From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg Stark Subject: Re: [SATA] libata-dev queue updated Date: 07 Jun 2005 09:51:23 -0400 Message-ID: <87is0qi8bo.fsf@stark.xeocode.com> References: <42A14541.6020209@pobox.com> <87vf4ujgmj.fsf@stark.xeocode.com> <42A47376.80203@rtr.ca> <87u0kbhqsz.fsf@stark.xeocode.com> <42A6AE3E.7070401@rtr.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from stark.xeocode.com ([216.58.44.227]:9376 "EHLO stark.xeocode.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261863AbVFGNvk (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Jun 2005 09:51:40 -0400 In-Reply-To: <42A6AE3E.7070401@rtr.ca> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Mark Lord Cc: Greg Stark , Jeff Garzik , "linux-ide@vger.kernel.org" , Linux Kernel , Andrew Morton , James Bottomley Mark Lord writes: > Greg Stark wrote: > > Uh, this is 2.6.12-rc4 with the latest libata-dev patch from Garzik's web > > site: > > bash-3.00$ smartctl -data -a /dev/sda > > smartctl version 5.32 Copyright (C) 2002-4 Bruce Allen > > Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ > > Smartctl: Device Read Identity Failed (not an ATA/ATAPI device) > > Oh, wait a sec -- Jeff just posted that he's nuked the "read identity" ioctl(), > so I suppose that has now broken smartmontools compatibility. I think this libata-dev patch was prior to that announcement. It's 2.6.11-bk6-libata-dev1.patch which I appear to have downloaded May 15th. (Sorry I guess "latest" wasn't very precise) > So Linux either goes without S.M.A.R.T. for SATA (again), > or Jeff puts it back, or smartmontools gets upgraded Real Soon Now. :( What I really want to get working is actually hddtemp which uses SMART just to get the temperature: bash-3.00$ hddtemp /dev/hda /dev/hda: MAXTOR 6L080J4: 50 C bash-3.00$ hddtemp /dev/sda /dev/sda: Maxtor 7Y250M0 YAR5: drive is sleeping bash-3.00$ hddtemp /dev/sdb /dev/sdb: Maxtor 6Y120M0 YAR5: drive is sleeping The two M0 drives are SATA drives and they certainly are not sleeping. Come to think of it that's awfully hot for the PATA drive. I think I'll put it to sleep for a while. -- greg