Re: [smartmontools-support] peculiar output with JMicron sata/usb bridge

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

ben wrote:
> On Jan 14, 2013, at 16.15, Christian Franke wrote:
>
>> ben wrote:
>>> i have an enclosure [ http://www.hornettek.com/hdd-enclosure/3-5-quad-bay-jbod.html ], which i'm using via a usb connection to a computer running ubuntu 12.10.  basic smartctl commands appear to generally work as expected, with one peculiar exception.  the first disk recognized by the os seems to produce peculiar output:
>> Please attach(!) the smartctl debug output for the device with bogus output:
>> # smartctl -r ioctl,2 -a ...
> thanks, please see attached.
>
> ===== [SMART READ ATTRIBUTE VALUES] DATA START (BASE-16) =====
> 000-015: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |...
> ...
> 496-511: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |...
> ===== [SMART READ ATTRIBUTE VALUES] DATA END (512 Bytes) =====

The USB bridge does not return any useful SMART data. This is likely a 
firmware issue.

Thanks,
Christian