[smartmontools-support] Mac OS X - SCSI pass through - Driver/Code available!

[Stefan N. <p....@gm...>]

Dear smartmontools developers!

Until the very recent version of smartmontools (5.39), SMART through  
USB was not possible on Mac OS X, because the Mac OS X kernel does not  
support SCSI pass through. That was the reasoning of Christian Franke.

Meanwhile I googled for:
http://www.google.com/search?q=mac+osx+scsi+passthrough+usb

And found a person, who wrote a SCSI pass through driver for Mac OS X:
http://tinyco.de/2009/02/04/writing-a-mac-osx-usb-device-driver-with-scsi-pass-through.html

In the site's comment section I asked as Stefan Nowak whether this  
code could be used for passing through SMART:
http://tinyco.de/2009/02/04/writing-a-mac-osx-usb-device-driver-with-scsi-pass-through.html#comment-24129787

And the developer answered within the site's comment section as  
wagerlabs, that it should work:
http://tinyco.de/2009/02/04/writing-a-mac-osx-usb-device-driver-with-scsi-pass-through.html#comment-24130057

I don't know low-level coding, otherwise I would offer my help.  
Please, dear Darwin related smartmontools developers: Could you built  
SMART through USB support into the Mac version of smartmontools?

Regards, Stefan Nowak