hddtemp is broken on sata drives for 2.6.20 kernel

[Alex Murray]

Binary package hint: hddtemp

See bug report in sensors-applet for symptoms
Requires this patch from Debian (see existing debian bug report for actual error):

--- hddtemp-0.3-beta15.orig/src/satacmds.c
+++ hddtemp-0.3-beta15/src/satacmds.c
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@

   ret = scsi_SG_IO(device, cdb, sizeof(cdb), buffer, cmd[3] * 512, sense, sizeof(sense), dxfer_direction);

- /* Verify SATA magics */
- if (sense[0] != 0x72 || sense[7] != 0x0e || sense[9] != 0x0e || sense[10] != 0x00)
+ /* Verify SATA magic */
+ if (sense[0] != 0x72)
     return 1;
   else
     return ret;

Perhaps we should just sync to latest version?

[Alex Murray (alexmurray)]

Debian bug report concerning same issue:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=404310

Note the patch provided in the debian bug report is too strict, so we should just use the one from the debian package, as listed above

This bug is causing bug #94558 reported in sensors-applet.

[William Grant (wgrant)]

Fixed in unstable's 0.3-beta15-34. Gutsy will get this when the autosync is turned on, so no action is necessary.

[William Grant (wgrant)]

Fixed in Gutsy.