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SubjectRe: [smartmontools-support] SMART to USB/sata dock in 2.6.27-rc5 doesn't work
matthieu castet wrote:
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> I wonder with the patch doesn't make smartctl work without permisive.
> May be your usb id wasn't in the patch.
..

Heh.. I didn't even look at the patch itself.
But if it is relying upon a whitelist to work,
then it's broken by design.

Most new USB drives will be supporting SAT,
and requiring a kernel patch/update (or some other
whitelist in userspace) is a silly way to support them.

Cheers


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