Re: Device is not in smartctl database. Consequences and solution?
"Ivan Lezhnjov Jr." <[email protected]>
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Bumping my question with the hope to get an answer :) On Dec 1, 2013, at 1:34 PM, Ivan Lezhnjov Jr. <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Without -d sat: >>> >>>> % smartctl -P show /dev/sdc >>>> smartctl 5.42 2011-10-20 r3458 [i686-linux-3.4.2-2-ARCH] (local build) >>>> Copyright (C) 2002-11 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net >>>> >>>> /dev/sdc: Unknown USB bridge [0x1058:0x1048 (0x1022)] >>>> Smartctl: please specify device type with the -d option. >> >> This is as expected because the USB ID drivedb entry is (only) used to set the -d option for the ATA pass-through protocol the USB bridge supports. Btw, I'm just curious.. in case with my particular drive I think a mere addition of a new DB entry that matches properly USB vendor and product IDs is mostly to associate "-d sat". But what about the actual SMART/ATA commands etc (mind you I have a very superfluous understanding so I may not make much sense lol), are they SOOO much universal that no additional configuration is required? Can I be somehow sure that SMART Attributes are interpreted exactly like vendor designed them to be interpreted? Ivan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sponsored by Intel(R) XDK Develop, test and display web and hybrid apps with a single code base. Download it for free now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=111408631&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk