linux-kernel - Re: Question on the removable flag of USB devices

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Message-ID: <20090525184831.GT28077@one-eyed-alien.net>
Date:	Mon, 25 May 2009 11:48:31 -0700
From:	Matthew Dharm <mdharm-kernel@...-eyed-alien.net>
To:	Rogério Brito <rbrito@...rs.sf.net>
Cc:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Question on the removable flag of USB devices

On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 01:45:54PM -0300, Rogério Brito wrote:
> The question is: how are devices determined to be removable or not?
> Sorry if this question is too naive.

It's a bit that the device reports.  The usb-storage driver passes this bit
to the SCSI layer.

Matt

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