Timo Schoeler <timo.schoeler@riscworks.net> writes:

> before using send-pr i'd like to make sure that this doesn't happen
> only to me...
> 
> as soon as i try to get insight into what S.M.A.R.T. logs on an ATA HD
> i get kicked by atactl(8):
> 
> yak3: {141} atactl wd0 identify
> Model: WDC WD400EB-00CPF0, Rev: 06.04G06, Serial #: WD-WCAAT4307646
> Device type: ATA, fixed
> Device capabilities:
>          DMA
>          LBA
>          ATA standby timer values
>          IORDY operation
>          IORDY disabling
> Device supports following standards:
> ATA-1 ATA-2 ATA-3 ATA-4 ATA-5
> Command set support:
>          READ BUFFER command
>          WRITE BUFFER command
>          Host Protected Area feature set
>          look-ahead
>          write cache
>          Power Management feature set
>          Security Mode feature set
>          SMART feature set
>          Device Configuration Overlay feature set
>          Automatic Acoustic Management feature set
>          SET MAX security extension
>          DOWNLOAD MICROCODE command
> Command sets/features enabled:
>          look-ahead
>          write cache
>          SMART feature set

You're using an old atactl(8) binary, or one built from old
sources. The current version (as of rev 1.33, 2004-10-08, and present
on the netbsd-3 branch) has the enabled/disabled status combined in
the output:

Command set support:
        NOP command (enabled)
        READ BUFFER command (enabled)
        WRITE BUFFER command (enabled)
        Host Protected Area feature set (enabled)
        look-ahead (enabled)
        write cache (enabled)
        Power Management feature set (enabled)
        Security Mode feature set (disabled)
        SMART feature set (enabled)
        DOWNLOAD MICROCODE command (enabled)

but more importantly, has this fix:

  revision 1.35
  date: 2004/11/17 15:40:50;  author: fvdl;  state: Exp;  lines: +14 -14
  * don't swap the WDSMART_CYL value, it isn't needed
  * swap the 16- and 32 bit fields of the SMART structures (where used)
  
  Makes SMART commands work on big-endian systems.


With that fix, atactl(8) reads SMART info successfully on my G4 (and
I've used it on a powerbook and my ibook as well):

id value thresh crit collect reliability description                    raw
  1 100   60     yes online  positive    Raw read error rate            0
  2 138   50     yes offline positive    Throughput performance         3745
  3 136   24     yes online  positive    Spin-up time                   38685573608
  4 100    0     no  online  positive    Start/stop count               2241
  5 100    5     yes online  positive    Reallocated sector count       0
  7 100   67     yes online  positive    Seek error rate                0
  8 105   20     yes offline positive    Seek time performance          57
  9  94    0     no  online  positive    Power-on hours count           47197
 10 100   60     yes online  positive    Spin retry count               0
 12 100    0     no  online  positive    Device power cycle count       163
196 100    0     no  online  positive    Reallocated event count        0
197 100    0     no  online  positive    Current pending sector         0
198 100    0     no  offline positive    Offline uncorrectable          0
199 200    0     no  online  positive    Ultra DMA CRC error count      0


        - Nathan