[Bugme-new] [Bug 10902] New: "Write Protect is on" error

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http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10902

           Summary: "Write Protect is on" error
           Product: File System
           Version: 2.5
     KernelVersion: 2.6.26-rc5
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: Linux
              Tree: Mainline
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P1
         Component: XFS
        AssignedTo: xfs-masters at oss.sgi.com
        ReportedBy: htmldeveloper at gmail.com


Latest working kernel version:

Cannot remember.

Earliest failing kernel version:

The earliest is (cannot remember - questions is same as "latest working")
possibly 2.6.26-rc2....but till now the 2.6.26-rc5 it is still not wroking for
me.

Distribution:
Hardware Environment:
Software Environment:
Problem Description:
I first highlighted it here:

http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/2008-05/msg00092.html

Now on my 2.6.26-rc5 (laptop):

usb 5-7: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
usb 5-7: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
scsi2 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usb-storage: device found at 3
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
usb-storage: device scan complete
scsi 2:0:0:0: Direct-Access     WD       1600BEAExternal  1.02 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] 312581808 512-byte hardware sectors (160042 MB)
sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is on
sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 12 a1 9e af
sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] 312581808 512-byte hardware sectors (160042 MB)
sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is on
sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 12 a1 9e af
sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
 sdb: sdb1 sdb2 sdb3 < sdb5 > sdb4
sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk
sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0

It used to be "Write Protect is off" in the past, so that I was able to write
to it.   Was it a bug in the kernel?

Thanks.

Steps to reproduce:


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