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

From: matthieu castet
Date: Fri Oct 24 2008 - 14:55:04 EST


Mark Lord wrote:
Mark Lord wrote:
I guess it "works" by accident, since the 00 device status
doesn't have the ATA error bit set. But I suppose this also
means that a failed ATA command would not be noticed either..
At least not without the patch.
Yes that seem to case.
I wonder with the patch doesn't make smartctl work without permisive. May be your usb id wasn't in the patch.


Matthieu
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