thx, i found this was changed in at least 2.6.16-rc2. ming On Thu, 2006-02-09 at 20:36 +0100, Stefan Richter wrote: > Ming Zhang wrote: > > from sd.c, it looks like removable is judged first. > > > > if (sdp->removable) > > sd_read_write_protect_flag(sdkp, disk->disk_name, > > buffer); > > This has been changed in the meantime. Check the current sources. - : 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