2.6.15-rc6 - Success with ICH5/SATA + S.M.A.R.T.

[Justin Piszcz]

A very nice addition / release to the kernel, S.M.A.R.T. working through 
the ATA passthru.

smartmontools is going to have to be updated, but I can finally see the 
temperature of my SATA drives!!  Nice work Jeff!

Dec 24 18:29:20 p34 smartd[2707]: Opened configuration file 
/etc/smartd.conf
Dec 24 18:29:20 p34 smartd[2707]: Configuration file /etc/smartd.conf 
parsed.
Dec 24 18:29:20 p34 smartd[2707]: Device: /dev/sda, opened
Dec 24 18:29:20 p34 smartd[2707]: Device /dev/sda: SATA disks accessed via 
libata are not currently supported by smartmontools. By the time you read 
this, support may have been added in recent kernels. Try a '-d ata' device 
typeargument.
Dec 24 18:29:20 p34 smartd[2707]: Unable to register SCSI device /dev/sda 
at line 101 of file /etc/smartd.conf
Dec 24 18:29:20 p34 smartd[2707]: Unable to register device /dev/sda (no 
Directive -d removable). Exiting.

p34:/var/log# hddtemp /dev/sda 
/dev/sda: WDC WD740GD-00FLC0: 38C

p34:/var/log# hddtemp /dev/sdb
/dev/sdb: Maxtor 6B250S0: 40C

Justin.
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