I've also returned the 2nd N150 mini PC.
The #Topton M5 2M is quite a competent little box - 2x Gen3x2 M.2 2280 & 2x i226 2.5 GbE NICs! 🤩👍
Imma not run this box in parallel to my existing NAS. I'd have to get a USB 2-bay for my spinning ZFS mirror, to replace it. We all know what a hassle it can be, to pull SMART reports out of those #Jmicron buggers!
+10 Watts, ain't worth the separation of server roles - not in my 1-user LAN, not in THIS economy! 🤣
Been testing a bunch of external nvme cases lately...
Turned out none of 'em enables TRIM under Linux by itself but they are all perfectly capable to do so.
So here's the quick rules for what I got
Multi Purr Puss 
VoidZeroOne 
# TRIM and start/stop support for external NVME to USB drives
sudo -s
cat <<EOF > /etc/udev/rules.d/42-jmicron-JMS583-storage.rules
#JMicron JMS583
ACTION=="add|change", SUBSYSTEM=="scsi_disk", ATTRS{idVendor}=="152d", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0583", ATTR{provisioning_mode}="unmap", ATTR{manage_start_stop}="1"
EOF
cat <<EOF > /etc/udev/rules.d/42-realtek-RTL9210B-CG-storage.rules
# Realtek RTL9210B-CG
ACTION=="add|change", SUBSYSTEM=="scsi_disk", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0bda", ATTRS{idProduct}=="9210", ATTR{provisioning_mode}:="unmap", ATTR{manage_start_stop}="1"
EOF
cat <<EOF > /etc/udev/rules.d/42-asmedia-ASM2362-storage.rules
# ASmedia ASM2362
ACTION=="add|change", SUBSYSTEM=="scsi_disk", ATTRS{idVendor}=="174c", ATTRS{idProduct}=="2362", ATTR{provisioning_mode}:="unmap", ATTR{manage_start_stop}="1"
EOF
oh wow... dk how sustainable this 'workaround' is, but from my sniffing around for the culprit, one of the suggested cause points out to something called uas that the drives are using (via the USB-SATA cables).
These #JMicron tings are what's used by my drives on the Pi:
MikaBus 002 Device 002: ID 152d:0583 JMicron Technology Corp. / JMicron USA Technology Corp. JMS583Gen 2 to PCIe Gen3x2 Bridge
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 152d:0583 JMicron Technology Corp. / JMicron USA Technology Corp. JMS583Gen 2 to PCIe Gen3x2 Bridge
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 152d:0583 JMicron Technology Corp. / JMicron USA Technology Corp. JMS583Gen 2 to PCIe Gen3x2 Bridgeuas drivers:$ sudo dmesg | grep -i uas
[ 0.899109] usbcore: registered new interface driver uas
[ 1.430272] scsi host0: uas
[ 2.488903] scsi host2: uas
[ 2.741227] scsi host3: uas/boot/firmware/cmdline.txt:usb-storage.quirks=xxxx:yyyy:uxxxx:yyyy being the actual ID reported for those USB bridge used by the drives (in my case, those JMicrons).uas, they're using usb-storage, and the USB crash no longer occurs when using #OMV (scanning disks).mikahomelab@pi-0:~ $ sudo dmesg | grep -i uas
[ 0.918739] usbcore: registered new interface driver uas
[ 1.439226] usb 2-1: UAS is ignored for this device, using usb-storage instead
[ 1.439267] usb 2-1: UAS is ignored for this device, using usb-storage instead
[ 2.510028] usb 1-1.1.1: UAS is ignored for this device, using usb-storage instead
[ 2.510066] usb 1-1.1.1: UAS is ignored for this device, using usb-storage instead
[ 2.766095] usb 1-1.1.4: UAS is ignored for this device, using usb-storage instead
[ 2.766132] usb 1-1.1.4: UAS is ignored for this device, using usb-storage insteaduas/usb-storage on the #RaspberryPi) https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=245931I've never been fond of #JMicron #USB bridges! #SATA or #NVMe! (#ASMedia ain't much better?)
It's just a pain in the rear to pull #SMART reports off the drive!
NO, i friggen DO NOT WANT TO fumble around with "-d", and quirks, and shiz!
Tools on friggen #Windows (#CrystalDiskInfo) CAN DO it, so SHOULD smartmontools on #Linux, automatically!
(back in the 480mbps USB 2.0 days - things were BETTER - current #Linux code hasn't caught up)
…or is it #Firmware?
🧵 2/2
This puppy, a "filthy" #JMicron bridge (wich doesn't support readily available SMART reports - afaik), is my new #Ventoy / #Medicat storage!
I just dd-cloned my 128G USB stick, moved and resized the boot&storage partition, with #Gparted.
It semi-failed! I had to plug it into a Windows 10(pro) machine, let Windows complain & "repair" the NTFS partition.
All fine, biz as usual, since! 😅 👍
New blog post, in which I am bewildered by the fact that two otherwise working Ethernet devices can refuse to communicate: https://blog.tty8.org/posts/2025-02-19-jmicron-jmc250-gigabit-ethernet-card-doesnt-work-with-mikrotik-hex-rb750gr3.html
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