Re: [smartmontools-support] Inquiry: USB Devices which support SMART Protocol -- Recommendations?

[Christian F. <Chr...@t-...>]

Stefan Nowak wrote:
> Please tell me your opinion on my assumption:
> If chipset X in product A from producer 1 is supported, then product B  
> from producer 2, which also uses chipset X, very likely also is  
> supported. Right?
>
>   

Yes.

There might be a small risk that this is not true due to vendor specific 
changes to the firmware of the USB bridge.


> DeLOCK 61391 IDE/SATA to USB 2.0 Adapter
>
> Product:
> http://www.delock.de/produkte/suche/Converter_USB_20_zu_SATA_SLASH_IDE_61391.html?setLanguage=EN
> Driver:
> http://www.delock.de/download/driver/61391/A/202
> Chipset Guess: JMicron JM20338
> ...
> JM="JMicron Tech."
> USB\VID_152D&PID_2338.DeviceDesc="JMicron SATA-USB Combo Device"
> UMSS\DISK.DeviceDesc="USB Mass Storage Device"
>
>
> Sharkoon DriveLink
>
> Product:
> http://www.sharkoon.de/html/produkte/externe_gehaeuse/drive_link/index_en.html
> Manual:
> http://www.sharkoon.de/html/support/bedienungsanleitungen/pdf/drivelink_manual_english.pdf
> Driver:
> http://www.sharkoon.de/html/support/treiber/treiber/drivelink_win98_driver.zip
> Chipset Guess: JMicron JM20338
>   

The JM20338 is a USB+SATA->PATA chip. Both products likely have a 
JMicron JM20337 (USB->PATA+SATA). I presume that this is the same chip 
with different firmware.


> ...
> MSFT="JMicron"
> MfgName="JMicron"
> DeviceDesc="JM20338 SATA, USB Combo"
> jmus\DISK.DeviceDesc="USB Mass Storage Device"
> AUTORUN="Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run"
>
>
>   

Both products should work with current CVS version of smartmontools on 
all platforms which support SCSI pass-through (this does not include 
MacOS X).
Auto-detection of these devices should also work on Linux and Windows.

If you have any test result for the Wiki, please tell me.

Cheers,
  Christian