Re: [smartmontools-support] SMART to USB/sata dock in 2.6.27-rc5doesn't work

From: Mark Lord
Date: Sat Oct 25 2008 - 08:46:27 EST


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
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