ATA problem with FreeBSD 6.1-PRERELEASE #10

[Mike Tancsa]

On Fri, 7 Apr 2006 17:08:11 +0200, in sentex.lists.freebsd.hardware
you wrote:

>Hi all,
>I meet a problem with some ATA tools (ataidle and smartmontool) and FreeBSD
>6.1-PRERELEASE #10.
>
>
>$ smartctl -i /dev/ad0
>smartctl version 5.33 [i386-portbld-freebsd6.0] Copyright (C) 2002-4 Bruce
>Allen
>Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/
>
>Smartctl: Device Read Identity Failed (not an ATA/ATAPI device)


There were changed to the ata driver that breaks binary compatibility
of the smartmontools.  You will need to recompile the smartmontools
port and all will work again.


[tyan-1u]# smartctl -a /dev/ad0 | head
smartctl version 5.33 [i386-portbld-freebsd6.1] Copyright (C) 2002-4
Bruce Allen
Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model:     ST340014A
Serial Number:    5JX5L5H4
Firmware Version: 3.06
User Capacity:    40,020,664,320 bytes
Device is:        In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is:   6
[tyan-1u]# uname -a
FreeBSD tyan-1u.sentex.ca 6.1-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 6.1-PRERELEASE #0:
Wed Apr  5 07:46:21 EDT 2006
mdtancsa at tyan-1u.sentex.ca:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP  i386
[tyan-1u]# 



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