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Are AHCI and SMART compatible? I have a couple recent Gigabyte 
motherboards, and like many recent motherboards they have two different 
SATA controllers, the southbridge part of the intel P965 chipset, and 
aso a JMicron. The BIOS lets you change from IDE to RAID to AHCI mode 
for each SATA controller. But whenever I switch to AHCI mode, the BIOS 
stops reporting that SMART is either on or off. The Intel Matrix Storage 
Software (I don't use the RAID part) only says the disk is "OK". 
Smartctl in cygwin stops working. Is the sky falling? Is the world going 
to move to SATA over AHCI eventually, and then SMART will start to die 
off? Or we have to reboot to IDE mode in the BIOS then do our SMART? Or 
is Intel, as part of their AHCI drivers, going to provide some way to 
access the SMART functions in the drives through AHCI SATA? Or is there 
some alternative software for Windows. I can't even get the temperatures 
right now!

$ /usr/sbin/smartctl -a -r ioctl,2 /dev/hda
smartctl version 5.36 [i686-cygwin-xp-sp2]
Copyright (C) 2002-6 Bruce Allen
Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/

\\.\PhysicalDrive0: SMART_GET_VERSION failed, Error=1117
If this is a SCSI disk, try "scsi<adapter><id>".
To continue, add one or more '-T permissive' options.
Smartctl open device: /dev/hda failed: Function not implemented

For some reason I can't get cygwin to install 5.37. However,
Gigabyte seems to think this situation is normal, that once you
use AHCI the BIOS should not say or do anything about SMART.
So this might not even be a smartctl or an XP driver issue it might
be a BIOS issue or even an AHCI issue that won't go away.

Re: [smartmontools-support] AHCI and SMART and SATA and BIOS and Intel P965 Drivers From: Christian Franke <Christian.Franke@t-...> - 2007-02-08 20:28 Steve Follmer wrote: > Are AHCI and SMART compatible? Like a legacy (S)ATA controller, an AHCI controller should be able to pass arbitrary ATA commands, including SMART commands, to a disk. But AHCI controllers need new BIOS versions and OS device drivers. And SMART functionality usually has low priority for such new developments. > ... > $ /usr/sbin/smartctl -a -r ioctl,2 /dev/hda > ... > \\.\PhysicalDrive0: SMART_GET_VERSION failed, Error=1117 > Looks like the device driver does not support the Windows SMART ioctls. http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/#FAQ-win-ata-as-scsi Please try smartctl 5.37. It uses new ATA_PASS_THROUGH ioctl as an alternative. This should be implemented in recent AHCI windows drivers. Running smartctl from a Linux Live-CD with I recent kernel may also work. http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/#bootable I would recommend grml or grml-small: http://www.grml.org/ > For some reason I can't get cygwin to install 5.37. There is no packaging difference between 5.36-1 or 5.37-1 packages. Which error message does Cygwin's setup.exe print? If the Cygwin release does not work for you, try the native Windows release of smartctl. Christian

