From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark Lord Subject: Re: [smartmontools-support] SMART to USB/sata dock in 2.6.27-rc5 doesn't work Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 08:46:47 -0400 Message-ID: <49031537.4020807@rtr.ca> References: <48EE7E0A.8040701@dgreaves.com> <48F40164.5000502@kernel.org> <48F641A3.5080609@free.fr> <4900A0A7.3090102@rtr.ca> <4900C949.6040604@free.fr> <4900DCE4.3020901@rtr.ca> <4900E051.9040608@rtr.ca> <490219F7.7030908@free.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from rtr.ca ([76.10.145.34]:49496 "EHLO mail.rtr.ca" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751983AbYJYMqQ (ORCPT ); Sat, 25 Oct 2008 08:46:16 -0400 In-Reply-To: <490219F7.7030908@free.fr> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: matthieu castet Cc: Tejun Heo , David Greaves , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, Smartmontools Mailing List , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org matthieu castet wrote: .. > I wonder with the patch doesn't make smartctl work without permisive. > May be your usb id wasn't in the patch. .. Heh.. I didn't even look at the patch itself. But if it is relying upon a whitelist to work, then it's broken by design. Most new USB drives will be supporting SAT, and requiring a kernel patch/update (or some other whitelist in userspace) is a silly way to support them. Cheers