On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 08:47:45 +1100
Simon Burge <simonb@NetBSD.org> wrote:

> "Steven M. Bellovin" wrote:
> 
> > Here's the output of 'atactl smart status' on a fairly new laptop.
> > Some of the figures look suspect, such as the hours powered on...
> > Might it be a word size issue?  I'm running -current/amd64.
> > 
> > # atactl wd0 smart status
> > SMART supported, SMART enabled
> > id value thresh crit collect reliability
> > description                    raw [...]
> >   9  99    0     no  online  positive    Power-on hours
> > count           61164629263703 [...]
> 
>    thoreau 1> echo 61164629263703 16op | dc
>    37A100000557
> 
> Does 1367 hours sound right?

Well within the range of plausibility, and it tends to confirm my
suspicion that this is happening because I'm running in amd64 mode...
> 
> I've got a variety of Seagate ATA and SATA disks here, and all seem to
> report correct power-on hours.  These are all 3.5" disks though, not
> laptop disks.
> 
> Simon.
> 



		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb