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

Pat LaVarre
2003-11-14T17:51:11Z

All clear now, thanks.

> we lose the ability to tell if a compliant
> device/media is write-protected.

Yes.

> different versions of Windows were so incompatible they
> often couldn't communicate among themselves.

Yes.

> CDs, DVDs, etc. present their own set of problems. For the moment I'm
> just concerned about disk-type devices, and the only reliable way I can
> see to deal with them is to avoid sending any MODE-SENSE commands over
> USB.

I'll stay tuned to see if eventually we choose to break sd write-protect
for the sake of blacklisting mode sense in ATAPI and 1394 as well.

Pat LaVarre