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Subject: Re: HDD spindown problem on daily buildRe: HDD spindown problem on daily build
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From: Björn Stenberg <bjorn_at_haxx.se>
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 14:17:32 +0200
Stuart Tedford wrote:
> The only reason to keep the drive
> spinning for the spin down time is if the user has accessed the drive, not
> if the user has pressed a button.
No, we keep spinning the disk until the user stops pressing buttons for <timeout> seconds. The reason is that this makes browsing directories a lot more comfortable (and power efficient) than having the disk spin up and down all the time.
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 14:17:32 +0200
Stuart Tedford wrote:
> The only reason to keep the drive
> spinning for the spin down time is if the user has accessed the drive, not
> if the user has pressed a button.
No, we keep spinning the disk until the user stops pressing buttons for <timeout> seconds. The reason is that this makes browsing directories a lot more comfortable (and power efficient) than having the disk spin up and down all the time.
-- Björn _______________________________________________ http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockboxReceived on 2004-07-07
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