On Sun, Jan 06, 2008 at 03:19:11PM +0100, Manuel Bouyer wrote: > > A "gratuitous padding" here would break anyway, as this structure is > filled in by hardware (it's what's returned by a device to an INQUIRY > command). > This is the important point - when you receive an inquiry back from any scsi hardware these fields will be exactly the same, the device just returns a 28 byte char aray. The scsi spec layers the meaning over the top of the top of that array (if I recall correctly, it is exactly the same for ATA too) -- Brett Lymn "Warning: The information contained in this email and any attached files is confidential to BAE Systems Australia. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, disclosure or copying of this email or any attachments is expressly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please notify us immediately. VIRUS: Every care has been taken to ensure this email and its attachments are virus free, however, any loss or damage incurred in using this email is not the sender's responsibility. It is your responsibility to ensure virus checks are completed before installing any data sent in this email to your computer."