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Commit b6b7fcd7 authored by chrfranke's avatar chrfranke
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Add note about 2^16 wrap of LifeTime value in Self-test log.

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......@@ -875,11 +875,12 @@ twenty\-one self\-tests, the log shows the type of test (short or
extended, off\-line or captive) and the final status of the test. If
the test did not complete successfully, then the percentage of the
test remaining is shown. The time at which the test took place,
measured in hours of disk lifetime, is also printed. If any errors
were detected, the Logical Block Address (LBA) of the first error is
printed in decimal notation. On Linux systems the smartmontools
web page has instructions about how to convert this LBA address to the
name of the disk file containing the erroneous block.
measured in hours of disk lifetime, is also printed. [Note: this time
stamp wraps after 2^16 hours, or 2730 days and 16 hours, or about 7.5
years.] If any errors were detected, the Logical Block Address (LBA)
of the first error is printed in decimal notation. On Linux systems the
smartmontools web page has instructions about how to convert this LBA
address to the name of the disk file containing the erroneous block.
.I selftest
\- [SCSI] the self\-test log for a SCSI device has a slightly different
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