Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262259AbVDOX1w (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Apr 2005 19:27:52 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262262AbVDOX1w (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Apr 2005 19:27:52 -0400 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:3235 "EHLO ciao.gmane.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262259AbVDOX1n (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Apr 2005 19:27:43 -0400 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: =?iso-8859-1?q?M=E5ns_Rullg=E5rd?= Subject: Re: [SATA] status reports updated Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 01:27:24 +0200 Message-ID: References: <42600375.9080108@pobox.com> <42600E12.8020304@interia.pl> <42601474.5010008@tomt.net> <426017DC.1080801@interia.pl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 76.80-203-227.nextgentel.com User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) XEmacs/21.4 (Security Through Obscurity, linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:Qbq3w36fC8Co/h6t7lhq1ePjP68= Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1133 Lines: 27 Tomasz Chmielewski writes: > Andre Tomt wrote: >> Tomasz Chmielewski wrote: >> < >> >>> [1] although my drive is blacklisted (Seagate barracuda - >>> ST3200822AS), I "unblacklisted" it to get full performance - it's >>> under heavy stress for 12th hour, and still no error. >> It could be that your drive has newer firmware. Too bad firmware >> upgrades for HD's are hard to come by nowadays. > > Is there a way to check what firmware a drive has (either by using > some software - which would be the best option, or by reading a label > on a drive)? Seagate drives have the firmware version printed on the label. The version is also visible in "dmesg" output: Vendor: ATA Model: ST3160827AS Rev: 3.03 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 05 The "Rev" number is the firmware version. -- M?ns Rullg?rd mru@inprovide.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/