From b6b7fcd73357885d625313265bff52c586b612d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: chrfranke <chrfranke@4ea69e1a-61f1-4043-bf83-b5c94c648137> Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:27:33 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add note about 2^16 wrap of LifeTime value in Self-test log. git-svn-id: https://smartmontools.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/smartmontools/trunk@2922 4ea69e1a-61f1-4043-bf83-b5c94c648137 --- smartmontools/smartctl.8.in | 11 ++++++----- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/smartmontools/smartctl.8.in b/smartmontools/smartctl.8.in index 62f452a41..315fd3059 100644 --- a/smartmontools/smartctl.8.in +++ b/smartmontools/smartctl.8.in @@ -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 -- GitLab