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 storage for the device. >> True, but the situation is different for a removable card. Firstly, it's >> unlikely to be mission-critical; the device will still operate without >> it. Secondly, even the most naïve of users knows that these things are >> disposable. >> >> It's different if you're building a black box around them, with one of >> these things inside. > > I agree, this is very good advice. > > -- Jamie > Thank you very much for your response. The sdcard, however, it's for the user so I haven't control on it, I think probably it will be FAT. Jamie you said to manage the situation with an interrupt, I agree. My first plan was (more or less) to have an application in user space that it checks the interrupt (UIO driver ?) and simulates a console command to do a clean shutdown. Then in the kernel routine I do something to cut the power definitely. For my environment (about the time) it's possible even in relation with the "emergency power". The only problem is: what happens if before I install the irq handler the user turn off the system? I mean I can't "loose" the interrupt. In this case it'd be like a spurious interrupt from system point view. Let me know if I'm wrong. Thanks. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-embedded" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
