Pete Zaitcev wrote: > On Fri, 4 Nov 2005 10:30:44 -0800, "Timothy Thelin" <Timothy.Thelin@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > >>The problem then is with vendor specific commands as SCSI core >>mangles those as well. The vendor specific command I had issues >>with is the "ATACB" ATA passthru cdb that cypress boards understand. >>CDB[1] is a signature byte that must be 0x24. Needless to say, >>that leading 2 gets masked off to a 0, and the drive aborts the >>ATACB. Now cypress could have been smarter about designing their >>cdb, but they wern't, and so there really needs to be a way to tell >>SCSI core "hands off the cdb". > > > If this issue is real, you can use ub with that device for now. > > -- Pete > - hello Pete nice idea :) unfortunately it doesnt work with latest smartctl cvs on my usb2 drive, no smart functionality tom1:/usr/src/sm5# ./smartctl -a -d scsi /dev/uba smartctl version 5.34 [i686-pc-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-5 Bruce Allen Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ Device: IC35L030 AVVN07-0 Version: Device type: disk Local Time is: Sat Nov 5 16:49:28 2005 CET Device does not support SMART Error Counter logging not supported Device does not support Self Test logging tom1:/usr/src/sm5# hdparm cant work(?). not implemented. tom1:/usr/src/sm5# sdparm -alv /dev/uba /dev/uba: IC35L030 AVVN07-0 Read write error recovery [PS=0] mode page: AWRE 0 [cha: n, def: 0, sav: 0] Automatic write reallocation enabled ARRE 0 [cha: n, def: 0, sav: 0] Automatic read reallocation enabled TB 0 [cha: n, def: 0, sav: 0] Transfer block RC 0 [cha: n, def: 0, sav: 0] Read continuous EER 0 [cha: n, def: 0, sav: 0] Enable early recover PER 0 [cha: n, def: 0, sav: 0] Post error DTE 0 [cha: n, def: 0, sav: 0] Data terminate on error DCR 0 [cha: n, def: 0, sav: 0] Disable correction RRC 0 [cha: n, def: 0, sav: 0] Read retry count WRC 0 [cha: n, def: 0, sav: 0] Write retry count RTL 0 [cha: n, def: 0, sav: 0] Recovery time limit (ms) >> Format (SBC) mode page not supported >> Rigid disk (SBC) mode page not supported >> Verify error recovery (SBC) mode page not supported Caching (SBC) [PS=0] mode page: IC 0 [cha: n, def: 0, sav: 0] Initiator control ABPF 0 [cha: n, def: 0, sav: 0] Abort pre-fetch CAP 0 [cha: n, def: 0, sav: 0] Caching analysis permitted DISC 0 [cha: n, def: 0, sav: 0] Discontinuity SIZE 0 [cha: n, def: 0, sav: 0] Size (1->CSS valid, 0->NCS valid) WCE 0 [cha: n, def: 0, sav: 0] Write cache enable MF 0 [cha: n, def: 0, sav: 0] Multiplication factor RCD 0 [cha: n, def: 0, sav: 0] Read cache disable DRRP 0 [cha: n, def: 0, sav: 0] Demand read retension priority WRP 0 [cha: n, def: 0, sav: 0] Write retension priority DPTL 0 [cha: n, def: 0, sav: 0] Disable pre-fetch transfer length MIPF 0 [cha: n, def: 0, sav: 0] Minimum pre-fetch MAPF 0 [cha: n, def: 0, sav: 0] Maximum pre-fetch MAPFC 0 [cha: n, def: 0, sav: 0] Maximum pre-fetch ceiling >> skipping rest as field position exceeds mode page length=12 >> Control mode page not supported >> XOR control (SBC) mode page not supported >> Protocol specific logical unit mode page not supported >> Protocol specific port mode page not supported >> Power condition mode page not supported >> Informational exceptions control mode page not supported >> Background control (SBC) mode subpage not supported tom1:/usr/src/sm5# device is in locked state, ata-security. hmm, could someone supply me a sdparm commandline and data to test unlock (if supported), pls ? im not through with all the specs from T10.org yet and they want money for more docs. thx, tom - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
