[smartmontools-support] smartctl-timeouts_v1.0 scripts (scterc timeout fix)

[Chris <ema...@ar...>]

Hi there,

here are some "smartctl-timeouts" scripts that fix commonly
mismatching defaults with drives that have no error recovery timeout
configured, which has often lead to data loss. (See the README for
further information.)

The scripts are the result of discussions on the linux-raid
mailinglist, but it may be best to ship the scripts with smartctl
already (possibly together with a default "non-redundant-disk" udev rule
to ensure proper default timeouts), and let redundancy controlling
packages like mdadm, lvm, btrfs etc. ship their own udev rules to call
the scripts appropriately.

Please respond whether you'd like to ship the scripts together with
smartctl.

Cheers,
Chris

In case the .zip file does not get through the mailinglist, it is
available in this listarchive:
http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.raid/48193