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Date:      Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:45:22 -0500
From:      Douglas Gilbert <dgilbert@interlog.com>
To:        =?UTF-8?B?RGFnLUVybGluZyBTbcO4cmdyYXY=?= <des@des.no>
Cc:        scsi@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: smartd blows away mfi config
Message-ID:  <4EC54832.60101@interlog.com>
In-Reply-To: <86zkfuoefv.fsf@ds4.des.no>
References:  <86d3cqpxh0.fsf@ds4.des.no> <4EC538BF.8060804@interlog.com> <86zkfuoefv.fsf@ds4.des.no>

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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




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