"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?

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.