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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: disk write testingRe: disk write testing
From: Linus Nielsen Feltzing <linus_at_haxx.se>
Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2002 10:05:36 +0100 Greg Haerr wrote: > : Secondly, saving to the hard disk at powerdown time is bound to fail, > : especially if the disk isn't spinning. > > With the buffer-cache implementation of file data, fat, and dir buffers > I'm suggesting, it would be a simple extra bit to flag non-write-data buffers > for > updating only when the drive is spinning, and to postpone any i/o until the > HD starts spinning from some other request. And how exactly would that enable us to save data when the device shuts down? I don't see your point. /Linus Received on 2002-11-07 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |