Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755767AbYJJIKt (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:10:49 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752266AbYJJIJ5 (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:09:57 -0400 Received: from mail.ukfsn.org ([77.75.108.10]:51338 "EHLO mail.ukfsn.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751670AbYJJIJx (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:09:53 -0400 Message-ID: <48EF0DB7.90909@dgreaves.com> Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:09:27 +0100 From: David Greaves User-Agent: Mozilla-Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (X11/20080724) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Smartmontools Mailing List , 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 : hardware limitation References: <48EE7E0A.8040701@dgreaves.com> In-Reply-To: <48EE7E0A.8040701@dgreaves.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1221 Lines: 33 David Greaves wrote: > Hi > > 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. So, for the record since I had no luck on google, I had an off-list reply that pointed here: Smartmontools for FireWire, USB, and SATA disks/systems http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/faq.html#testinghelp It's an odd URL target - it's actually about the fact that the usb/sata bridges built into the docks don't fully support the scsi command set in their hardware; so my SMART doesn't work and has no chance of being fixed by software. Future chipsets (and some current cypress ones) may have various developments in hardware to fix this. HTH someone else. David -- "Don't worry, you'll be fine; I saw it work in a cartoon once..." -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/