Hello again, I would like to correct and complement my mail from a few hours ago. CORRECTION I made the mistake to run "hdparm -I /dev/sda" after storage fixup had already done its job. In short the value of "Advanced power management level" without storage-fixup is 128. COMPLETIONS The Belinea home.pc 1xs = Pegatron Cape 7 is a nettop. Without storage-fixup the "load cycle count" under idle condition increased by 19 in 10 minutes, that is about 114 per hour. Setting the disk APM level to 254 resulted in no more increase. Regards, Monika Below you will find : - Output of smarctl -a /dev/sda - Output of dmidecode - Output of hdparm -I /dev/sda (without storage-fixup!) - Protocol of my measurement of the increase of Load_Cycle_Count ========================================================================== Output of smarctl -a /dev/sda ========================================================================== cape7:~ # smartctl -a /dev/sda smartctl 5.39 2009-08-08 r2872~ [i686-pc-linux-gnu] (openSUSE RPM) Copyright (C) 2002-9 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Model Family: Seagate Momentus 5400.5 series Device Model: ST9160310AS Serial Number: 5SV6KCWH Firmware Version: 0303 User Capacity: 160.041.885.696 bytes Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show] ATA Version is: 8 ATA Standard is: ATA-8-ACS revision 4 Local Time is: Sun Apr 11 11:47:36 2010 WEST SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED See vendor-specific Attribute list for marginal Attributes. General SMART Values: Offline data collection status: (0x82) Offline data collection activity was completed without error. Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled. Self-test execution status: ( 0) The previous self-test routine completed without error or no self-test has ever been run. Total time to complete Offline data collection: ( 723) seconds. Offline data collection capabilities: (0x7b) SMART execute Offline immediate. Auto Offline data collection on/off support. Suspend Offline collection upon new command. Offline surface scan supported. Self-test supported. Conveyance Self-test supported. Selective Self-test supported. SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering power-saving mode. Supports SMART auto save timer. Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported. General Purpose Logging supported. Short self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 1) minutes. Extended self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 62) minutes. Conveyance self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes. SCT capabilities: (0x103f) SCT Status supported. SCT Feature Control supported. SCT Data Table supported. SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 10 Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds: ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000f 116 100 006 Pre-fail Always - 108967314 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0003 099 099 000 Pre-fail Always - 0 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age Always - 92 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 036 Pre-fail Always - 0 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000f 060 060 030 Pre-fail Always - 1267627 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 96 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 097 Pre-fail Always - 0 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age Always - 92 184 Unknown_Attribute 0x0032 100 100 099 Old_age Always - 0 187 Reported_Uncorrect 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 188 Unknown_Attribute 0x0032 098 096 000 Old_age Always - 51 189 High_Fly_Writes 0x003a 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0022 051 045 045 Old_age Always In_the_past 49 (Lifetime Min/Max 41/49) 191 G-Sense_Error_Rate 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 8 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 1871 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 049 055 000 Old_age Always - 49 (0 20 0 0) 195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x001a 062 050 000 Old_age Always - 108967314 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0010 100 100 000 Old_age Offline - 0 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x003e 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 SMART Error Log Version: 1 No Errors Logged SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error # 1 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 3 - # 2 Short offline Completed without error 00% 2 - SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1 SPAN MIN_LBA MAX_LBA CURRENT_TEST_STATUS 1 0 0 Not_testing 2 0 0 Not_testing 3 0 0 Not_testing 4 0 0 Not_testing 5 0 0 Not_testing Selective self-test flags (0x0): After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk. If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay. cape7:~ # ========================================================================== Output of dmidecode ========================================================================== cape7:~ # dmidecode # dmidecode 2.10 SMBIOS 2.5 present. 