On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 2:24 PM, Alan Altmark<[email protected]> wrote:
> Sure it is. Command Reject + Write Inhibited. Older drives had a > physical "R/O" switch on them. It could also show up on more recent > drives as Equipment Check + Write Inhibited, indicating that the host has > set a logical R/O condition in the drive. And I also noticed there are CCW's to set and clear the "write inhibit" - but the point is that there is nothing in the Sense ID that will tell you before you write to the device. But my world is small enough that it is enough that DIAG210 has a bit to tell.I don't know (anymore) why the Linux driver does not use that. -Rob ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
