Re: [smartmontools-support] Unsupported USB bridge [0x04b4:0x6830 (0x001)]

[Frieder F. <fri...@we...>]

Hi

Am 02.11.2010 23:22, schrieb Christian Franke:
> Frieder Ferlemann wrote:
>> With an additional "-d usbcypress" smartctl runs just fine:
>>
>> (someone blogged over a similar situtation over here:
>>   http://machine-cycle.blogspot.com/2009/11/on-being-smart.html )
> 
> Unfortunately other devices with this old Cypress chip do not work. A 
> Trekstor Datastation maxi y.u uses the same USB ID and bcdDevice. With 
> this device 'smartctl -d usbcypress' hangs under Linux, the SCSI 
> passthrough fails after timeout and the device is reset and possibly 
> disconnected.
> 
> So this USB Id should not be added as a supported. I will add a comment 
> to drivedb.h

Thanks. But your effort would be too deeply
hidden for most practical purposes.

Would a flag with the meaning
YesSmartmontoolsKnowsThisVIDPIDCombinationButUnfortunatelyNoAutomaticHandlingCanBeOffered
(ideally presented to the user with "see: file " __FILE__ " line " __LINE__ ?)
be possible?

Greetings,
Frieder