Re: [smartmontools-support] AHCI and SMART and SATA and BIOS and Intel P965 Drivers From: Steve Follmer <sffollmer@ya...> - 2007-02-09 09:05 > Please try smartctl 5.37. It uses new ATA_PASS_THROUGH ioctl as an > alternative. > This should be implemented in recent AHCI windows drivers. > I got 5.37 to install and run on cygwin, my bad, anyway: $ /usr/sbin/smartctl /dev/hda smartctl version 5.37 [i686-cygwin-xp-sp2]... ATA/SATA driver is possibly a SCSI class driver not supporting SMART. If this is a SCSI disk, try "scsi<adapter><id>". Smartctl: Device Read Identity Failed (not an ATA/ATAPI device) A mandatory SMART command failed: exiting. To continue, add one or more '-T permissive' options. > smartctl from a Linux Live-CD with I recent kernel may also work. > http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/#bootable > I would recommend grml or grml-small: http://www.grml.org/ > This is a Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6 motherboard with the latest (F9) BIOS. I've noticed the same problem on all DS3 and DS4 motherboard BIOS, that is, you can enable SMART, and at boot time get a message about it, but if you use AHCI, you get no message, and smartctl fails. Trying the Linux Live-CD is a great idea, that should give us more info, or could be an easy workaround for possible lame windows drivers. The grml.iso torrent came in at 1.4MB/sec in about 10 minutes. The current grml 0.9 has smartctl 5.36. smartctl -a /dev/sda0 showed some info about the drive and then said "device does not support SMART". I am not sure I believe that, I have had this drive in other machines and run SMART on it. >> Are AHCI and SMART compatible? > > Like a legacy (S)ATA controller, an AHCI controller should be able to > pass arbitrary ATA commands, including SMART commands, to a disk. > But AHCI controllers need new BIOS versions and OS device drivers. > And SMART functionality usually has low priority for such new developments. Based on the live linux CD smartctl result, we should suspect Gigabyte's BIOS? But Intel's ICH8R chip or Intel's XP AHCI driver could still be suspected. And there's also an Intel SATA AHCI BIOS 1.07 that shows up at boot time, that is a sub-part of Gigabyte's BIOS. I'll continue beating on Gigabyte about this. My current guess is that if this problem has existed in all Gigabytes recent BIOS, or maybe even in all motherboards with Intel SATA AHCI BIOS 1.07 motherboards, for 6 months, and I'm the only person to complain about it, that manufacturers may be justified in not acknowledging or fixing the problem. It could be that I'm just crazy, but the problem persists even as I tried a variety of Gigabyte motherboards, recent BIOSes, drives that work on the same hardware and report SMART when in IDE mode, etc, so I'm sticking to my story. Steve

Re: [smartmontools-support] AHCI and SMART and SATA and BIOS and Intel P965 Drivers From: Christian Franke <Christian.Franke@t-...> - 2007-02-09 20:46 Steve Follmer wrote: > ... > I got 5.37 to install and run on cygwin, my bad, anyway: > > $ /usr/sbin/smartctl /dev/hda > smartctl version 5.37 [i686-cygwin-xp-sp2]... > > ATA/SATA driver is possibly a SCSI class driver not supporting SMART. > If this is a SCSI disk, try "scsi<adapter><id>". > Smartctl: Device Read Identity Failed (not an ATA/ATAPI device) > Looks like the driver does not implement the necessary ioctls. For further diagnostics, Please mail me an output of "smartctl -i -r ioctl,2 /dev/hda" > ... > The current grml 0.9 has smartctl 5.36. smartctl -a /dev/sda0 showed > some info about the drive and then said "device does not support SMART". > With recent Linux kernels, specifying ATA as device type is necessary: "smartctl -d ata -a /dev/sda" This command from grml-small 0.3 works as expected with an Asus P5W (Intel 975X+ICH7R) in AHCI mode. Cheers, Christian

