Re: ada/ahci and smartmontools

On Oct 21, 2009, at 4:47 PM, Sam Fourman Jr. wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 9:44 AM, Alexander Motin <mav_at_freebsd.org>  
> wrote:
>> Sam Fourman Jr. wrote:
>>> On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 8:02 AM, Andriy Gapon <avg_at_icyb.net.ua>  
>>> wrote:
>>>> on 28/08/2009 15:53 Alexander Motin said the following:
>>>>> Andriy Gapon wrote:
>>>>>> Do smartmontools work with ada/ahci disks?
>>>>>> Any tweaks/hacks to make it possible?
>>>>> It needs new interface module. Somebody have to combine CAM API
>>>>> smartmontools interface module used for SCSI devices and ATA  
>>>>> SMART commands.
>>>>>
>>>> So you mean it should practically be the same as existing ATA  
>>>> module, but instead
>>>> of ATA ioctl it should use cam(3)?
>>>
>>> This is a little OT, but can someone confirm if smartmontools works
>>> with SATA2 Drives?
>>
>> SATA2 is just another physical transport for ATA commands. SATA1/2
>> completely compatible to PATA on command level.
>>
>> --
>> Alexander Motin
>
>
>
> sorry then I will try again, I just installed the port and tried a
> simple command
>
> Ziggy# smartctl -i /dev/ad4s1
> smartctl version 5.38 [i386-portbld-freebsd9.0] Copyright (C) 2002-8  
> Bruce Allen
> Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/
>
> Smartctl: Device Read Identity Failed (not an ATA/ATAPI device)
>
> A mandatory SMART command failed: exiting. To continue, add one or
> more '-T permissive' options.
>
> Ziggy# dmesg | grep ad4
> ad4: 238475MB <Seagate ST3250820AS 3.AAD> at ata2-master SATA300
> GEOM: ad4s1: geometry does not match label (255h,63s != 16h,63s).
> Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad4s1a
>
>
> Sam
You're using it on a partition (well, slice in BSD terms), not the  
disk device itself. Try
smartctl -i /dev/ad4

Regards,
Thomas