From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Pat LaVarre Subject: Re: [usb-storage] Re: [PATCH] fix Sony USB mass storage - pass larger receive buffer Date: 13 Nov 2003 17:16:42 -0700 Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <1068769001.2851.2.camel@patrh9> References: <1068766852.2851.155.camel@patrh9> <1068767483.3fb418fb45b65@webmail.netregistry.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from email-out2.iomega.com ([147.178.1.83]:27285 "EHLO email.iomega.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264472AbTKNARQ (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Nov 2003 19:17:16 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1068767483.3fb418fb45b65@webmail.netregistry.net> List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: dmitrik@users.sourceforge.net Cc: usb-storage@one-eyed-alien.net, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, stern@rowland.harvard.edu, mdharm-scsi@one-eyed-alien.net, patmans@us.ibm.com, james.bottomley@steeleye.com, ronald@kuetemeier.com, idan@idanso.dyndns.org > > > > 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