28 structures occupying 1290 bytes. Table at 0x000FBA00. Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 24 bytes BIOS Information Vendor: American Megatrends Inc. Version: 1800 Release Date: 04/13/2009 Address: 0xF0000 Runtime Size: 64 kB ROM Size: 1024 kB Characteristics: ISA is supported PCI is supported PNP is supported APM is supported BIOS is upgradeable BIOS shadowing is allowed ESCD support is available Boot from CD is supported Selectable boot is supported BIOS ROM is socketed EDD is supported 5.25"/1.2 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h) 3.5"/720 kB floppy services are supported (int 13h) 3.5"/2.88 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h) Print screen service is supported (int 5h) 8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h) Serial services are supported (int 14h) Printer services are supported (int 17h) CGA/mono video services are supported (int 10h) ACPI is supported USB legacy is supported AGP is supported LS-120 boot is supported ATAPI Zip drive boot is supported BIOS boot specification is supported Targeted content distribution is supported BIOS Revision: 8.15 Handle 0x0001, DMI type 1, 27 bytes System Information Manufacturer: To Be Filled By O.E.M. Product Name: To Be Filled By O.E.M. Version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. Serial Number: To Be Filled By O.E.M. UUID: E0DD7A77-8DFE-D511-92CC-00248CA78567 Wake-up Type: Power Switch SKU Number: To Be Filled By O.E.M. Family: To Be Filled By O.E.M. Handle 0x0002, DMI type 2, 15 bytes Base Board Information Manufacturer: To be filled by O.E.M. Product Name: To be filled by O.E.M. Version: To be filled by O.E.M. Serial Number: MS1C94D17W00138 Asset Tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. Features: Board is a hosting board Board is replaceable Location In Chassis: To Be Filled By O.E.M. Chassis Handle: 0x0003 Type: Motherboard Contained Object Handles: 0 Handle 0x0003, DMI type 3, 21 bytes Chassis Information Manufacturer: To Be Filled By O.E.M. Type: Desktop Lock: Not Present Version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. Serial Number: To Be Filled By O.E.M. Asset Tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. Boot-up State: Safe Power Supply State: Safe Thermal State: Safe Security Status: None OEM Information: 0x00000000 Height: Unspecified Number Of Power Cords: 1 Contained Elements: 0 Handle 0x0004, DMI type 4, 40 bytes Processor Information Socket Designation: CPU 1 Type: Central Processor Family: Other Manufacturer: Intel ID: C2 06 01 00 FF FB E9 BF Version: Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU 230 @ 1.60GHz Voltage: 1.2 V External Clock: 133 MHz Max Speed: 1600 MHz Current Speed: 1600 MHz Status: Populated, Enabled Upgrade: Socket 478 L1 Cache Handle: 0x0005 L2 Cache Handle: 0x0006 L3 Cache Handle: 0x0007 Serial Number: To Be Filled By O.E.M. Asset Tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. Part Number: To Be Filled By O.E.M. Core Count: 1 Core Enabled: 1 Thread Count: 2 Characteristics: 64-bit capable Handle 0x0005, DMI type 7, 19 bytes Cache Information Socket Designation: L1-Cache Configuration: Enabled, Not Socketed, Level 1 Operational Mode: Write Back Location: Internal Installed Size: 24 kB Maximum Size: 24 kB Supported SRAM Types: Other Installed SRAM Type: Other Speed: Unknown Error Correction Type: Parity System Type: Data Associativity: Other Handle 0x0006, DMI type 7, 19 bytes Cache Information Socket Designation: L2-Cache Configuration: Enabled, Not Socketed, Level 2 Operational Mode: Write Back Location: Internal Installed Size: 512 kB Maximum Size: 512 kB Supported SRAM Types: Other Installed SRAM Type: Other Speed: Unknown Error Correction Type: Single-bit ECC System Type: Unified Associativity: 8-way Set-associative Handle 0x0007, DMI type 7, 19 bytes Cache Information Socket Designation: L3-Cache Configuration: Disabled, Not Socketed, Level 3 Operational Mode: Unknown Location: Internal Installed Size: 0 kB Maximum Size: 0 kB Supported SRAM Types: Unknown Installed SRAM Type: Unknown Speed: Unknown Error Correction Type: Unknown System Type: Unknown Associativity: Unknown Handle 0x0008, DMI type 5, 18 bytes Memory