Emu XL-7 & MP-7 User's Group

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, Aaron Eppolito <synthesis77@y...> wrote:
> > --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "infradead" <infradead@y...> wrote:
> > > what's a write cycle?  is that everytime the flash compacts or 
> > > everytime you save..
> 
> --- gonzinigonz <gonzini@f...> wrote:
> > Sorry, yes in other words every time you save or compact the user
> > ram. (compacting will use many write cycles, "not for everyday 
use"
> like 
> > it tells you..)
> 
> Regular writes don't really count because they're not erasing 
anything.
>  Compaction will use two write cycles per flash block.  Essentially
> nothing you'll have to worry about.  I posted a very long discussion
> about this a long while back.  If the archives didn't suck so much, 
I'd
> suggest searching for it, but it would take you forever to find.
> 
> -Aaron
> 
> 
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Cheers Aaron, i should of said 'erase' cycles to be correct :o)
G