Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 11:02:42 +0200 From: John Hay <jhay@meraka.org.za> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-9.0 smartmontools and ada devices Message-ID: <20111018090242.GA8339@zibbi.meraka.csir.co.za> In-Reply-To: <20111018073924.GA3644@zibbi.meraka.csir.co.za> References: <20111018073924.GA3644@zibbi.meraka.csir.co.za>
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On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 09:39:24AM +0200, John Hay wrote: > Hi Guys, > > I have upgraded my desktop from 8.2-stable to 9.0-RC1 (from source), using > a GENERIC kernel. I have installed the smartmontools-5.41_3 package from > a mirror and found that smartmontools does not like the ada devices anymore. > Previously (8.2) I had a GENERIC kernel, with ahci loaded in loader.conf. > There an older smartmontools (5.40) worked without a problem on the ada > devices. > > The output of smartctl looks like this: > > ############################# > dolphin# smartctl -a /dev/ada0 > smartctl 5.41 2011-06-09 r3365 [FreeBSD 9.0-RC1 amd64] (local build) > Copyright (C) 2002-11 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net > > error sending CAMIOCOMMAND ioctl: Inappropriate ioctl for device > Unable to get CAM device list > /dev/ada0: Unable to detect device type > Smartctl: please specify device type with the -d option. > > Use smartctl -h to get a usage summary > > ############################# Just to follow up on myself. :-( I have build smartmontools from ports and even though it is the same version, it works. So for me the package amd64/packages-9-current/All/smartmontools-5.41_3.tbz did not work, but the port does. John
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