From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu>
Subject: Re: [SATA] libata-dev queue updated
Date: 06 Jun 2005 21:57:32 -0400
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Mark Lord <liml@rtr.ca> writes:

> Greg Stark wrote:
> >
> > Are there diffs downloadable for these? In particular I'm looking for
> > passthru. I'm imagining that with passthru SMART works?
> 
> SMART works already using the HDIO_* ioctls in libata-dev
> (these may be built on top of the passthru stuff.. dunno).
> 
> Eg.  smartctl -data -a /dev/sda

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)

 A mandatory SMART command failed: exiting. To continue, add one or more '-T permissive' options.


-- 
greg