Jeff
Thu Feb 09 19:58:31 CST 2006
Couldn't find the source, but you can download the source from
http://www.diefer.de/software/i8kfangui220-source.zip . It turns out
they're using the SMART_RCV_DRV_DATA DeviceIoControl and not the SMI bus.
"Andrea" <beppegenco@nospammail.nospammail> wrote in message
news:80BFD9AF-D426-4454-9265-854A8EFB57A4@microsoft.com...
> Hi Jeff,
> my Google canno find i8kfanctrl or similar app. I checked @ sourceforge
> and got Disk Communicator project that is pretty nice. I'll study it seems
> to
> fit my needs.
> Thanks a lot. In the meanwhile I will appreciate if you can send me the
> i8kfanctrl code at a.denardis@qtxcth_isacsrl.it (remove qtxcth_). Thanks a
> lot.
> Regards,
> Andrea
>
> "Jeff Henkels" wrote:
>
>> Most such programs I've seen use a generic I/O port driver such as portio
>> or
>> giveio to issue the SMART commands, IIRC over the SMI bus. It's been a
>> few
>> years since I looked at this stuff, but ISTR a public-domain program
>> named
>> i8kfanctrl (for controlling cooling fans on Dell Inspirons) that got hard
>> drive temperatures that way. A quick Google search might turn it up; I
>> may
>> have the source for it at home, since I used that program on an Inspiron
>> I
>> used to own.
>>
>>
>> "Andrea" <beppegenco@nospammail.nospammail> wrote in message
>> news:3E0926B5-2044-49B8-A48C-FE10F62D58D8@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi all,
>> > you should probably know S.M.A.R.T. hard disk prediction failure
>> > capability exposed to IDE and SCSI HD drivers.
>> > My application needs to access these information. I downloaded some
>> > demo
>> > applications and they are able to access these infos w/out installing
>> > any
>> > hd
>> > filter drivers, so it should be easy to retrieve such information in
>> > USER
>> > environment, but I did not find any documentation about it.
>> > Could you please help me?
>> > Regards,
>> > Andrea
>>
>>
>>