From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dave Jones Subject: spinning up memory sticks. Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2004 13:28:16 +0100 Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <20040809122816.GA21238@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from delerium.kernelslacker.org ([81.187.208.145]:64388 "EHLO delerium.codemonkey.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266534AbUHIM3f (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Aug 2004 08:29:35 -0400 Received: from delerium.codemonkey.org.uk (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by delerium.codemonkey.org.uk (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id i79CSIgd021717 for ; Mon, 9 Aug 2004 13:28:18 +0100 Received: (from davej@localhost) by delerium.codemonkey.org.uk (8.13.1/8.13.0/Submit) id i79CSGqU021716 for linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org; Mon, 9 Aug 2004 13:28:16 +0100 Content-Disposition: inline List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org I've only just noticed this happening, but its possible its been this way for quite a while. When I try to mount my cameras memory stick using a usb multi-card reader, it now prints this message.. sdd: Spinning up disk waits a while, and then prints .............ready SCSI device sdd: 253888 512-byte hdwr sectors (130 MB) sdd: Write Protect is off sdd: Mode Sense: 00 00 00 00 sdd: assuming drive cache: write through sdd: sdd1 Attached scsi removable disk sdd at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 3 Did something recently change which could affect this ? caveat: I've only tested this with a Fedora kernel so far, but afair, we don't patch anything which could affect this. Dave