Re: freebsd-9.0 smartmontools and ada devices

Op di 18 okt 2011 09:39:24 schreef John Hay:
> Hi Guys,
> 
> I have upgraded my desktop from 8.2-stable to 9.0-RC1 (from source), using
> a GENERIC kernel. I have installed the smartmontools-5.41_3 package from
> a mirror and found that smartmontools does not like the ada devices anymore.
> Previously (8.2) I had a GENERIC kernel, with ahci loaded in loader.conf.
> There an older smartmontools (5.40) worked without a problem on the ada
> devices.
> 
> The output of smartctl looks like this:
> 
> #############################
> dolphin# smartctl -a /dev/ada0
> smartctl 5.41 2011-06-09 r3365 [FreeBSD 9.0-RC1 amd64] (local build)
> Copyright (C) 2002-11 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net
> 
> error sending CAMIOCOMMAND ioctl: Inappropriate ioctl for device
> Unable to get CAM device list
> /dev/ada0: Unable to detect device type
> Smartctl: please specify device type with the -d option.
> 
> Use smartctl -h to get a usage summary
> 
> #############################
> 
> Has anybody seen it?
> 

Yes, but rebuilding smartmontools fixed it for me.