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Hi,

As I have seen some broken USB-Harddisks now, I would like to submit a WISH:

smartd, when started with options for devicescan and being told, they could be removable, and seeing that smart-notifier connects to smartd via dbus: couldn't smartd check usb-disks when they're connected after starting smartd? (using udisks dbus interface or somesuch) And if it does so already, please document it (then I woulnd't have asked).

Thank you VERY much for great work, which repeatedly saved me from data-loss.

mo

$ smartctl -d ata -d sat -d scsi -d nvme --scan
# scan_smart_devices: glob(3) aborted matching pattern /dev/discs/disc*

$ smartctl -d ata --scan
# scan_smart_devices: glob(3) aborted matching pattern /dev/discs/disc*

$ smartctl --scan
/dev/sda -d scsi # /dev/sda, SCSI device

$ smartctl -d scsi -d ata --scan
# scan_smart_devices: glob(3) aborted matching pattern /dev/discs/disc*

For this reason, the recommendation at: https://www.smartmontools.org/ticket/657?cversion=0&cnum_hist=8#comment:22 to use

DEVICESCAN -d ata -d scsi -d sat -d nvme -a

can also never work. There appears to be no way to DEVICESCAN for mixed devices including nvme unless support is explicitly compiled in.

smartd DEVICESCAN should also include USB devices. This requires speedup of USB ID detection (ticket #115) first.