Re: [PATCH] LogFS take three

From: David Woodhouse
Date: Fri May 18 2007 - 02:48:04 EST


On Fri, 2007-05-18 at 08:17 +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> > AFAIK, the camera stops writing to the flash card and automatically
> > turns off when it's low on battery (before empty).
>
> But then, one should also consider the case where a cam is connected to
> AC and someone inadvertently trips on the power cord.

So you stick a bloody great cap on board to give you enough time to shut
it down cleanly. I've known people do this -- and it helps, but the
devices still manage to crap themselves occasionally even then.

They're _disposable_. As are your data :)

--
dwmw2

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