Re: Power cut in management

2008-10-18 Thread Jamie Lokier
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm working with a board where the power is turn on/off through a key as in a car. Is there any design pattern to afford that? It's the first time I have to manage a situation where the power can suddenly cut in anytime. Hardware guys are working to get time to do a

Re: Power cut in management

2008-10-18 Thread Jamie Lokier
David Woodhouse wrote: On Sat, 2008-10-18 at 12:49 +0100, Jamie Lokier wrote: Can you use a journalling filesystem like ext3, reiserfs, xfs, or even UBIFS on the card, or does it have to be FAT? With a journalling filesystem, they vary on the details but basically if you can finish the

Re: Power cut in management

2008-10-18 Thread David Woodhouse
On Sat, 2008-10-18 at 13:56 +0100, Jamie Lokier wrote: Trouble is, that's not suitable for a dashboard unit where users plug in their own media card. Marco didn't say if the SD card is for users to plug in their own media, or if it's internal storage for the device. True, but the situation

Re: Power cut in management

2008-10-18 Thread Jamie Lokier
David Woodhouse wrote: On Sat, 2008-10-18 at 13:56 +0100, Jamie Lokier wrote: Trouble is, that's not suitable for a dashboard unit where users plug in their own media card. Marco didn't say if the SD card is for users to plug in their own media, or if it's internal storage for the

Re: Power cut in management

2008-10-18 Thread Marco
Jamie Lokier ha scritto: David Woodhouse wrote: On Sat, 2008-10-18 at 13:56 +0100, Jamie Lokier wrote: Trouble is, that's not suitable for a dashboard unit where users plug in their own media card. Marco didn't say if the SD card is for users to plug in their own media, or if it's internal