Re: [smartmontools-support] JMicron usb to ide/sata adaptor problems

[Alexander S. <ash...@gm...>]

Hello,

On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:12:15 +0200
Christian Franke <Chr...@t-...> wrote:

> This is now fixed in CVS. Using '-l xerror/xselftest' with a JM20337 
> device now results in '48-bit ATA commands not supported' message unless 
> '-d usbjmicron,x' is used.

Thanks, just tested it in Linux, works as advertised.
It's a shame the "bad" chip revisions can't be detected though.

> BTW: Would is make sense to fall back to '-l error/selftest' if only '-l 
> xerror/xselftest' is specified but does not work?

I don't know, maybe, maybe not.
It can clutter up the output if the user does something like
smartctl -l selftest -l xselftest /dev/sda
I'd rather get a selftest log and a message that GPL is unsupported,
than two identical selftest logs. On the other hand, this is a highly
hypothetical situation. :)

Maybe just printing something like
"-l xselftest: GPL unsupported, please try -l selftest instead" would be ok too.

From gsmartcontrol standpoint, it doesn't really matter as long as
I can detect whether GPL is supported or not, and I'm not sure I even
need that yet.

Thanks a lot,
Alexander