On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 9:53 AM, ithinu <[email protected]> wrote:

> Perhaps a work-around would be to provide a software possibility of
> freezing the unit after the kernel is down. Handy for someone who has a
> power-hungry cape requiring a power supply, no Ethernet and would like to
> safely replace the sd card. If it were possible to detect, that the unit is
> going to reboot anyway, the freeze could even be chosen automatically if a
> shutdown is requested.
>

The source code for this hardware is all open source. As well as the
hardware in general. So one can make any changes needed to software, or
hardware on their own when they need specific functionality changes. The
above is not meant as a smart or condescending remark. It's meant to
impress on the point that the hardware was designed with cost in mind, and
that the software for this hardware is provided free of charge. I am sure
there is someone out in the world that would be happy to make these changes
for you, if you're willing to pay their fee.

But I can sympathize, I understand where you're coming from. I've had to
make software changes myself for various things I needed built into the
system. Granted, I never needed this specific functionality myself, as I
said in my previous post, we do not use our own boards in this specific
manner. You may have to end up adapting your usage, or the software to
conform to your own specific needs. But that's often how the open source
world works.

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