Re: S.M.A.R.T. command passthru to Firewire devices

[Alan Cox]

On Iau, 2005-11-24 at 15:01 +0100, Bernd Bartmann wrote:
> When I try to run "smartctl -a /dev/sdb" it tells me that "Device does
> not support SMART". /dev/sdb is a normal hdd in an external firewire
> enclosure. To me this looks like the firewire SCSI layer does not
> support the passthru of the S.M.A.R.T. commands. Or is there any other
> way to query the S.M.A.R.T. status of an hdd attached via Firewire?

If it takes an ATA drive then you will probably be seeing the fact that
most firewire<->ATA convertor units don't support SMART so don't offer
it over their SCSI interface.


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