Re: [SATA] status reports updated

[Måns Rullgård]

Tomasz Chmielewski <mangoo@xxxxxxxxxx> 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.

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Måns Rullgård
mru@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

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