On Thu, 8 Dec 2005, Alan Cox wrote: > On Iau, 2005-12-08 at 11:00 -0500, Alan Stern wrote: > > module parameter. For some reason (don't ask me why -- I don't know) the > > SCSI core doesn't check a disk device's write-protect status unless the > > device is marked as removable. > > Have you asked the scsi maintainers why this occurs. Having had a quick > look over the specs I have here I can't see why this is done either. No, I haven't. Okay guys. Does anyone know why sd.c calls sd_read_write_protect_flag only for devices with removable media? Alan Stern - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
