[PATCH] fix blockdev --getro for sr, sd, ide-floppy
From: John McKell <mckellj@iomega.com> This 2.6.1 patch works by setting gendisk->policy to the correct value during initialization as the various drivers decide whether or not the disk is writeable. This patch persuades "blockdev --getro ..." to correctly report the read-only state of a newly inserted disk. This patch applies to sr.c, sd.c and ide-floppy.c. ide-cd.c already has this functionality built into it. Using an Iomega Zip drive as the test case... Without the patch, I always see: $ sudo blockdev --getro /dev/sda 0 $ That's only correct for writeable disks though. Only when the patch is applied do I see a write-protected disk described correctly: $ sudo blockdev --getro /dev/sda 1 $
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