On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 11:02:42AM +0200, John Hay wrote: > On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 09:39:24AM +0200, John Hay wrote: > > Hi Guys, > > > > I have upgraded my desktop from 8.2-stable to 9.0-RC1 (from source), using > > a GENERIC kernel. I have installed the smartmontools-5.41_3 package from > > a mirror and found that smartmontools does not like the ada devices anymore. > > Previously (8.2) I had a GENERIC kernel, with ahci loaded in loader.conf. > > There an older smartmontools (5.40) worked without a problem on the ada > > devices. > > > > The output of smartctl looks like this: > > > > ############################# > > dolphin# smartctl -a /dev/ada0 > > smartctl 5.41 2011-06-09 r3365 [FreeBSD 9.0-RC1 amd64] (local build) > > Copyright (C) 2002-11 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net > > > > error sending CAMIOCOMMAND ioctl: Inappropriate ioctl for device > > Unable to get CAM device list > > /dev/ada0: Unable to detect device type > > Smartctl: please specify device type with the -d option. > > > > Use smartctl -h to get a usage summary > > > > ############################# > > Just to follow up on myself. :-( I have build smartmontools from ports and > even though it is the same version, it works. So for me the package > amd64/packages-9-current/All/smartmontools-5.41_3.tbz did not work, but the > port does.
CAM ABI was changed right before RC1. The issue was mentioned in the Ken' announcement. The packages were obviously built with the old headers.
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