[smartmontools-support] --scan-open limited to /dev/sdcz

[Christian Franke]

Eric Altendorf wrote:
> I have valid drives that smartctl can access and report on beyond 
> /dev/sdcz, but they do not show up with `smartctl --scan-open`.
>
> This scan pattern looks possibly outdated:
>
>     get_dev_list(devlist, "/dev/sd[a-c][a-z]", true, p_dev_sdxy_seen, 
> false, type_scsi_sat, autodetect);
>
> https://github.com/smartmontools/smartmontools/blob/89e11937812e6469e086ea2465a17ce62a0622a1/smartmontools/os_linux.cpp#L3066
>
> I am not sure just how far Linux goes now (/dev/sdzzzz ?) but I know 
> it goes beyond /dev/sdcz. :)
>

If possible, please test r5314 or later, including 'smartctl -d by-id 
--scan'.

See https://builds.smartmontools.org/ for source tarballs and Linux 
binaries.

Thanks,
Christian