Re: [smartmontools-support] Get full list of current pending sectors

[Christian F. <Chr...@t-...>]

Ozy de Jong wrote:
> 
> I'd like to know if smartmontools can give the full LBA address list
> of all current pending sectors, instead of just showing the first
> encountered one in self test log.
> 

For ATA/SATA drives this is not yet possible. The current standards do
not specify any command to retrieve a pending sector list.

The actually is a T13 draft about the addition of a "Pending defects
log" to ATA ACS-4, but even its log address is still "TBD".

Thanks,
Christian