Yes, the support for SCSI_IOCTL_SEND_COMMAND ioctl's to /dev/sda,b, etc. has been removed from the most recent 3w-xxxx driver in the 2.6 kernel tree. This interface was deprecated by the kernel maintainers.
-Adam > -----Original Message----- > From: Bruce Allen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 5:25 AM > To: Guido Guenther; Adam Radford; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: Ralf Heiringhoff > Subject: Re: Bug#283747: martmontools: program smartd is using a > deprecated SCSI ioctl, please convert it to SG_IO > > > My uderstanding from Adam Radford (author of the 3w-xxxx and 3w-9xxx > drivers for 3ware/AMCC cards) is that at some point he would eliminate > ATA passthru support from the /dev/sd* devices. This may be why the > character device interface still works but the /dev/sd* interface does > not. > > Adam, care to comment? > > Bruce > > On Mon, 4 Apr 2005, Guido Guenther wrote: > > > Hi Ralf, > > On Sat, Apr 02, 2005 at 03:08:39AM +0200, Ralf Heiringhoff wrote: > > > Package: smartmontools > > > Version: 5.33-1 > > > Followup-For: Bug #283747 > > > -----cut---- > > > > > > Well I own a 3ware 7810-8 and querying /dev/sdb totally > seemed to stop > > > working for me, while /dev/twe0 works. > > > > > > -----cut---- > > Stopped working since when exactly? Upgrading to .33? Could > you try a > > vanilla kernel please? This might be related to 292893. > > Cheers, > > -- Guido > > > > > -- Package-specific info: > > > Ouput of /usr/share/bug/smartmontools: > > > # CONFIG_IDE_TASK_IOCTL is not set > > > > > > -- System Information: > > > Debian Release: 3.1 > > > APT prefers testing > > > APT policy: (500, 'testing') > > > Architecture: i386 (i686) > > > Kernel: Linux 2.6.10-1-686-smp > > > Locale: LANG=C, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=UTF-8) > > > > > > Versions of packages smartmontools depends on: > > > ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-20 GNU C > Library: Shared libraries an > > > > > > -- no debconf information > > > >
