From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266004AbUHFPPq (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Aug 2004 11:15:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265978AbUHFPPp (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Aug 2004 11:15:45 -0400 Received: from hibernia.jakma.org ([212.17.55.49]:22941 "EHLO hibernia.jakma.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265784AbUHFPPc (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Aug 2004 11:15:32 -0400 Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2004 16:15:23 +0100 (IST) From: Paul Jakma X-X-Sender: paul@fogarty.jakma.org To: Mark Lord cc: Alan Cox , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: libata: dma, io error messages In-Reply-To: <41139CE0.1040106@rtr.ca> Message-ID: References: <1091795565.16307.14.camel@localhost.localdomain> <41138C67.7040306@rtr.ca> <41139CE0.1040106@rtr.ca> X-NSA: arafat al aqsar jihad musharef jet-A1 avgas ammonium qran inshallah allah al-akbar martyr iraq saddam hammas hisballah rabin ayatollah korea vietnam revolt mustard gas british airways washington MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 6 Aug 2004, Mark Lord wrote: > The smartmontools can answer that question far more reliably > than anyone here can. IIRC, libata doesnt yet implement the raw IDE access (taskfile or somesuch?) needed to allow smartctl to work: # smartctl -a /dev/sda smartctl version 5.21 Copyright (C) 2002-3 Bruce Allen Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ Device: Version: Serial number: WD-WMAES2172674 Device type: disk Local Time is: Fri Aug 6 16:14:29 2004 IST Device does not support SMART Device does not support Error Counter logging Device does not support Self Test logging :( > Cheers regards, -- Paul Jakma paul@clubi.ie paul@jakma.org Key ID: 64A2FF6A Fortune: The control of the production of wealth is the control of human life itself. -- Hilaire Belloc