Controller Information Error Detecting Method: 64-bit ECC Error Correcting Capabilities: None Supported Interleave: One-way Interleave Current Interleave: One-way Interleave Maximum Memory Module Size: 2048 MB Maximum Total Memory Size: 2048 MB Supported Speeds: 70 ns 60 ns Supported Memory Types: DIMM SDRAM Memory Module Voltage: 3.3 V Associated Memory Slots: 1 0x0009 Enabled Error Correcting Capabilities: None Handle 0x0009, DMI type 6, 12 bytes Memory Module Information Socket Designation: DIMM0 Bank Connections: 6 8 Current Speed: Unknown Type: DIMM SDRAM Installed Size: 1024 MB (Double-bank Connection) Enabled Size: 1024 MB (Double-bank Connection) Error Status: OK Handle 0x000A, DMI type 8, 9 bytes Port Connector Information Internal Reference Designator: J2A2 Internal Connector Type: None External Reference Designator: USB1 External Connector Type: Access Bus (USB) Port Type: USB Handle 0x000B, DMI type 8, 9 bytes Port Connector Information Internal Reference Designator: J2A2 Internal Connector Type: None External Reference Designator: USB2 External Connector Type: Access Bus (USB) Port Type: USB Handle 0x000C, DMI type 8, 9 bytes Port Connector Information Internal Reference Designator: J6A1 Internal Connector Type: None External Reference Designator: Audio Mic In External Connector Type: Mini Jack (headphones) Port Type: Audio Port Handle 0x000D, DMI type 8, 9 bytes Port Connector Information Internal Reference Designator: J6A1 Internal Connector Type: None External Reference Designator: Audio Line In External Connector Type: Mini Jack (headphones) Port Type: Audio Port Handle 0x000E, DMI type 8, 9 bytes Port Connector Information Internal Reference Designator: J6A1 Internal Connector Type: None External Reference Designator: Audio Line Out External Connector Type: Mini Jack (headphones) Port Type: Audio Port Handle 0x000F, DMI type 8, 9 bytes Port Connector Information Internal Reference Designator: J5A1 Internal Connector Type: None External Reference Designator: USB3 External Connector Type: Access Bus (USB) Port Type: USB Handle 0x0010, DMI type 8, 9 bytes Port Connector Information Internal Reference Designator: J5A1 Internal Connector Type: None External Reference Designator: USB4 External Connector Type: Access Bus (USB) Port Type: USB Handle 0x0011, DMI type 8, 9 bytes Port Connector Information Internal Reference Designator: J5A1 Internal Connector Type: None External Reference Designator: LAN External Connector Type: RJ-45 Port Type: Network Port Handle 0x0012, DMI type 8, 9 bytes Port Connector Information Internal Reference Designator: J2H1 - DC_IN Internal Connector Type: Other External Reference Designator: Not Specified External Connector Type: None Port Type: Other Handle 0x0013, DMI type 10, 6 bytes On Board Device Information Type: Video Status: Enabled Description: To Be Filled By O.E.M. Handle 0x0014, DMI type 13, 22 bytes BIOS Language Information Installable Languages: 1 en|US|iso8859-1 Currently Installed Language: en|US|iso8859-1 Handle 0x0015, DMI type 15, 35 bytes System Event Log Area Length: 4 bytes Header Start Offset: 0x0000 Header Length: 2 bytes Data Start Offset: 0x0002 Access Method: Indexed I/O, one 16-bit index port, one 8-bit data port Access Address: Index 0x046A, Data 0x046C Status: Invalid, Not Full Change Token: 0x00000000 Header Format: No Header Supported Log Type Descriptors: 6 Descriptor 1: End of log Data Format 1: OEM-specific Descriptor 2: End of log Data Format 2: OEM-specific Descriptor 3: End of log Data Format 3: OEM-specific Descriptor 4: End of log Data Format 4: OEM-specific Descriptor 5: End of log Data Format 5: OEM-specific Descriptor 6: End of log Data Format 6: OEM-specific Handle 0x0016, DMI type 16, 15 bytes Physical Memory Array Location: System Board Or Motherboard Use: System Memory Error Correction Type: None Maximum Capacity: 4 GB Error Information Handle: Not Provided Number Of Devices: 1 Handle 0x0017, DMI type 19, 15 bytes Memory Array Mapped Address Starting Address: 0x00000000000 Ending Address: 0x000000003FF Range Size: 1 kB Physical Array Handle: 0x0016 Partition Width: 0 Handle 0x0018, DMI type 17, 27 bytes Memory Device Array Handle: 0x0016 Error Information Handle: Not Provided Total Width: 64 bits Data Width: 64 bits Size: 1024 MB Form Factor: DIMM Set: None Locator: DIMM0 Bank Locator: BANK0 Type: SDRAM Type Detail: Synchronous Speed: Unknown Manufacturer: Manufacturer0 Serial Number: SerNum0 Asset Tag: AssetTagNum0 Part Number: PartNum0 Handle 0x0019, DMI type 126, 19 bytes Inactive Handle 0x001A, DMI type 32, 20 bytes System Boot Information Status: No errors detected Handle 0x001B, DMI type 127, 4 bytes