Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754488AbYLRWoZ (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:44:25 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753329AbYLRWoO (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:44:14 -0500 Received: from earthlight.etchedpixels.co.uk ([81.2.110.250]:36068 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754370AbYLRWoM (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:44:12 -0500 Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:44:18 +0000 From: Alan Cox To: Alan Stern Cc: Jens Axboe , Kernel development list Subject: Re: Checking a USB drive's capacity Message-ID: <20081218224418.01fc26a4@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.5.0 (GTK+ 2.12.12; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Organization: Red Hat UK Cyf., Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1TE, Y Deyrnas Gyfunol. Cofrestrwyd yng Nghymru a Lloegr o'r rhif cofrestru 3798903 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 567 Lines: 12 > spun up yet. Not to mention that it seems strange to read the last > sector before reading the first! The SCSI CD code deals with this by spotting the error is close to the end and of particular types then interpreting it and adjusting the volume size. This is done because the size value for a CD-R/RW is imprecise. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/