On Mon, 2 May 2005, Marco Schramel wrote: > Hi all, > > our system runs with kernel 2.4.25 and we use some usb-sticks for memory > storage. It works fine, but in some cases i ve to know whether the stick is > write protected. > On our usb sticks there are a jumper to protect it from write. This jumper is > reflected from the usb storage controller. > But how can i read out this ? > Are there any interfaces ?
I don't know of any such API, but you could try asking on the Linux SCSI mailing list. There's always the old try-it-and-see approach: Open the device file for writing and see if the open call succeeds. Alan Stern ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: NEC IT Guy Games. Get your fingers limbered up and give it your best shot. 4 great events, 4 opportunities to win big! Highest score wins.NEC IT Guy Games. Play to win an NEC 61 plasma display. Visit http://www.necitguy.com/?r=20 _______________________________________________ [email protected] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
