Re: [smartmontools-support] Transcend Compact Flash TS16GCF150 industrial: SMART *works*

[Andreas M. <an...@us...>]

Hi,

On Sat, Mar 09, 2013 at 03:51:34PM +0100, Andreas Mohr wrote:
> However, I couldn't make SMART readout of TS16GCF150 on AU6477CL work,
> no matter what. Still no SAT support in today's chipsets?? Not happy.
> 
> 
> Some links to related Alcor Micro datasheets etc. which don't list anything
> about SAT support:
> 
> http://www.hdsentinel.com/compatibility_usbharddisks.php
>   datasheet:
> http://www.datasheetcatalog.com/datasheets_pdf/A/U/9/3/AU9362.shtml
>   datasheet:
> http://www.datasheetcatalog.com/datasheets_pdf/A/U/9/3/AU9321.shtml
> 
> 
> Thus, only smartctl -d scsi works:
> Vendor:               Generic-
> Product:              Compact Flash
> Revision:             1.01
> User Capacity:        16,039,018,496 bytes [16.0 GB]
> Logical block size:   512 bytes
> 
> 
> Will do manufacturer inquiry about SAT pass-through or vendor-specific
> commands now (any specifics to ask here?).

I created a detailed (yet suitable) inquiry on Alcor Micro website
about SAT pass-through support info of AU6477CL (or related chipsets),
but there was no reply, thus one month later I created another request,
where I did not receive a reply either (about one month passed).


So, reading between the (non-existing) lines, one could infer that
either it's obvious that the chipset does not support SAT for its CF parts
[and/]or nobody felt sufficiently tickled to reply, thus one could say that
currently it appears to be a good idea to prefer acquisition of adapters
with chipsets other than Alcor Micro AU6477CL, since its support quality
remains unclear.


Somewhat sad that now I've got a card reader + hub combo
intended for a larger non-stop operation setup
where I need to shut everything down each time I want to inquire health data
of the boot device (with the help of a successfully SMART-transparent
PCMCIA CF adapter).

Thanks for listening,

Andreas Mohr

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