Bruce Allen wrote: > what happens if you replace '-d ata' with '-d sat'? smartd version 5.37 [x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-6 Bruce Allen Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ Opened configuration file /etc/smartd.conf Configuration file /etc/smartd.conf parsed. Device: /dev/sda, opened Device: /dev/sda, not found in smartd database. Device: /dev/sda, enabled SMART Attribute Autosave. Device: /dev/sda, enabled SMART Automatic Offline Testing. Device: /dev/sda, is SMART capable. Adding to "monitor" list.
Nice. Thanks! This solves the problem completely on the sata_nv controller. There's a lingering issue with the drive on the sata_sil controller -- enabling Autosave generates a device error: Device: /dev/sdc, opened Device: /dev/sdc, not found in smartd database. Device: /dev/sdc, enabled SMART Attribute Autosave. kernel: ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0 kernel: ata1.00: tag 0 cmd 0xb0 Emask 0x1 stat 0x51 err 0x4 (device error) kernel: ata1: EH complete smartd[20488]: Device: /dev/sdc, enabled SMART Automatic Offline Testing. kernel: SCSI device sdc: 1465149168 512-byte hdwr sectors (750156 MB) kernel: sdc: Write Protect is off kernel: sdc: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 smartd[20488]: Device: /dev/sdc, is SMART capable. Adding to "monitor" list. kernel: SCSI device sdc: drive cache: write back smartd[20488]: Monitoring 4 ATA and 0 SCSI devices Here's from dmesg: sata_sil 0000:02:0d.0: version 2.0 ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APC2] enabled at IRQ 17 GSI 16 sharing vector 0xB1 and IRQ 16 ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:0d.0[A] -> Link [APC2] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 16 ata1: SATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0xFFFFC2000000E080 ctl 0xFFFFC2000000E08A bmdma 0xFFFFC2000000E000 irq 16 ata2: SATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0xFFFFC2000000E0C0 ctl 0xFFFFC2000000E0CA bmdma 0xFFFFC2000000E008 irq 16 scsi0 : sata_sil ata1: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 310) scsi1 : sata_sil ata2: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 310) I can't tell whether Autosave is actually working or not. The drive is identical to one that claims to support the feature on the sata_nv controller. >> Package: smartmontools >> Version: 5.37~cvs20061002-1 >> Followup-For: Bug #391999 >> >> >> Unfortunately this bug does not appear to have been fully fixed in >> 5.37~cvs20061002-1. >> >> On the 3ware card, things are largely working, but on the sata_nv >> controller >> >> 00:0a.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK8S Serial ATA Controller >> (v2.5) (rev a2) >> >> using this in /etc/smartd.conf >> >> /dev/sda -d ata -H -o on -S on -s (S/../.././02|L/../../6/03) >> >> on a ST3250620NS drive, I still get >> >> could not enable SMART Attribute Autosave >> enable SMART Automatic Offline Testing failed >> >> along with this alarming-sounding chatter: >> >> Nov 11 19:36:08 prato smartd[16384]: smartd version 5.37 >> [x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-6 Bruce Allen >> Nov 11 19:36:08 prato smartd[16384]: Home page is >> http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ >> Nov 11 19:36:08 prato smartd[16384]: Opened configuration file >> /etc/smartd.conf >> Nov 11 19:36:08 prato smartd[16384]: Configuration file >> /etc/smartd.conf parsed. >> Nov 11 19:36:08 prato smartd[16384]: Device: /dev/sda, opened >> Nov 11 19:36:08 prato smartd[16384]: Device: /dev/sda, not found in >> smartd database. >> Nov 11 19:36:08 prato kernel: ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 >> SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen >> Nov 11 19:36:08 prato kernel: ata1.00: tag 0 cmd 0xb0 Emask 0x2 stat >> 0x50 err 0x0 (HSM violation) >> Nov 11 19:36:08 prato kernel: ata1: soft resetting port >> Nov 11 19:36:08 prato kernel: ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus >> 113 SControl 300) >> Nov 11 19:36:08 prato kernel: ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133 >> Nov 11 19:36:08 prato kernel: ata1: EH complete >> Nov 11 19:36:08 prato kernel: ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 >> SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen >> Nov 11 19:36:08 prato kernel: