Re: [smartmontools-support]Samsung

[Bruce A. <ba...@gr...>]

Hans-Peter,

Please check the current CVS version.  You should be able to use

smartctl -F $t -d 3ware,0 -a /dev/sda > smart.sda.$t

with that, and get different results for all three choices.

Bruce

On Thu, 4 Mar 2004, Hans-Peter Jansen wrote:

> On Thursday 04 March 2004 13:39, Bruce Allen wrote:
> > > On Thursday 04 March 2004 02:56, Bruce Allen wrote:
> > > > > -F samsung doesn't make a difference to -F samsung2, both
> > > > > differ in one parameter to -F none:
> > > >
> > > > They should make a difference in the self-test log.  Please
> > > > check.
> > >
> > > Hmm, here's, what I did:
> > > # for t in none samsung samsung2; do
> > >
> > > >  smartctl -F $t -d 3ware,0 -a /dev/sda > smart.sda.$t
> > > > done
> > >
> > > # diff smart.sda.samsung smart.sda.samsung2
> > > # echo $?
> > > 0
> >
> > Hans-Peter, sadly this is a bug.  Turns out it has been there for a
> > long time, too.
> 
> No problem, I'm a happy bug hitter, as long as it doesn't destroy
> my data ;-)
> 
> > I've just coded up a fix, but I want to absolutely confirm the
> > problem. Could you please try the same thing but with:
> >
> > smartctl -P ignore -v 9,halfminutes -F $t -d 3ware,0 -a /dev/sda > 
> > smart.sda.$t
> 
> Done, now they differ:
> --- smart.sda.samsung   2004-03-04 15:13:59.000000000 +0100
> +++ smart.sda.samsung2  2004-03-04 15:14:00.000000000 +0100
> @@ -68,8 +68,6 @@
>  201 Soft_Read_Error_Rate    0x000b   100   100   051    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
>  
>  SMART Error Log Version: 1
> -Warning: ATA error count 1 inconsistent with error log pointer 5
> -
>  ATA Error Count: 1
>         CR = Command Register [HEX]
>         FR = Features Register [HEX]
> @@ -95,13 +93,19 @@
>    Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
>    CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC   Timestamp  Command/Feature_Name
>    -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --   ---------  --------------------
> -  b1 c0 00 01 00 00 a0 00  337379.328  DEVICE CONFIGURATION RESTORE
> -  80 00 01 01 00 00 a0 00  337379.328  [VENDOR SPECIFIC]
> -  ec 00 03 01 00 00 a0 00  337379.328  IDENTIFY DEVICE
> -  91 00 3f 01 00 00 af 00  337379.328  INITIALIZE DEVICE PARAMETERS [OBS-6]
> -  10 00 00 01 00 00 a0 00  337379.328  RECALIBRATE [OBS-4]
> +  b1 c0 00 01 00 00 a0 00       7.188  DEVICE CONFIGURATION RESTORE
> +  80 00 01 01 00 00 a0 00       7.188  [VENDOR SPECIFIC]
> +  ec 00 03 01 00 00 a0 00       7.188  IDENTIFY DEVICE
> +  91 00 3f 01 00 00 af 00       7.188  INITIALIZE DEVICE PARAMETERS [OBS-6]
> +  10 00 00 01 00 00 a0 00       7.188  RECALIBRATE [OBS-4]
>  
>  SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
> -No self-tests have been logged.  [To run self-tests, use: smartctl -t]
> -
> +Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining  LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error
> +# 1  Short offline       Completed without error       00%       446         -
> +# 2  Short offline       Completed without error       00%       244         -
> +# 3  Short offline       Completed without error       00%       221         -
> +# 4  Extended offline    Completed without error       00%       202         -
> +# 5  Short offline       Completed without error       00%       199         -
> +# 6  Short offline       Completed without error       00%       177         -
> +# 7  Short offline       Completed without error       00%       154         -
> 
>  
> --- smart.sda.none      2004-03-04 15:13:59.000000000 +0100
> +++ smart.sda.samsung2  2004-03-04 15:14:00.000000000 +0100
> @@ -68,9 +68,7 @@
>  201 Soft_Read_Error_Rate    0x000b   100   100   051    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
>  
>  SMART Error Log Version: 1
> -Warning: ATA error count 256 inconsistent with error log pointer 5
> -
> -ATA Error Count: 256 (device log contains only the most recent five errors)
> +ATA Error Count: 1
>         CR = Command Register [HEX]
>         FR = Features Register [HEX]
>         SC = Sector Count Register [HEX]
> @@ -84,7 +82,7 @@
>  Timestamp = decimal seconds since the previous disk power-on.
>  Note: timestamp "wraps" after 2^32 msec = 49.710 days.
>  
> -Error 256 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 0 hours
> +Error 1 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 0 hours
>    When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.
>  
>    After command completion occurred, registers were:
> 
> 
> Funny is, with -F samsung, the smart error log is missing, while
> -F none seem to only get the error count wrong..
> 
> > The problem is that if a '-F' option is preset (as it is for your
> > drive), then giving a different '-F' option on the command line
> > does not over-ride it UNLESS -P ignore is specified.  Fortunately
> > this is easy to fix.
> >
> > Hans-Peter, if you can confirm the problem I'm going to send you a
> > tarball to try with your original test, OK?
> 
> I've no problem with CVS, just tell me the branch, if it's not HEAD,
> when you're ready, or just send me a unified diff ;-)
> 
> > (Note to Phil only: I've already coded a fix.  If Hans confirms the
> > problem like to you check my fix after it's in CVS).
> >
> > Cheers,
> > 	Bruce
> 
> Till then,
> Pete
> 
> 
> 
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