smartmontools 5.40 & ahci.ko -- doesn't work

[Florian Smeets]

On 03.12.10 14:04, Lev Serebryakov wrote:
> Hello, Stable.
> 

Hi,

>   Latest  smartmontools  5.40  doesn't  work  with AHCI driver :( I've
>   found  old  thread  about  5.38, but I have 5.40 and it doesn't work
>   with any `-d' type...
> 
>   What do I do wrong?
> 
> 

I had the same problem the cause was that i did not have "device pass"
in my kernel, i had this in my messages:

messages.5.bz2:Oct 12 12:46:45 xxx kernel: xptioctl: pass driver is not
in the kernel
messages.5.bz2:Oct 12 12:46:45 xxx kernel: xptioctl: put "device pass"
in your kernel config file

-- 
Florian Smeets