From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: thomas schorpp Subject: Re: [usb-storage] [Merging ATA passthru] on integrating SMART/ATA-Security in usb-storage driver Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2005 20:12:11 +0100 Message-ID: <43690F8B.5000605@gmx.de> References: Reply-To: t.schorpp@gmx.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from imap.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:42406 "HELO mail.gmx.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S965177AbVKBTMR (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Nov 2005 14:12:17 -0500 In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Alan Stern Cc: usb-storage@lists.one-eyed-alien.net, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Alan Stern wrote: > On Wed, 2 Nov 2005, thomas schorpp wrote: > > >>hi, >> >>i'll try integrating SMART/ATA-Security in usb-storage driver for usb2 >>ide disks. >> >>other people working on it yet? ive read something on SMART efforts for >>SATA. >> >>i think of using the passthrough code (libata?) or module in >>usb-storage.ko like the SATA driver for ATA-Security. >> >>comments? > > > Is there any standard way to pass ATA commands over a USB transport? I've > never heard of one. > > Alan Stern > > yes, ive read on the smartmontools page theres none, at present. since therere rw-commands issued, why not possible to issue other, too? and sata is short of smart support. both use scsi-emu(?). i dont think theres a hardware problem. i'll look at sata/libata/smartctl code and trial'n'error. maybe i find a way and you can propose it as standard then :) why wait for it? tom schorpp