There was a kernel patch which broke smart over sata. A stock
2.6.20/2.6.21 kernel seems to be fine. Perhaps something was backported
from 2.6.22 on ubuntu where the problem is also in the stock
(kernel.org) kernel.

Some references

Debian bug http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=428975
KLML 
http://groups.google.com/group/fa.linux.kernel/browse_frm/thread/be4ed50364851176

Fix/Patch

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ide/20799/raw

** Changed in: linux-source-2.6.20 (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => Confirmed

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smartmontools/smartctl does not work on SATA drives on Linux Kernel 2.6.20-15.27
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