[hddtemp-dev] garbled model string

[amiga600dev]

Hi All,

I have a ExcelStor J680 for some weird reason hddtemp
does not recognise this hdd right.

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cpc ~ # hddtemp /dev/sda
WARNING: Drive /dev/sda doesn't appear in the database of supported drives
WARNING: But using a common value, it reports something.
WARNING: Note that the temperature shown could be wrong.
WARNING: See --help, --debug and --drivebase options.
WARNING: And don't forget you can add your drive to hddtemp.db
/dev/sda: ExcelStor Technology J68 0              �:  41 C or  F
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So I altered the hddtemp.db 
-"ExcelStor Technology J680" 194 C "ExcelStor Technology J680 (80 GB)"
+"ExcelStor Technology J68 0" 194 C "ExcelStor Technology J680 (80 GB)"

Now it works but programs like gnomes sensors-applet don't like the garbled
model string.

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cpc ~ # hddtemp /dev/sda | hexdump -Cv 
00000000  2f 64 65 76 2f 73 64 61  3a 20 45 78 63 65 6c 53  |/dev/sda: ExcelS|
00000010  74 6f 72 20 54 65 63 68  6e 6f 6c 6f 67 79 20 4a  |tor Technology J|
00000020  36 38 20 30 20 20 20 20  20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20  |68 0            |
00000030  20 20 10 80 3a 20 34 32  20 43 0a                 |  ..: 42 C.|
0000003b
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I'm not sure if this string is read from the drives firmware. Smartctl
reports the correct model description.

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cpc ~ # smartctl -i /dev/sda
smartctl version 5.38 [i686-pc-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-8 Bruce Allen
Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model:     ExcelStor Technology J680
Serial Number:    VNR21EG20CKFCA
Firmware Version: V32OA60A
User Capacity:    82,348,277,760 bytes
Device is:        In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is:   6
ATA Standard is:  ATA/ATAPI-6 T13 1410D revision 3a
Local Time is:    Mon Aug  3 11:53:21 2009 CEST
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled
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any help appreciated

Greetings

Erik Hoppe