On Mon, 18 Aug 2025 03:46:14 +0000 David <[email protected]> wrote:
> I found them reassuring, because Christian Franke is the primary > developer of smartmontools [1], and in the first bug above he wrote, > 11 years ago: "This is a harmless drive firmware bug which could be > safely ignored." > > and in the second bug above he wrote, 11 months ago: > "[it] is usually harmless. It does not affect any user data." I agree that the problem does not affect any user data. However, it reduces the reliability of the SMART data that the checksum covers, and that is what I find disconcerting. > > So that's more than a decade of "dont worry about it". > > I guess you seek further clarification with either him or WD (as a > recent customer) if you are concerned about it. WD will probably tell > you to use some proprietary diagnostic tool though, not that freedom > software probably written by some communist :) Right. And all the WD software available for downloads runs on one of two operating systems, neither of which is Linux, which is what I have on this computer. Do any bulk storage vendors offer their own diagnostic software for Linux? (Rhetorical question) -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charlescurley.com https://charlescurley.com/blog/
