From: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
To: David Greaves <david@dgreaves.com>
Cc: Smartmontools Mailing List
<smartmontools-support@lists.sourceforge.net>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: SMART to USB/sata dock in 2.6.27-rc5 doesn't work
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:18:12 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <48F40164.5000502@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <48EE7E0A.8040701@dgreaves.com>
David Greaves wrote:
> I just bought a usb/sata adapter like this:
> http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/drives/a7ea/?cpg=ab
> lsusb -v is below
>
> Works OK as a hot-plug SATA disk so I can check what's on that old disk in the
> corner; but smartctl doesn't work so I can't see if it has any errors, run
> selftests etc.
>
> Kernel is 2.6.27-rc5 (I've also tried older kernels)
>
> I plugged a previously zeroed drive in and...
>
> root@ash:~ # smartctl -a /dev/sde
> smartctl version 5.38 [i686-pc-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-8 Bruce Allen
> Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/
>
> Device: ST332062 0AS Version:
> Device type: disk
> Local Time is: Thu Oct 9 21:38:16 2008 BST
> Device supports SMART and is Enabled
> Temperature Warning Disabled or Not Supported
> SMART Health Status: OK
>
> Error Counter logging not supported
> Device does not support Self Test logging
The USB bridge should support SAT (SCSI-ATA translation) and many
don't. Nothing much can be done about it. The hardware just don't know
how to do it.
--
tejun
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-10-14 2:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-10-09 21:56 SMART to USB/sata dock in 2.6.27-rc5 doesn't work David Greaves
2008-10-10 8:09 ` SMART to USB/sata dock in 2.6.27-rc5 doesn't work : hardware limitation David Greaves
2008-10-14 2:18 ` Tejun Heo [this message]
2008-10-15 19:16 ` [smartmontools-support] SMART to USB/sata dock in 2.6.27-rc5 doesn't work matthieu castet
2008-10-23 16:04 ` Mark Lord
2008-10-23 18:58 ` matthieu castet
2008-10-23 20:21 ` Mark Lord
2008-10-23 20:36 ` Mark Lord
2008-10-24 18:54 ` matthieu castet
2008-10-25 12:46 ` Mark Lord
2008-10-23 16:01 ` Mark Lord
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