, no ext. power"?

Very simple: There is no reason NOT to spin down after filling the buffer, unless there is user activity. So we don't need a setting for that.

-- 
Björn

Received on 2002-08-12