From owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 2 04:49:32 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF86237B401 for ; Mon, 2 Jun 2003 04:49:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dirac.phys.uwm.edu (dirac.phys.uwm.edu [129.89.57.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAB9643F93 for ; Mon, 2 Jun 2003 04:49:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ballen@gravity.phys.uwm.edu) Received: from localhost (ballen@localhost) by dirac.phys.uwm.edu (8.11.6+Sun/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h52BnRJ09551; Mon, 2 Jun 2003 06:49:27 -0500 (CDT) X-Authentication-Warning: dirac.phys.uwm.edu: ballen owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2003 06:49:26 -0500 (CDT) From: Bruce Allen X-Sender: ballen@dirac.phys.uwm.edu To: Douglas Gilbert In-Reply-To: <3EDAD5B6.5040308@torque.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: ben@scum.org cc: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: smartmontools port X-BeenThere: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: SCSI subsystem List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2003 11:49:33 -0000 I wanted to point out that the person who did the FreeBSD port, Ben Gras is now a smartmontools developer, and has write access to the smartmontools CVS archive. Cheers, Bruce On Mon, 2 Jun 2003, Douglas Gilbert wrote: > "The smartmontools package contains two utility > programs (smartctl and smartd) to control and > monitor storage systems using the Self-Monitoring, > Analysis and Reporting Technology System (S.M.A.R.T.) > built into most modern ATA and SCSI hard disks." > See http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net for more > details. > > Currently it only supports Linux but the maintainer, > Bruce Allen , has > received patches for a FreeBSD port for ATA disks. > [Those patches are not in the project's CVS yet.] > > As yet no-one has proposed or offered any patches for > a FreeBSD port of the SCSI code. For SCSI specific > information about smartmontools together with examples > see this url: > http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/smartmontools_scsi.html > > I have rewritten the SCSI command handling code and > Kai Makisara has added code to support the TapeAlert > mechanism. The Linux SCSI command handling details > are hidden behind a CAM like structure. > This should facilitate a clean port of this code. > Other broader issues would need addressing (e.g. the > assumptions made at higher levels about device names > being SCSI or ATA devices). > > If anyone wishes to volunteer or look at this please > contact me or Bruce. We would also be interested if > FreeBSD has any other utilities that provide SMART > facilities. > > Doug Gilbert > >