Re: Ged USB VID/PID from the scsi device name

To: Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>
Subject: Re: Ged USB VID/PID from the scsi device name
From: "Samorukov,Alexey" <samm%os2.kiev.ua@localhost>
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2017 07:19:05 +0100


> On 28 Nov 2017, at 08:42, Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost> wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 05:56:11PM +0100, Samorukov,Alexey wrote:
>> Smartmontools maintains database with usb vid/pid + fw version to
>> find the best match. 
> 
> But for what?
> 
> The SMART values supervised by smartmontools should not depend on any of
> this.
> 
> Is it completely cosmetic?

Of course not. Devices under ATA->USB bridges are _not_ real scsi. So to get smart you have to use tunneling protocol, which is different for different chipsets.

References:
- Ged USB VID/PID from the scsi device name
  - From: Samorukov,Alexey
- Re: Ged USB VID/PID from the scsi device name
  - From: Michael van Elst
- Re: Ged USB VID/PID from the scsi device name
  - From: Samorukov,Alexey
- Re: Ged USB VID/PID from the scsi device name
  - From: Martin Husemann

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