Re: [smartmontools-support] AHCI and SMART and SATA and BIOS and Intel P965 Drivers From: Steve Follmer <sffollmer@ya...> - 2007-02-10 02:32 Christian, Yes! Many thanks. smartctl -d ata -a /dev/sda on grml 0.9 on smartctl 5.36 worked! Got full SMART results on the hardware in question. This eliminates a lot of suspects. I apologize to Gigabyte, their recent BIOS, and the Intel SATA AHCI BIOS 1.07. Now, the problem should be either in smartctl or the AHCI driver? Back on XP, here is the output of "smartctl -i -r ioctl,2 /dev/hda" smartctl version 5.37 [i686-cygwin-xp-sp2] Copyright (C) 2002-6 Bruce Allen Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ \\.\PhysicalDrive0: successfully opened REPORT-IOCTL: DeviceFD=0 Command=IDENTIFY DEVICE SMART_GET_VERSION suceeded, bytes returned: 24 Vers = 1.1, Caps = 0x7, DeviceMap = 0x00 SMART_RCV_DRIVE_DATA suceeded, bytes returned: 528 (buffer 512) Input : CMD=0xec, FR=0x00, SC=0x01, NS=0x00, CL=0x00, CH=0x00, SEL=0x00 REPORT-IOCTL: DeviceFD=0 Command=IDENTIFY DEVICE returned 0 ===== [IDENTIFY DEVICE] DATA START (BASE-16) ===== 000-015: 7a 42 ff 3f 37 c8 10 00 00 00 00 00 3f 00 00 00 016-031: 00 00 00 00 20 20 20 20 57 20 2d 44 43 57 50 41 032-047: 31 44 36 38 39 34 31 34 00 00 00 80 32 00 31 32 048-063: 30 2e 4d 30 31 32 44 57 20 43 44 57 32 33 30 30 064-079: 53 4b 30 2d 50 30 42 46 20 30 20 20 20 20 20 20 080-095: 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 10 80 096-111: 00 00 00 2f 01 40 00 00 00 00 07 00 ff 3f 10 00 112-127: 3f 00 10 fc fb 00 00 01 ff ff ff 0f 00 00 07 00 128-143: 03 00 78 00 78 00 78 00 78 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 144-159: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 06 07 00 00 44 00 44 00 160-175: fe 00 00 00 6b 74 61 7f 23 40 69 74 41 3c 23 40 176-191: 7f 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 fe ff 00 00 fe 80 00 00 192-207: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 6f e2 42 25 00 00 00 00 208-223: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 224-239: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 240-255: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 256-271: 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 6f 16 00 00 00 00 272-287: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 288-303: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 304-319: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 320-335: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 336-351: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 352-367: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 368-383: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 384-399: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 400-415: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 3f 10 00 00 416-431: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 432-447: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 448-463: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 464-479: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 480-495: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 496-511: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 a5 7c ===== [IDENTIFY DEVICE] DATA END (512 Bytes) ===== Warning! Drive Identity Structure error: invalid SMART checksum. === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Model Family: Western Digital Caviar SE16 family Device Model: WDC WD3200KS-00PFB0 Serial Number: WD-WCAPD1864941 Firmware Version: 21.00M21 User Capacity: 320,071,851,520 bytes Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show] ATA Version is: 7 ATA Standard is: Exact ATA specification draft version not indicated Local Time is: Sat Feb 10 10:24:53 2007 TST SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. Enabled status cached by OS, trying SMART RETURN STATUS cmd. REPORT-IOCTL: DeviceFD=0 Command=SMART STATUS SMART_SEND_DRIVE_COMMAND failed, DriverError=0xda, IDEError=0x00 Input : CMD=0xb0, FR=0xda, SC=0x00, NS=0x00, CL=0x4f, CH=0xc2, SEL=0x00 IOCTL_ATA_PASS_THROUGH suceeded, bytes returned: 44 Input : CMD=0xb0, FR=0xda, SC=0x00, NS=0x00, CL=0x4f, CH=0xc2, SEL=0x00 Output: STS=0x50,ERR=0x00, SC=0x00, NS=0x00, CL=0x4f, CH=0xc2, SEL=0x00 REPORT-IOCTL: DeviceFD=0 Command=SMART STATUS returned 0 SMART support is: Enabled REPORT-IOCTL: DeviceFD=0 Command=SMART STATUS SMART_SEND_DRIVE_COMMAND failed, DriverError=0xda, IDEError=0x00 Input : CMD=0xb0, FR=0xda, SC=0x00, NS=0x00, CL=0x4f, CH=0xc2, SEL=0x00 IOCTL_ATA_PASS_THROUGH suceeded, bytes returned: 44 Input : CMD=0xb0, FR=0xda, SC=0x00, NS=0x00, CL=0x4f, CH=0xc2, SEL=0x00 Output: STS=0x50,ERR=0x00, SC=0x00, NS=0x00, CL=0x4f, CH=0xc2, SEL=0x00 REPORT-IOCTL: DeviceFD=0 Command=SMART STATUS returned 0 REPORT-IOCTL: DeviceFD=0 Command=SMART STATUS CHECK SMART_SEND_DRIVE_COMMAND failed, DriverError=0xda, IDEError=0x00 Input : CMD=0xb0, FR=0xda, SC=0x00, NS=0x00, CL=0x4f, CH=0xc2, SEL=0x00 IOCTL_ATA_PASS_THROUGH suceeded, bytes returned: 44 Input : CMD=0xb0, FR=0xda, SC=0x00, NS=0x00, CL=0x4f, CH=0xc2, SEL=0x00 Output: STS=0x50,ERR=0x00, SC=0x00, NS=0x00, CL=0x4f, CH=0xc2, SEL=0x00 