Tomasz Chmielewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. -- Måns Rullgård [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
