Output of command is "? ?"

[Cakeday]

cakedayy@potato:~/utils/hddtemp$ sudo ./hddtemp-lt 
/dev/sda:  ?  ?

cakedayy@potato:~/utils/hddtemp$ which smartctl
/usr/sbin/smartctl

cakedayy@potato:~/utils/hddtemp$ sudo smartctl -a /dev/sda
smartctl 7.2 2020-12-30 r5155 [aarch64-linux-6.1.89-15498-gf9afb0b2911b] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-20, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

/dev/sda: Unknown USB bridge [0x7825:0xa2a4 (0x4101)]
Please specify device type with the -d option.

Use smartctl -h to get a usage summary

# After specifying -d sat...
cakedayy@potato:~/utils/hddtemp$ sudo smartctl -a -d sat /dev/sda | grep Temperature
194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0022   120   112   000    Old_age   Always       -       27

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Since 0.2.5 you can use the new --hint option to overcome this problem. Check the README for the details.