Re: [smartmontools-support] [PATCH] support toshiba external usb unit (was Re: Toshiba USB drive / no success with current CVS)

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

Hanno Böck wrote:
> Am Mittwoch 13 Mai 2009 schrieben Sie:
>   
>> Does the enclosure look similar to Dura Micro 501
>> (http://www.duramicro.com/501.html) ?
>>     
> Yeah, looks very similar.
>
>   
>> According to info found on online shop web pages, some Toshiba USB
>> drives (at least PX1282E-*) are actually Dura Micro products. The Dura
>> Micro 509 (~ 'Trekstor DataStation maxi m.u') uses a Sunplus bridge.
>>     
>
> Though I had already tried that, but now it seems to work with -d usbsubplus. 
>   

Great. Device added to 
http://smartmontools.wiki.sourceforge.net/overview_USB-Support


> (is it possible that I had used -d sat or something else before and that 
> caused it to fail?)
>
>   

Yes.


> Anyway, now it works. Attached comes my patch, though I wasn't sure what to 
> put in the third place of the array (according to the struct "version", but 
> what should that be?).
>
>   
Patch applied, thanks! The 3rd field is from the 'bcdDevice' USB field 
which actually represents USB chip or firmware revision. This info is 
not needed here.


Cheers,
Christian