ata1.00: tag 0 cmd 0xb0 Emask 0x2 stat >> 0x50 err 0x0 (HSM violation) >> Nov 11 19:36:09 prato kernel: ata1: soft resetting port >> Nov 11 19:36:09 prato kernel: ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus >> 113 SControl 300) >> Nov 11 19:36:09 prato kernel: ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133 >> Nov 11 19:36:09 prato kernel: ata1: EH complete >> Nov 11 19:36:09 prato kernel: ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 >> SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen >> Nov 11 19:36:09 prato kernel: ata1.00: tag 0 cmd 0xb0 Emask 0x2 stat >> 0x50 err 0x0 (HSM violation) >> Nov 11 19:36:09 prato kernel: ata1: soft resetting port >> Nov 11 19:36:09 prato kernel: ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus >> 113 SControl 300) >> Nov 11 19:36:10 prato kernel: ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133 >> Nov 11 19:36:10 prato kernel: ata1: EH complete >> Nov 11 19:36:10 prato kernel: ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 >> SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen >> Nov 11 19:36:10 prato kernel: ata1.00: tag 0 cmd 0xb0 Emask 0x2 stat >> 0x50 err 0x0 (HSM violation) >> Nov 11 19:36:10 prato kernel: ata1: soft resetting port >> Nov 11 19:36:10 prato kernel: ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus >> 113 SControl 300) >> Nov 11 19:36:10 prato kernel: ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133 >> Nov 11 19:36:10 prato kernel: ata1: EH complete >> Nov 11 19:36:10 prato kernel: ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 >> SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen >> Nov 11 19:36:10 prato kernel: ata1.00: tag 0 cmd 0xb0 Emask 0x2 stat >> 0x50 err 0x0 (HSM violation) >> Nov 11 19:36:10 prato kernel: ata1: soft resetting port >> Nov 11 19:36:11 prato kernel: ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus >> 113 SControl 300) >> Nov 11 19:36:11 prato kernel: ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133 >> Nov 11 19:36:11 prato kernel: ata1: EH complete >> Nov 11 19:36:11 prato kernel: ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 >> SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen >> Nov 11 19:36:11 prato kernel: ata1.00: tag 0 cmd 0xb0 Emask 0x2 stat >> 0x50 err 0x0 (HSM violation) >> Nov 11 19:36:11 prato kernel: ata1: soft resetting port >> Nov 11 19:36:11 prato kernel: ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus >> 113 SControl 300) >> Nov 11 19:36:11 prato kernel: ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133 >> Nov 11 19:36:11 prato kernel: ata1: EH complete >> Nov 11 19:36:11 prato smartd[16384]: Device: /dev/sda, could not >> enable SMART Attribute Autosave. >> Nov 11 19:36:11 prato kernel: SCSI device sda: 488397168 512-byte >> hdwr sectors (250059 MB) >> Nov 11 19:36:11 prato kernel: sda: Write Protect is off >> Nov 11 19:36:11 prato kernel: sda: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 >> Nov 11 19:36:11 prato kernel: SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back >> Nov 11 19:36:11 prato kernel: SCSI device sda: 488397168 512-byte >> hdwr sectors (250059 MB) >> Nov 11 19:36:11 prato kernel: ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 >> SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen >> Nov 11 19:36:11 prato kernel: ata1.00: tag 0 cmd 0xb0 Emask 0x2 stat >> 0x50 err 0x0 (HSM violation) >> Nov 11 19:36:11 prato kernel: ata1: soft resetting port >> Nov 11 19:36:12 prato kernel: ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus >> 113 SControl 300) >> Nov 11 19:36:12 prato kernel: ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133 >> Nov 11 19:36:12 prato kernel: ata1: EH complete >> Nov 11 19:36:12 prato kernel: ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 >> SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen >> Nov 11 19:36:12 prato kernel: ata1.00: tag 0 cmd 0xb0 Emask 0x2 stat >> 0x50 err 0x0 (HSM violation) >> Nov 11 19:36:12 prato kernel: ata1: soft resetting port >> Nov 11 19:36:12 prato kernel: ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus >> 113 SControl 300) >> Nov 11 19:36:12 prato kernel: ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133 >> Nov 11 19:36:12 prato kernel: ata1: EH complete >> Nov 11 19:36:12 prato kernel: ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 >> SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen >> Nov 11 19:36:12 prato kernel: ata1.00: tag 0 cmd 0xb0 Emask 0x2 stat >> 0x50 err 0x0 (HSM violation) >> Nov 11 19:36:12 prato kernel: ata1: soft resetting port >> Nov 11 19:36:13 prato kernel: ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus >> 113 SControl 300) >> Nov 11 19:36:13 prato kernel: ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133 >> Nov 11 19:36:13 prato kernel: ata1: EH complete >> Nov 11 19:36:13 prato kernel: ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 >> SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen >> Nov 11 19:36:13 prato kernel: ata1.00: tag 0 cmd 0xb0 Emask 0x2 stat >> 0x50 err 0x0 (HSM violation) >> Nov 11 19:36:13 prato kernel: ata1: soft resetting port >> Nov 11 19:36:13 prato kernel: ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus >> 113 SControl 300) >> Nov 11 19:36:13 prato kernel: ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133 >> Nov 11 19:36:13 prato kernel: ata1: EH complete >> Nov 11 19:36:13 prato kernel: ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 >> SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen >> Nov 11 19:36:13 prato kernel: ata1.00: tag 0 cmd 0xb0 Emask 0x2 stat >> 0x50 err 0x0 (HSM violation) >> Nov 11 19:36:14 prato kernel: ata1: soft resetting port >> Nov 11 19:36:14 prato kernel: ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus >> 113 SControl 300) >> Nov 11 19:36:14 prato kernel: ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133 >> Nov 11 19:36:14 prato kernel: ata1: EH complete >> Nov 11 19:36:14 prato kernel: ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 >> SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen >> Nov 11 19:36:14 prato kernel: ata1.00: tag 0 cmd 0xb0 Emask 0x2 stat >> 0x50 err 0x0 (HSM violation) >> Nov 11 19:36:14 prato kernel: ata1: soft resetting port >> Nov 11 19:36:14 prato kernel: ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus >> 113 SControl 300) >> Nov 11 19:36:14 prato kernel: ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133 >> Nov 11 19:36:14 prato kernel: ata1: EH complete >> Nov 11 19:36:14 prato smartd[16384]: Device: /dev/sda, enable SMART >> Automatic Offline Testing failed. >> Nov 11 19:36:14 prato smartd[16384]: Device: /dev/sda, is SMART >> capable. Adding to "monitor" list. >> Nov 11 19:36:14 prato smartd[16384]: Monitoring 1 ATA and 0 SCSI devices >> Nov 11 19:36:14 prato kernel: sda: Write Protect is off >> Nov 11 19:36:14 prato kernel: sda: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 >> Nov 11 19:36:14 prato kernel: SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back >> Nov 11 19:36:14 prato kernel: SCSI device sda: 488397168 512-byte >> hdwr sectors (250059 MB) >> Nov 11 19:36:14 prato kernel: sda: Write Protect is off >> Nov 11 19:36:14 prato kernel: sda: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 >> Nov 11 19:36:14 prato kernel: SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back >> Nov 11 19:36:14 prato smartd[16386]: smartd has fork()ed into >> background mode. New PID=16386. >> Nov 11 19:36:14 prato smartd[16386]: file /var/run/smartd.pid written >> containing PID 16386 >> >> >> -- Package-specific info: >> Ouput of /usr/share/bug/smartmontools: >> # CONFIG_IDE_TASK_IOCTL is not set >> >> -- System Information: >> Debian Release: 4.0 >> APT prefers unstable >> APT policy: (500, 'unstable') >> Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) >> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash >> Kernel: Linux 2.6.18 >> Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1) >> >> Versions of packages smartmontools depends on: >> ii debianutils 2.17.3 Miscellaneous utilities >> specific t >> ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-8 GNU C Library: Shared >> libraries >> ii libgcc1 1:4.1.1-19 GCC support library >> ii libstdc++6 4.1.1-19 The GNU Standard C++ >> Library v3 >> ii lsb-base 3.1-19 Linux Standard Base 3.1 >> init scrip >> >> Versions of packages smartmontools recommends: >> ii mailx 1:8.1.2-0.20050715cvs-1 A simple mail user agent >> >> -- no debconf information >> >> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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