From owner-freebsd-bugs Sun Nov 15 09:25:42 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA14757 for freebsd-bugs-outgoing; Sun, 15 Nov 1998 09:25:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from freebsd.dk (sos.freebsd.dk [212.242.42.180]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA14745; Sun, 15 Nov 1998 09:25:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sos@freebsd.dk) Received: (from sos@localhost) by freebsd.dk (8.9.1/8.9.1) id SAA00310; Sun, 15 Nov 1998 18:24:55 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from sos) From: Søren Schmidt Message-Id: <199811151724.SAA00310@freebsd.dk> Subject: Re: kern/8683 In-Reply-To: <19981115110800.A2649@znh.org> from Zach Heilig at "Nov 15, 1998 11: 8: 0 am" To: zach@gaffaneys.com (Zach Heilig) Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 18:24:54 +0100 (CET) Cc: zach@gaffaneys.com, sos@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL43 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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