Re: S.M.A.R.T support?

[Bill Hacker <wbh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thomas Edward Spanjaard wrote:

> "Steve Mynott" <steve.mynott@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
> news:81c92190503250328679f2cbc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> > This seems to be the NetBSD approach with their "atactl".
> >
> > <http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/sbin/atactl/atactl.c.diff?r1=1.14&r2=1.15&f=h> 
> >
> >
> > Maybe this could be used in DragonFly's atacontrol (or similar) if the
> > data structures/devices aren't too different?
>
>
> I see that as a viable option. I'm pretty pleased with the way NetBSD 
> handles it.
>
> Cheers,
>        -- Thomas E. Spanjaard

NetBSD and OpenBSD atactl appear to use the same code, credit the
same author(s) and history, though I haven't diff'ed
the sources yet.

In either/both cases, they provide finer-grained control
of ATA device features, but do NOT provide for RAID
control as atacontrol does.

In all cases, these are management tools, not drivers per se,
so I think this is precisely where the combined functionality
belongs.

Will look at it later today.  Need some sleep now.
Preening, mounting and I/O is tiring w/o a computer.  ;-)

Bill