usage of WIN_SMART

usage of WIN_SMART

[Jagadeesh Bhaskar P]

Can someone help me with an explanation for the usage of WIN_SMART
directive declared in hdreg.h in ioctl() function?

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Jagadeesh Bhaskar P

Re: usage of WIN_SMART

[Jan-Benedict Glaw]

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On Wed, 2004-11-24 16:19:57 +0530, Jagadeesh Bhaskar P <jbhaskar@hclinsys.com>
wrote in message <1101293397.3787.34.camel@myLinux>:
> Can someone help me with an explanation for the usage of WIN_SMART
> directive declared in hdreg.h in ioctl() function?

Just look at some users of WIN_SMART. Found these with Google:

Function ataReadSmartValues() in
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/smartmontools/sm5/atacmds.c?rev=1.2

Function smart_read_values() in
http://www.linux-ide.org/smart/ide-smart.c

There are other examples, too.  Of course, you can only use code out of
these if your software is going to be available under GNU GPL ...

MfG, JBG

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Re: usage of WIN_SMART

[Jagadeesh Bhaskar P]

I meant how to use WIN_SMART in the code? Not its uses or advantages!!

Can someone help me with that??

On Wed, 2004-11-24 at 17:40, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-11-24 16:19:57 +0530, Jagadeesh Bhaskar P <jbhaskar@hclinsys.com>
> wrote in message <1101293397.3787.34.camel@myLinux>:
> > Can someone help me with an explanation for the usage of WIN_SMART
> > directive declared in hdreg.h in ioctl() function?
> 
> Just look at some users of WIN_SMART. Found these with Google:
> 
> Function ataReadSmartValues() in
> http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/smartmontools/sm5/atacmds.c?rev=1.2
> 
> Function smart_read_values() in
> http://www.linux-ide.org/smart/ide-smart.c
> 
> There are other examples, too.  Of course, you can only use code out of
> these if your software is going to be available under GNU GPL ...
> 
> MfG, JBG
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Jagadeesh Bhaskar P <jbhaskar@hclinsys.com>

Re: usage of WIN_SMART

[Glynn Clements]

Jagadeesh Bhaskar P wrote:

> I meant how to use WIN_SMART in the code? Not its uses or advantages!!
> 
> Can someone help me with that??

Look at the source code of an existing program which uses it, such as
those to which Jan-Benedict referred.

Also, within a few clicks of the linux-ide.org URL, I found:

	http://www.linux-ide.org/smart/smartmontools-5.0/

which says:

  == REFERENCES ==
  If you need help in understanding the output of smartctl, a good place
  to start is to read Section 8.41 of the AT Attachment with Packet
  Interface-5 (ATA/ATAPI-5) specification.  This documents the
  S.M.A.R.T. functionality which the smartmontools utilities provide
  access to.  You can find Revision 1 of this document at:
  http://www.t13.org/project/d1321r1c.pdf
  
  Future versions of the specifications (ATA/ATAPI-6 and ATA/ATAPI-7)
  can be obtained from:
  http://www.t13.org/#FTP_site
  Later revisions (2, 3) of the ATA/ATAPI-5 specification are also
  available there.
  
  The functioning of S.M.A.R.T. is also described by the SFF-8035i
  revision 2 specification.  This is a publication of the Small Form
  Factors Committee, and can be obtained from SFF Committee, 14426 Black
  Walnut Ct., Saratoga, CA 95070, USA.  
  SFF FaxAccess: (408) 741-1600
  Ph: (408) 867-6630
  Fax: (408) 867-2115
  E-Mail: 250-1752@mcimail.com.

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