REPORT-IOCTL: DeviceFD=0 Command=SMART STATUS CHECK returned 0 REPORT-IOCTL: DeviceFD=0 Command=SMART READ ATTRIBUTE VALUES SMART_RCV_DRIVE_DATA failed, DriverError=0xd0, IDEError=0x01 Input : CMD=0xb0, FR=0xd0, SC=0x01, NS=0x01, CL=0x4f, CH=0xc2, SEL=0x00 REPORT-IOCTL: DeviceFD=0 Command=SMART READ ATTRIBUTE VALUES returned -1 errno=5 [Input/Output error] ===== [SMART READ ATTRIBUTE VALUES] DATA START (BASE-16) ===== 000-015: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 016-031: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 032-047: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 048-063: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 064-079: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 080-095: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 096-111: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 112-127: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 128-143: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 144-159: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 160-175: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 176-191: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 192-207: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 208-223: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 224-239: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 240-255: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 256-271: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 272-287: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 288-303: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 304-319: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 320-335: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 336-351: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 352-367: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 368-383: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 384-399: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 400-415: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 416-431: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 432-447: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 448-463: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 464-479: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 480-495: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 496-511: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ===== [SMART READ ATTRIBUTE VALUES] DATA END (512 Bytes) ===== Error SMART Values Read failed: Input/Output error Smartctl: SMART Read Values failed. REPORT-IOCTL: DeviceFD=0 Command=SMART READ ATTRIBUTE THRESHOLDS SMART_RCV_DRIVE_DATA failed, DriverError=0xd1, IDEError=0x01 Input : CMD=0xb0, FR=0xd1, SC=0x01, NS=0x01, CL=0x4f, CH=0xc2, SEL=0x00 REPORT-IOCTL: DeviceFD=0 Command=SMART READ ATTRIBUTE THRESHOLDS returned -1 errno=5 [Input/Output error] ===== [SMART READ ATTRIBUTE THRESHOLDS] DATA START (BASE-16) ===== 000-015: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 016-031: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 032-047: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 048-063: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 064-079: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 080-095: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 096-111: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 112-127: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 128-143: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 144-159: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 160-175: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 176-191: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 192-207: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 208-223: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 224-239: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 240-255: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 256-271: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 272-287: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 288-303: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 304-319: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 320-335: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 336-351: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 352-367: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 368-383: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 384-399: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 400-415: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 416-431: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 432-447: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 448-463: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 464-479: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 480-495: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 496-511: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ===== [SMART READ ATTRIBUTE THRESHOLDS] DATA END (512 Bytes) ===== Error SMART Thresholds Read failed: Input/Output error Smartctl: SMART Read Thresholds failed.

