[Future Req./Bug] using smartctl in SMSC Buffalo USB Ext-HDD doesn't work

[Chromaryu]

Read title.

Linux detects as Bus 002 Device 006: ID 0411:002a BUFFALO INC. (formerly MelCo., Inc.) SMSC USB97C202 "HD-HB300V2-EU"

But smartctl doesn't work under this device, Through my Int-HDD works.

Can someone please look into it?

[Christian Franke]

Please try: smartctl -d sat ...

If this works, we could add this USB ID to drive database.

See the USB Wiki page for further info.

[Chromaryu]

Because -d sat doesn't work, I am writing here.

[Christian Franke]

If neither -d sat nor any other USB specific -d option works, the USB bridge of this device may not support any ATA pass-through SCSI command (or another one we don't know about).

There were also reports about similar problems if the Linux UAS (USB Attached SCSI) driver is loaded.

Please provide the output of smartctl -r ioctl,2 -d sat ... for this device as an attachment to this ticket.

[Chromaryu]

smartctl 6.5 2016-05-07 r4318 [x86_64-linux-4.8.7-2-ck] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-16, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

REPORT-IOCTL: Device=/dev/sdb Command=IDENTIFY DEVICE

Input: FR=...., SC=0x01, LL=...., LM=...., LH=...., DEV=...., CMD=0xec IN
[ata pass-through(16): 85 08 0e 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ec 00 ]

scsi_status=0x2, host_status=0x0, driver_status=0x8
info=0x1 duration=0 milliseconds resid=512
Incoming data trimmed to nothing by resid

Sense buffer, len=18:

00 70 00 05 00 00 00 00 0a 00 00 00 00 26 00 00 00
10 00 00

status=2: sense_key=5 asc=26 ascq=0

sat_device::ata_pass_through: scsi error: badly formed scsi parameters

[Duration: 0.003s]

REPORT-IOCTL: Device=/dev/sdb Command=IDENTIFY DEVICE returned -1 errno=5 [scsi error badly formed scsi parameters]

[IDENTIFY DEVICE] DATA START (BASE-16)

000-015: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
016-031: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
032-047: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
048-063: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
064-079: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
080-095: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
096-111: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
112-127: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
128-143: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
144-159: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
160-175: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
176-191: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
192-207: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
208-223: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
224-239: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
240-255: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
256-271: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
272-287: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
288-303: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
304-319: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
320-335: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
336-351: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
352-367: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
368-383: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
384-399: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
400-415: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
416-431: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
432-447: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
448-463: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
464-479: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
480-495: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
496-511: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|

[IDENTIFY DEVICE] DATA END (512 Bytes)

REPORT-IOCTL: Device=/dev/sdb Command=IDENTIFY PACKET DEVICE

Input: FR=...., SC=0x01, LL=...., LM=...., LH=...., DEV=...., CMD=0xa1 IN
[ata pass-through(16): 85 08 0e 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 a1 00 ]

scsi_status=0x2, host_status=0x0, driver_status=0x8
info=0x1 duration=10 milliseconds resid=512
Incoming data trimmed to nothing by resid

Sense buffer, len=18:

00 70 00 05 00 00 00 00 0a 00 00 00 00 26 00 00 00
10 00 00

status=2: sense_key=5 asc=26 ascq=0

sat_device::ata_pass_through: scsi error: badly formed scsi parameters

[Duration: 0.002s]

REPORT-IOCTL: Device=/dev/sdb Command=IDENTIFY PACKET DEVICE returned -1 errno=5 [scsi error badly formed scsi parameters]

[IDENTIFY PACKET DEVICE] DATA START (BASE-16)

000-015: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
016-031: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
032-047: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
048-063: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
064-079: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
080-095: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
096-111: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
112-127: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
128-143: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
144-159: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
160-175: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
176-191: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
192-207: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
208-223: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
224-239: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
240-255: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
256-271: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
272-287: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
288-303: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
304-319: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
320-335: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
336-351: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
352-367: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
368-383: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
384-399: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
400-415: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
416-431: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
432-447: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
448-463: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
464-479: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
480-495: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
496-511: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|

[IDENTIFY PACKET DEVICE] DATA END (512 Bytes)

Read Device Identity failed: scsi error badly formed scsi parameters

A mandatory SMART command failed: exiting. To continue, add one or more '-T permissive' options.

[Christian Franke]

For next submissions, PLEASE use attachments (as requested above) for smartctl output.

This device apparently does not support SAT.

If no other -d usb* option works, there is nothing we could do (except adding this USB ID as unsupported to drivedb.h).

[Alex Samorukov]

SAT is not working, no protocol data exists.