Re: read only scsi disk

Stefan Richter
2006-02-09T20:58:25Z

Ming Zhang wrote:
> thx, i found this was changed in at least 2.6.16-rc2.

> On Thu, 2006-02-09 at 20:36 +0100, Stefan Richter wrote:
>>Ming Zhang wrote:
>>>from sd.c, it looks like removable is judged first.
>>>
>>> if (sdp->removable)
>>> sd_read_write_protect_flag(sdkp, disk->disk_name,
>>> buffer);
>>
>>This has been changed in the meantime. Check the current sources.

PS: It was discussed and changed in December.
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=113406630600001
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-scsi&m=113414617020021
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=38d76df2f5483478dee803cb6e39da5e506a6643
(Note: Commit date refers to James' tree. It went into Linus' tree later
after release of 2.6.15 but before 2.6.16-rc1.)
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