Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 18:24:54 +0100 (CET) From: Søren Schmidt <sos@freebsd.dk> To: zach@gaffaneys.com (Zach Heilig) Cc: zach@gaffaneys.com, sos@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kern/8683 Message-ID: <199811151724.SAA00310@freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: <19981115110800.A2649@znh.org> from Zach Heilig at "Nov 15, 1998 11: 8: 0 am"
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It seems Zach Heilig wrote: > Well, I am using the changer to keep MP3's (ripped from my own CD's) online, > so there is a possibility of a disk change every 5-7 minutes or so while > random playing. It would be nice if there was a minimum of 30 seconds or so > per slot (and/or if it would buffer the next 4-5 megs of the currently being > read file). That is kind of what I had already done to the driver locally, I'd only allow a switch every 20 secs, and put the requester to sleep until then. > > The only problem is that changer device are pretty rare, at least > > here in DK land :( > > There is possibly another drive identical to mine in a local store... I can > check again tomorrow (Monday). If it is still available and cheap enough, I > could perhaps send it your way (it is an old NEC 252/6x 4-disk changer). That'd be nice, the one I had (that got stolen together with my main machine three weeks ago) was also a donation to the project. Let me hear how it goes, maybe we can find a good solution here... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Søren Schmidt (sos@freebsd.org) FreeBSD Core Team member To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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