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From: Christoph Stritt <phoenix@jobob.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:48:05 +0000
Subject: Re: udev 147 (ata_id) blanks RW media
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Having a quick look at extras/ata_id.c i'd guess it has to do something with
line 85:

    cdb[0] = 0xa1; /* OPERATION CODE: 12 byte pass through */

since 0xa1 is the command for blanking aswell. Smells fishy.