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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Safe powerdown featureRe: Safe powerdown feature
From: c s <rb_dev_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 17:35:10 -0700 (PDT) --- Linus Nielsen Feltzing <linus_at_haxx.se> wrote: > Andreas Stemmer wrote: > > > I just noticed that the safe powerdown feature > spins up the drive every time > > before shutting down, even if there's nothing to > write. Are there any > > reasons for this behaviour? > > Yes. There is currently no way of knowing if the > settings have changed > or not, so we have to write them to disk every time. > > Linus Since ata_delayed_write is called (indirectly via settings_save) to update the disk whenever settings are changed, don't we just need to spin up the disk only if the delayed_write flag is set, i.e. if a delayed write is pending? ===== Craig rb_dev_at_yahoo.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Messenger - Communicate in real time. Download now. http://messenger.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockbox Received on 2004-07-27 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |