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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Default settings for the releaseRe: Default settings for the release
From: alex wallis <alexwallis646_at_googlemail.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:27:40 -0000 > 2008/12/18 pondlife <pondlife_at_ntlworld.com>: >>> The Directory Cache takes a small amount of memory away from Rockbox >>> that would otherwise be used to buffer music, but it speeds up >>> navigation in the file browser by eliminating the slight pause between >>> the time a navigation button is pressed and the time Rockbox responds. >> >> Hmm, this implies that it only affects the file browser. In reality, >> Dircache seems to speed up all disk access - or am I just being placebo >> effected? >> > it does low level caching... so its all file accesses... Hi, so does using dircache lower the number of times the disc has to spin up? Also, I hope that the author of patch 9621 gets that sorted, as I always hate disc access, as I am very concious that my 140 is getting old. Received on 2008-12-17 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |