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Date:      Tue, 23 May 2006 19:42:21 +0200
From:      Ulrich Spoerlein <uspoerlein@gmail.com>
To:        Jeremie Le Hen <jeremie@le-hen.org>
Cc:        cvs-src@freebsd.org, =?iso-8859-15?Q?S=F8ren?= Schmidt <sos@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: [fbsd] cvs commit [HEAD] src/sys/dev/ata ata-usb.c
Message-ID:  <20060523174221.GA1006@roadrunner.aventurien.local>
In-Reply-To: <20060522093739.GP39460@obiwan.tataz.chchile.org>
References:  <200603101908.k2AJ8vd3020765@repoman.freebsd.org> <20060522093739.GP39460@obiwan.tataz.chchile.org>

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Jeremie Le Hen wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 10, 2006 at 07:08:52PM +0000, Søren Schmidt wrote:
> > sos         2006-03-10 19:08:52 UTC
> >   Module that adds support for using USB storage devices through the
> >   ATA framework. Mainly written to be able to use USB Flash keys.
> >   This is work in progress so use with care :)
> >   Doesn't need CAM and cannot coexist with umass.c
> 
> I am a bit late on this.  What are the advantages or drawbacks to use
> atausb instead of umass ?  I haven't found any HEADS UP about it, and
> the CURRENT release notes only mention its existence without further
> explanation.

I would hope it supports the smartmontools? Although SMART should work
for SCSI drives too, it does not work through the USB/umass layer (at
least for me)

Ulrich Spoerlein
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