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From: jbradford@dial.pipex.com
To: holger@lubitz.org (Holger Lubitz)
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ide drive dying?
Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2002 17:31:50 +0100 (BST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200209071631.g87GVoCD001390@darkstar.example.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3D7A2133.EB157AC@lubitz.org> from "Holger Lubitz" at Sep 07, 2002 05:54:27 PM

> I wonder if it would be possible for the driver to monitor SMART and
> lighten the load on the drive when things don't seem normal.

I think it would be fun to have SMART monitoring in the driver, but I'm not sure it's worth the bloat.  It *can* be done in userspace, afterall.

> What is normal, anyway?

Not sure what 'normal' is, but the manufacturer defines thresholds, which are to be interpreted as 'drive is failing' if they are exceeded.

> I don't really believe the 310617 power on hours my Maxtor (the old 60
> gig with 4 platters) claims, either.

That's because it's reporting power on time in minutes :-)

John.

  reply	other threads:[~2002-09-07 16:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 63+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-09-06 15:13 ide drive dying? DevilKin
2002-09-06 15:26 ` Mike Dresser
2002-09-06 15:39   ` Alan Cox
2002-09-06 15:42     ` Mike Dresser
2002-09-06 16:14       ` Billy Harvey
2002-09-06 16:41         ` Mike Dresser
2002-09-06 18:00         ` jbradford
2002-09-06 17:58           ` Mike Dresser
2002-09-06 15:44   ` Richard B. Johnson
2002-09-06 16:19     ` Craig Ruff
2002-09-06 17:28   ` Daniel Egger
2002-09-06 15:36 ` jbradford
2002-09-06 15:55   ` DevilKin
2002-09-06 17:22     ` jbradford
2002-09-06 19:22       ` DevilKin
2002-09-07  9:30         ` Anders Fugmann
2002-09-07  9:37           ` Udo A. Steinberg
2002-09-07 15:54           ` Holger Lubitz
2002-09-07 16:31             ` jbradford [this message]
2002-09-07 12:31         ` Daniel Egger
2002-09-07 13:08           ` jbradford
2002-09-07 13:50             ` Daniel Egger
2002-09-07 15:02               ` jbradford
2002-09-07 20:19                 ` Daniel Egger
2002-09-07 20:41                   ` jbradford
2002-09-07 21:41                     ` Alan Cox
2002-09-07 21:41                   ` Alan Cox
2002-09-07 22:00                     ` jbradford
2002-09-07 23:19                       ` David Forrest
2002-09-08 10:56                         ` Henning P. Schmiedehausen
2002-09-08 14:14                           ` jbradford
2002-09-09 21:59                             ` Alan Cox
2002-09-07 22:05                   ` Andre Hedrick
2002-09-07  7:08     ` Andre Hedrick
2002-09-06 15:37 ` mbs
2002-09-06 15:54   ` Alan Cox
2002-09-06 15:38 ` Alan Cox
2002-09-06 17:33   ` Daniel Egger
2002-09-06 20:31     ` Alan Cox
2002-09-06 15:44 ` mbs
2002-09-06 17:46 ` mbs
2002-09-06 20:32   ` Alan Cox
2002-09-07 12:34     ` Daniel Egger
2002-09-07  7:02 ` Andre Hedrick
2002-09-07  7:42   ` jbradford
2002-09-07  7:50     ` Andre Hedrick
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-09-06 20:40 Hell.Surfers
2002-09-06 21:01 ` Alan Cox
2002-09-07  1:02   ` Jason L Tibbitts III
     [not found] <Pine.LNX.4.33.0209062017230.14523-100000@coffee.psychology.mcmaster.ca>
2002-09-07  6:09 ` jbradford
2002-09-08  0:02 Dieter Nützel
2002-09-08 17:42 ` jbradford
2002-09-09  1:31   ` Nuitari
2002-09-08 19:27     ` Ed Sweetman
2002-09-08 20:11       ` jbradford
2002-09-09  2:37         ` Nuitari
2002-09-09 12:26   ` Joachim Breuer
2002-09-09 18:17   ` Thunder from the hill
2002-09-09 18:55     ` Mike Dresser
2002-09-10 12:48   ` Ookhoi
2002-09-10 13:59     ` Mike Dresser
2002-09-10 14:56       ` jbradford
2002-09-10 15:21         ` Mike Dresser
2002-09-10 15:29           ` Larry McVoy
2002-09-10 20:21     ` Andre Hedrick

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