ATA problem with FreeBSD 6.1-PRERELEASE #10

[Olivier Cochard]

Thanks for the tips:
recompiling smartmontools and ataidle using the ports working great!

Olivier

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2006/4/10, Mike Tancsa <mike at sentex.net>:
>
> 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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>
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