From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751312AbVKXP0B (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Nov 2005 10:26:01 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751370AbVKXP0B (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Nov 2005 10:26:01 -0500 Received: from [81.2.110.250] ([81.2.110.250]:63720 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751312AbVKXP0A (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Nov 2005 10:26:00 -0500 Subject: Re: S.M.A.R.T. command passthru to Firewire devices From: Alan Cox To: Bernd Bartmann Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <6c18a4f0511240601i5860f724rff4db0c1b1fdca1e@mail.gmail.com> References: <6c18a4f0511240601i5860f724rff4db0c1b1fdca1e@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 15:58:37 +0000 Message-Id: <1132847917.13095.115.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 (2.2.3-2.fc4) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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.