From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Bernd Bartmann <bernd.bartmann@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: S.M.A.R.T. command passthru to Firewire devices
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 15:58:37 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1132847917.13095.115.camel@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6c18a4f0511240601i5860f724rff4db0c1b1fdca1e@mail.gmail.com>
On Iau, 2005-11-24 at 15:01 +0100, Bernd Bartmann wrote:
> When I try to run "smartctl -a /dev/sdb" it tells me that "Device does
> not support SMART". /dev/sdb is a normal hdd in an external firewire
> enclosure. To me this looks like the firewire SCSI layer does not
> support the passthru of the S.M.A.R.T. commands. Or is there any other
> way to query the S.M.A.R.T. status of an hdd attached via Firewire?
If it takes an ATA drive then you will probably be seeing the fact that
most firewire<->ATA convertor units don't support SMART so don't offer
it over their SCSI interface.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-11-24 15:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-11-24 14:01 Bernd Bartmann
2005-11-24 15:58 ` Alan Cox [this message]
2005-11-24 15:30 ` Bernd Bartmann
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