From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tejun Heo Subject: Re: SMART to USB/sata dock in 2.6.27-rc5 doesn't work Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:18:12 +0900 Message-ID: <48F40164.5000502@kernel.org> References: <48EE7E0A.8040701@dgreaves.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from hera.kernel.org ([140.211.167.34]:58768 "EHLO hera.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755378AbYJNCTv (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:19:51 -0400 In-Reply-To: <48EE7E0A.8040701@dgreaves.com> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: David Greaves Cc: Smartmontools Mailing List , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org 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