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On Tuesday 08 August 2006 05:39 pm, xcssa-admin@xcssa.org wrote:
> Ok, bad clarification on my part.
> Depending on how the drive is connected/used, SMART may not be
> directly accessible w/o changing the physical connection. ( From <
> http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/#testinghelp >e.g. can not access
> SMART thru a raid setup; certain HDD controllers; usb and firewire
> busses; etc.)
> Not shure if this is the case for the usb2 <hdd pin out configuration>
> devices discussed previously.

Probably so...  Any layer of interface abstraction tends to pose a problem in 
my experience.  Even some of the simple SATA controllers that are included 
with dell systems (for example) obfuscate the direct hardware access... even 
if you're not using their built in RAID features.  I hope this fact changes 
in the future and people start designing their chipsets with more forethought 
into issues like this. Some kind of virtual device in the controller chipset 
that can poll hardware by proxy would be cool.

Tweeks