Re: [smartmontools-support] AHCI and SMART and SATA and BIOS and Intel P965 Drivers From: Christian Franke <Christian.Franke@t-...> - 2007-02-10 14:29 Steve Follmer wrote: > Now, the problem should be either in smartctl or the AHCI driver? The AHCI driver does not correctly implement the SMART ioctls but the new pass through ioctl seems to work. > > Back on XP, here is the output of "smartctl -i -r ioctl,2 /dev/hda" Please try to add ":a" modifier to the device name (smartctl .... /dev/hda:a). Then smartctl uses only the new pass through ioctl. See end of "smartctl -h" output for some info about this modifier. Hope this helps. > ... > ===== [IDENTIFY DEVICE] DATA START (BASE-16) ===== > ... > 400-415: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00*3f*10 00 00 > ... > === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === > Model Family: Western Digital Caviar SE16 family > Device Model: WDC WD3200KS-00PFB0 Off Topic: According to byte 412 of identify data, your drive supports SCT Commands. I recently added experimental support to smartctl to print the SCT temperature history table ("-l scttemp"). It is now in CVS and also included in windows build 5.38-0-20070207. Cheers, Christian

Re: [smartmontools-support] AHCI and SMART and SATA and BIOS and Intel P965 Drivers From: Steve Follmer <sffollmer@ya...> - 2007-02-10 15:21 smartctl -a /dev/hda:a works! > The AHCI driver does not correctly implement the SMART ioctls but the > new pass through ioctl seems to work. For the record, this deficient driver is Intel's AHCI driver for the ICH8R chip, I guess I can call it Intel Matrix Storage Manager 6.2. Following, we see the current result with Intel's AHCI driver for the cheaper ICH8 (non-R) chips. This is expected, because ATM Intel HAS NO AHCI driver for the plain ICH8 for XP. I believe the ICH8 does support AHCI, indeed the GA-965P-DS3 F10 BIOS added this option. But the Intel Matrix Storage software aborts the install. I don't expect it to support RAID, but it should install itself and support AHCI. I believe Linux supports the above. However, thanks to your help, I could always boot that machine off a linux CD and check errors and temperatures on my drives. This is as far as I can get: Smartctl: Device Read Identity Failed (not an ATA/ATAPI device) More info FWIW: smartctl version 5.37 [i686-mingw32-xp-sp2]... Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ \\.\PhysicalDrive0: successfully opened REPORT-IOCTL: DeviceFD=0 Command=IDENTIFY DEVICE IOCTL_ATA_PASS_THROUGH failed, Error=1 Input : CMD=0xec, FR=0x00, SC=0x01, NS=0x00, CL=0x00, CH=0x00, SEL=0x00 REPORT-IOCTL: DeviceFD=0 Command=IDENTIFY DEVICE returned -1 errno=40 [Function not implemented] ===== [IDENTIFY DEVICE] DATA START (BASE-16) ===== 000-015: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ... (all zero) ===== [IDENTIFY DEVICE] DATA END (512 Bytes) ===== REPORT-IOCTL: DeviceFD=0 Command=IDENTIFY PACKET DEVICE IOCTL_ATA_PASS_THROUGH failed, Error=1 Input : CMD=0xa1, FR=0x00, SC=0x01, NS=0x00, CL=0x00, CH=0x00, SEL=0x00 REPORT-IOCTL: DeviceFD=0 Command=IDENTIFY PACKET DEVICE returned -1 errno=40 [Function not implemented] ===== [IDENTIFY PACKET DEVICE] DATA START (BASE-16) ===== 000-015: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ... (all zero) ===== [IDENTIFY PACKET DEVICE] DATA END (512 Bytes) ===== Smartctl: Device Read Identity Failed (not an ATA/ATAPI device) A mandatory SMART command failed: exiting. To continue, add one or more '-T permissive' options. > Steve Follmer wrote: > >> Now, the problem should be either in smartctl or the AHCI driver? > > The AHCI driver does not correctly implement the SMART ioctls but the > new pass through ioctl seems to work. > >> >> Back on XP, here is the output of "smartctl -i -r ioctl,2 /dev/hda" > > Please try to add ":a" modifier to the device name (smartctl .... > /dev/hda:a). > Then smartctl uses only the new pass through ioctl. > See end of "smartctl -h" output for some info about this modifier. > > Hope this helps. > > >> ... >> ===== [IDENTIFY DEVICE] DATA START (BASE-16) ===== >> ... >> 400-415: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00*3f*10 00 00 >> ... >> === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === >> Model Family: Western Digital Caviar SE16 family >> Device Model: WDC WD3200KS-00PFB0 > > Off Topic: According to byte 412 of identify data, your drive supports > SCT Commands. > I recently added experimental support to smartctl to print the SCT > temperature history table ("-l scttemp"). > It is now in CVS and also included in windows build 5.38-0-20070207. > > > Cheers, > > Christian > >

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