[Smartmontools-database]IOCTL_IDE_PASS_THROUGH on Win2K: regression?

[Manfred S. <man...@gm...>]

Hi,
today I tried smartctl on one of my win2000 boxes.
using smartmontools 5.33, the self test logs no longer appear.
In 5.30, I could see the logs (smartctl -a):

smartctl version 5.33 [i386-pc-mingw32] Copyright (C) 2002-4 Bruce Allen
Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model:     MAXTOR 6L040J2
Serial Number:    662207645866
Firmware Version: AR1.0500
User Capacity:    40,027,029,504 bytes
Device is:        In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is:   5
ATA Standard is:  ATA/ATAPI-5 T13 1321D revision 1
Local Time is:    Fri Sep 17 16:45:27 2004 CET
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Disabled

<snip> between everything OK <snip>

IOCTL_IDE_PASS_THROUGH does not work on your version of Windows
Error SMART Error Log Read failed: Function not implemented
Smartctl: SMART Error Log Read Failed
Error SMART Error Self-Test Log Read failed: Function not implemented
Smartctl: SMART Self Test Log Read Failed
Device does not support Selective Self Tests/Logging




smartctl version 5.30 Copyright (C) 2002-4 Bruce Allen
Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model:     MAXTOR 6L040J2
Serial Number:    662207645866
Firmware Version: AR1.0500
Device is:        In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is:   5
ATA Standard is:  ATA/ATAPI-5 T13 1321D revision 1
Local Time is:    Fri Sep 17 16:42:59 2004 CET
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Disabled

<snip> between everything OK <snip>

SMART Error Log Version: 0
No Errors Logged

SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining  LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error
# 1  Extended offline    Completed without error       00%      1477         -
# 2  Extended offline    Aborted by host               50%      1476         -
# 3  Short offline       Completed without error       00%       591         -


I could reproduce this behavior just on one single win2000 box, the others show
log entries with both smartctl versions.
Notice the entry "SMART support is: Disabled"
I was not able to activate this. 
The board is an asus p4t-e with some intel components on it, and corresponding
drivers from the Intel chipset software installation utility.
For the IDE-Controller, an "intel ultra ata storage controller" is installed by the
abovementioned utility. 
I then tried an standard ide driver from microsoft, but I had no luck...

Thanks for any hints. 
Manfred