This patch (as695) changes the scsi_test_unit_ready() routine in the SCSI core to set a new flag when no medium is present. The sd driver is changed to use this new flag for reporting -ENOMEDIUM in from the sd_media_changed method. Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Index: usb-2.6/drivers/scsi/sd.c =================================================================== --- usb-2.6.orig/drivers/scsi/sd.c +++ usb-2.6/drivers/scsi/sd.c @@ -744,9 +744,8 @@ static int sd_media_changed(struct gendi * and we will figure it out later once the drive is * available again. */ - if (retval) + if (retval || sdp->medium_not_present) goto not_present; - /* * For removable scsi disk we have to recognise the presence * of a disk in the drive. This is kept in the struct scsi_disk @@ -761,7 +760,7 @@ static int sd_media_changed(struct gendi not_present: set_media_not_present(sdkp); - return 1; + return -ENOMEDIUM; } static int sd_sync_cache(struct scsi_device *sdp) Index: usb-2.6/include/scsi/scsi_device.h =================================================================== --- usb-2.6.orig/include/scsi/scsi_device.h +++ usb-2.6/include/scsi/scsi_device.h @@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ struct scsi_device { unsigned writeable:1; unsigned removable:1; unsigned changed:1; /* Data invalid due to media change */ + unsigned medium_not_present:1; /* Set by scsi_test_unit_ready() */ unsigned busy:1; /* Used to prevent races */ unsigned lockable:1; /* Able to prevent media removal */ unsigned locked:1; /* Media removal disabled */ Index: usb-2.6/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c =================================================================== --- usb-2.6.orig/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c +++ usb-2.6/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c @@ -2026,6 +2026,7 @@ scsi_test_unit_ready(struct scsi_device result = scsi_execute_req(sdev, cmd, DMA_NONE, NULL, 0, &sshdr, timeout, retries); + sdev->medium_not_present = 0; if ((driver_byte(result) & DRIVER_SENSE) && sdev->removable) { if ((scsi_sense_valid(&sshdr)) && @@ -2033,6 +2034,9 @@ scsi_test_unit_ready(struct scsi_device (sshdr.sense_key == NOT_READY))) { sdev->changed = 1; result = 0; + + if (sshdr.asc == 0x3A) + sdev->medium_not_present = 1; } } return result; - : 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