hi,

before using send-pr i'd like to make sure that this doesn't happen only 
to me...

as soon as i try to get insight into what S.M.A.R.T. logs on an ATA HD i 
get kicked by atactl(8):

yak3: {141} atactl wd0 identify
Model: WDC WD400EB-00CPF0, Rev: 06.04G06, Serial #: WD-WCAAT4307646
Device type: ATA, fixed
Device capabilities:
         DMA
         LBA
         ATA standby timer values
         IORDY operation
         IORDY disabling
Device supports following standards:
ATA-1 ATA-2 ATA-3 ATA-4 ATA-5
Command set support:
         READ BUFFER command
         WRITE BUFFER command
         Host Protected Area feature set
         look-ahead
         write cache
         Power Management feature set
         Security Mode feature set
         SMART feature set
         Device Configuration Overlay feature set
         Automatic Acoustic Management feature set
         SET MAX security extension
         DOWNLOAD MICROCODE command
Command sets/features enabled:
         look-ahead
         write cache
         SMART feature set
yak3: {142} atactl wd0 smart
usage: atactl device command [arg [...]]
    Available device commands:
         identify
         setidle idle-timer
         setstandby standby-timer
         idle
         standby
         sleep
         checkpower
         smart enable|disable|status|selftest-log
yak3: {143} atactl wd0 smart status
SMART supported, SMART enabled
ATA device returned Aborted Command
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

yak3: {144}

surprisingly, i tried on a more recent HD, a 160GByte Seagate [1], and 
got the same behaviour.

trying this on the same HD on an i386 runs well.

this is NetBSD3-BETA built a few days ago (Thu Oct  6 10:24:42 CEST 2005).

timo

[1] -- dmesg output:

wd0 at atabus0 drive 0: <ST3160023A>
wd0: drive supports 16-sector PIO transfers, LBA48 addressing
wd0: 149 GB, 310101 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 312581808 sectors
wd0: 32-bit data port
wd0: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 5 (Ultra/100)
wd0(cmdide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 5 (Ultra/100) (using 
DMA data transfers)