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Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 04:11:04 +0200
From: Anssi Hannula <anssi.hannula@iki.fi>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] Add ff-memless-next driver
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24.02.2014 03:54, Michal Mal? kirjoitti:
> I forgot to comment on this:
>> Stopped effects should still be able to be updated.
> Fair enough. I could not find a definitive answer to what is expected behavior 
> in this case. As far as I can tell, there are following cases:
> - Effects with no duration and delay: they shall be updated right away.
> - Effects with delay: updated parameters shall be sent to the device at the 
> correct time.
> - "Expired" effects with finite duration - ??? I assumed that effects with 
> finite duration that have already finished playing cannot be updated because 
> it does not seem to make much sense to do so.

"Expired" effects can always be played back again later - if that
happens, the updated parameters will be in effect.

> Shall such an effect be 
> restarted when it is updated?

No.

> Is there any guideline I should stick to I am 
> not aware of?

Only "3.7 Dynamic update of an effect" of input/ff.txt.

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Anssi Hannula
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