Re: [PATCH] st: Do not rewind for SG_IO

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On 1/31/2014 2:46 AM, Hannes Reinecke wrote:

> This patch make the tape always non-rewinding when SG_IO is used, thus
> allowing udev to get a proper device id for tapes.

	This is wholly bad. Just because someone fires a SG ioctl at the device
(usually to perform an operation that cannot be done with the st_ops) doesn't
mean they don't want the tape rewound on close.



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