Re: VIA VT8237 on windows

Federico Gimenez wrote:
> Output attached.
>

All checked I/O-controls return "Not implemented":

> REPORT-IOCTL: Device=/dev/sdb Command=SMART READ ATTRIBUTE VALUES
>   Input:   FR=0xd0, SC=0x01, LL=...., LM=0x4f, LH=0xc2, DEV=...., CMD=0xb0 IN
>    IOCTL_ATA_PASS_THROUGH failed, Error=1
>      Input : CMD=0xb0, FR=0xd0, SC=0x01, SN=0x00, CL=0x4f, CH=0xc2, SEL=0x00
>    SMART_RCV_DRIVE_DATA failed, Error=1
>      Input : CMD=0xb0, FR=0xd0, SC=0x01, SN=0x00, CL=0x4f, CH=0xc2, SEL=0x00
>    IOCTL_IDE_PASS_THROUGH failed, Error=1
>      Input : CMD=0xb0, FR=0xd0, SC=0x01, SN=0x00, CL=0x4f, CH=0xc2, SEL=0x00
>    IOCTL_STORAGE_PREDICT_FAILURE failed, Error=1
> ...

> The VIA Raid-tool apparently is capable of readin SMART data. See 
> attached file.

It likely uses some vendor specific I/O-control. Adding this to smartctl 
would require a documentation and access to hardware for testing.

Please check whether the driver supports CSMI.
Attach output of: smartctl -r ioctl,2 -d csmi --scan

Thanks,
Christian


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