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From: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Always do write-protect check
Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 12:51:30 -0500
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On Fri, 2005-12-09 at 11:34 -0500, Alan Stern wrote:
> Since nobody has offered an explanation for why the sd driver makes a 
> write-protect check only for devices with removable media, I'm submitting 
> this patch (as620) to get rid of the removable-media test.

OK ... I'll put this in scsi-misc for post 2.6.15.  I suspect the reason
is that many devices get confused or lie about it, but there's only one
sure way to ascertain if this is true or not ...

If it turns out to be a problem, I'll back it out before 2.6.16.

James