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Subject: Re: smartd blows away mfi config
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On 11-11-17 12:18 PM, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote:
> Douglas Gilbert<dgilbert@interlog.com>  writes:
>> Not sure how SES devices appear as device nodes (i.e. /dev entries)
>> in FreeBSD. If they can be mistaken for disks then smartd has
>> a problem which I will look into.
>
> Thanks.
>
> As a quick fix, how do I write a drivedb entry that tells smartd to stay
> away from it?

As far as I know, smartmontools' drivedb only applies
to ATA disks. So I don't think that it comes into the
picture for SCSI devices. The "Peripheral Device Type"
in a SCSI INQUIRY response is the appropriate field
to filter on.

Doug Gilbert

> I find it strange that nobody else has run into this yet...  perhaps
> it's specific to a particular firmware version.
>
> DES