End Of Table cape7:~ # ========================================================================== Output of hdparm -I /dev/sda (without storage-fixup!) ========================================================================== cape7:~ # hdparm -I /dev/sda /dev/sda: ATA device, with non-removable media Model Number: ST9160310AS Serial Number: 5SV6KCWH Firmware Revision: 0303 Transport: Serial Standards: Used: unknown (minor revision code 0x0029) Supported: 8 7 6 5 Likely used: 8 Configuration: Logical max current cylinders 16383 16383 heads 16 16 sectors/track 63 63 -- CHS current addressable sectors: 16514064 LBA user addressable sectors: 268435455 LBA48 user addressable sectors: 312581808 Logical/Physical Sector size: 512 bytes device size with M = 1024*1024: 152627 MBytes device size with M = 1000*1000: 160041 MBytes (160 GB) cache/buffer size = 8192 KBytes Capabilities: LBA, IORDY(can be disabled) Queue depth: 32 Standby timer values: spec'd by Standard, no device specific minimum R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 16 Current = 16 Advanced power management level: 128 Recommended acoustic management value: 254, current value: 0 DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5 *udma6 Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 Cycle time: no flow control=120ns IORDY flow control=120ns Commands/features: Enabled Supported: * SMART feature set Security Mode feature set * Power Management feature set * Write cache * Look-ahead * Host Protected Area feature set * WRITE_BUFFER command * READ_BUFFER command * DOWNLOAD_MICROCODE * Advanced Power Management feature set SET_MAX security extension * 48-bit Address feature set * Device Configuration Overlay feature set * Mandatory FLUSH_CACHE * FLUSH_CACHE_EXT * SMART error logging * SMART self-test * General Purpose Logging feature set * WRITE_{DMA|MULTIPLE}_FUA_EXT * WRITE_DMA_QUEUED_FUA_EXT * 64-bit World wide name * IDLE_IMMEDIATE with UNLOAD * Write-Read-Verify feature set * WRITE_UNCORRECTABLE_EXT command * {READ,WRITE}_DMA_EXT_GPL commands * Gen1 signaling speed (1.5Gb/s) * Gen2 signaling speed (3.0Gb/s) * Native Command Queueing (NCQ) * Phy event counters Device-initiated interface power management * Software settings preservation * SMART Command Transport (SCT) feature set * SCT Long Sector Access (AC1) * SCT LBA Segment Access (AC2) * SCT Error Recovery Control (AC3) * SCT Features Control (AC4) * SCT Data Tables (AC5) unknown 206[12] (vendor specific) Security: Master password revision code = 65534 supported not enabled not locked frozen not expired: security count supported: enhanced erase 54min for SECURITY ERASE UNIT. 54min for ENHANCED SECURITY ERASE UNIT. Logical Unit WWN Device Identifier: 5000c50015f151d4 NAA : 5 IEEE OUI : 000c50 Unique ID : 015f151d4 Checksum: correct cape7:~ # ========================================================================== Protocol of my measurement of increase of Load_Cycle_Count ========================================================================== cape7:~ # cat ~/tmp/measure-LoadCycleCount #!/bin/bash hdparm -I /dev/sda | grep 'Advanced power management level' date --rfc-3339=seconds; smartctl -a /dev/sda | grep Load_Cycle_Count echo "Please do not load the system during the following 10 minutes!" sleep 600 date --rfc-3339=seconds; smartctl -a /dev/sda | grep Load_Cycle_Count cape7:~ # cape7:~ # cape7:~ # ./tmp/measure-LoadCycleCount Advanced power management level: 128 2010-04-11 11:09:35+01:00 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 1848 Please do not load the system during the following 10 Minutes! 2010-04-11 11:19:35+01:00 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 1867 cape7:~ # ... cape7:~ # tail -n 8 /etc/storage-fixup.conf # Reported drive model: ST9160310AS # Belinea home.pc 1xs = Pegatron Cape 7 rule belinea-homepc1xs dmi system-manufacturer To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi system-product-name To Be Filled By O.E.M. ata model ST9160310AS act hdparm -B 254 $DEV cape7:~ # cape7:~ # cape7:~ # storage-fixup storage-fixup: belinea-homepc1xs: executing hdparm -B 254 /dev/sda /dev/sda: setting Advanced Power Management level to 0xfe (254) APM_level = 254 cape7:~ # cape7:~ # cape7:~ # ./tmp/measure-LoadCycleCount Advanced power management level: 254 2010-04-11 11:21:16+01:00 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 1871 Please do not load the system during the following 10 minutes! 2010-04-11 11:31:17+01:00 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 1871 cape7:~ # ========================================================================== -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
