Re: [PATCH 3/3] usb: gadget: mass_storage: add documentation

["Michal Nazarewicz" <mina86@mina86.com>]

> On Mon, 11 Jun 2012, Michal Nazarewicz wrote:
>> +  Mass Storage Gadget (or MSG) acts as a USB Mass Storage device,
>> +  appearing to the host as a disk or a CD-ROM drive.  It supports
>> +  multiple logical units (LUNs).  Backing storage for each LUN is
>> +  provided by a regular file or a block device, access can be limited
>> +  to read-only, and gadget can indicate that it is removable and/or
>> +  CD-ROM (the latter implies read-only access).

On Mon, 11 Jun 2012 17:25:15 +0200, Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> wrote:
> Does CD-ROM really imply read-only?  If not, shouldn't it?

It indeed does:

		curlun->ro = lcfg->cdrom || lcfg->ro;

>> +  - ro=b[,b...]
>> +
>> +    This parameter specifies whether each logical unit should be
>> +    reported as read only.  This will prevent host from modifying the
>> +    backing files.
>> +
>> +    Note that if this flag for given logical unit is false but the
>> +    backing file could not be opened in read/write mode, the gadget
>> +    will fall back to read only mode anyway.
>> +
>> +    The default value for each logical unit is false.
>
> Shouldn't the default be true for logical units that are cdroms?

Indeed.  I've changed this last line to: The default value for non-CD-ROM
logical units is false; for logical units simulating CD-ROM it is forced
to true.

> Very good.  When you make the small changes listed above, you can add
>
> Acked-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>

I'll resend it tomorrow in case anyone else has any comments.

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