Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 25 Oct 2008 08:46:47 -0400 | From | Mark Lord <> | Subject | Re: [smartmontools-support] SMART to USB/sata dock in 2.6.27-rc5 doesn't work |
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matthieu castet wrote: .. > 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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