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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: RE: Fade on Power on/offRE: Fade on Power on/off
From: BlueChip <cs_bluechip_at_webtribe.net>
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 00:52:02 +0100 Don't panic about the hdd, what was the quote 200,000 bad shut-downs before a problem may occur. Someone else estimated 1:40 were bad, that's 200,000*40 = 8Million power downs, that's 5 power down per day every day for about 5,000 years. If you ever read the side-effects of Asprin and see "possible side effect: headaches" you will have a marker for how cautious this update is. This is a a major refinement, not a basic requirement ;) Fear not! BC At 20:43 14/06/04, you wrote: >Hi Mark, I'm more bothered about the power off, rather than the power >on. I'm now worried about damaging my hard drive, sometimes ignorance >is indeed bliss. > >Rob > >-------Original Message----- >--From: rockbox-bounces_at_cool.haxx.se >--[mailto:rockbox-bounces_at_cool.haxx.se]On Behalf Of Mark Bright >--Sent: 14 June 2004 19:40 >--To: 'Rockbox development' >--Subject: Fade on Power on/off >-- >-- >--We already have a facility to enable fade on Pause / Stop / Start, >-- >--What's the possibility of adding the same fade up/down >--functionality on >--Power ON, Power OFF? >--Preferably starting to fade out on OFF pressed rather than >--released - as >--mentioned in a previous thread >-- >--A simple >--for(i=(mas_codec_readreg(0x10)>>8)&0xFF; i; i--) >-- mas_codec_writereg(0x10<<8, i); >-- sleep(HZ/10); >-- >--In power_off() in power.c gives a nice fade out, but I >--can't see where to do >--the reverse for power ON. >-- >--So, does anyone else think this is a good idea, and can >--someone tell me >--where to do the power on fade? >--_______________________________________________ >--http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockbox >-- >-- >----- >--Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. >--Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >--Version: 6.0.706 / Virus Database: 462 - Release Date: 14/06/2004 >-- >--- >Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.706 / Virus Database: 462 - Release Date: 14/06/2004 > >_______________________________________________ >http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockbox _______________________________________________ http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockbox Received on 2004-06-15 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |