Re: [usb-storage] Re: [PATCH] fix Sony USB mass storage - pass larger receive buffer

Pat LaVarre
2003-11-14T00:17:16Z

> > > > Anybody able to clue me in quickly as to why classifying a
> device as
> > > > writable or not, rather than a disc, can ever be meaningful?
> > >
> > > The notion makes sense for tape drives as well.
> >
> > Re write-protect, personally I know only of discs that have
> > write-protect tabs.
>
> Memory sticks have write-protect switches on them.

Ouch again I feel confused sorry.

The memory stick is like a disc, yes? We insert the stick into a slot,
yes? The slot does not itself have a switch - only the stick has a
switch. We cannot speak of the slot being write-protected, we can only
speak of the stick being write-protected, yes?

Therefore, with a memory stick as with a classic "1.44MB" floppy, we say
the "disc" has a write-protect tab but the "drive" does not?

Pat LaVarre