From owner-freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Tue Mar 27 19:22:26 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 445EAF514EF for ; Tue, 27 Mar 2018 19:22:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from editor@callfortesting.org) Received: from mail-pg0-x232.google.com (mail-pg0-x232.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400e:c05::232]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C1DDD7BB71 for ; Tue, 27 Mar 2018 19:22:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from editor@callfortesting.org) Received: by mail-pg0-x232.google.com with SMTP id i194so10176pgd.0 for ; Tue, 27 Mar 2018 12:22:25 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=callfortesting-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=subject:to:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version :in-reply-to:content-language:content-transfer-encoding; bh=jAVpets/WC/hG6vUqSXAMEjIM6JDhEFw2iij2FwvzDc=; b=1uCYDGIoiGv2UT+jLUfUv+vWrp1uqOyEe4ZSzy2ikXjt71IYHzSDpZ1/tpNILlzhTZ YtkxIG8AAFcjT5TXz6QA7TsV4llL5FrfIEH15+UdSCvglZ6e8vvoL+3ZeEiM+AX9FQ19 7mlezBtfSvWwEFRA3MQc2/y8QcwsWDE2xbC9LDiMWH2pyotS2x+kDghvK6lob+G1ouOK SrmwM48jXP+/NiAtzGOT1fa7thUln4tU6Lq3W8iLykXErgAF0VesqcmgJ4rXHZo4CpVt hsGVvnHnjrVfUUmpnnIbOqEVfmul5y7mSfzb2D3N1ipYyIf554IRtpUQzZerPosLDaie aFCg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language :content-transfer-encoding; bh=jAVpets/WC/hG6vUqSXAMEjIM6JDhEFw2iij2FwvzDc=; b=olCesjsqhatRbPTBD9eLB8tFy93StOwRJrEgPoTWYC6Okv2UvZPSAk1Oj+1iszAdQc 6y/+UgmWxb4FPKhUIOdUX8IegI8ed+3KJmAteukFm+U1COQJwSARQU7HBtbBQFc/DUtD leTVtrxrNY2R2AYmn4r9MKziTbGX2kg+TtCi46ojPXG6YCg3I+cJXLwvrQR4HQ8M2dkq 8qAES5FgSKN6WR6o4tShjW4CDOqa9JyNJjBaUfh8HLopOqkyM2Mmis/rVA7pSDtAVvC8 /L+dAl7ORsNBgJD8Kq5PvRLtmrtf6NTa8csDWHh03PTIDUwn+LWjYiqfrFGX/xf+jxxD cRQw== X-Gm-Message-State: AElRT7Gtwr36/twZMd7CJZH0PTCjVimhelcmMkE79xzJS587FaGemj4+ Moqmwa7mDoWHK0Ehd8xAKhipAVPj X-Google-Smtp-Source: AIpwx4/XQA9dxC/GHrNXG1mp7R9gCrF8QlWEsTCYyq7w5jUVRmZIn+57Ky4gj1gB4Jcejk2uVEifcw== X-Received: by 10.101.81.8 with SMTP id f8mr388918pgq.13.1522178544453; Tue, 27 Mar 2018 12:22:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from macbook-2.local (c-67-170-143-17.hsd1.or.comcast.net. [67.170.143.17]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id a3sm3621439pgv.14.2018.03.27.12.22.23 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 27 Mar 2018 12:22:23 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: smart(8) Call for Testing To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org References: <4754cb2f-76bb-a69b-0cf5-eff4d621eb29@callfortesting.org> <1d3f2cef-4c37-782e-7938-e0a2eebc8842@quip.cz> From: Michael Dexter Message-ID: <7f9d7848-e584-6d75-baab-99cd19f5bcd3@callfortesting.org> Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2018 12:22:20 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.12; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1d3f2cef-4c37-782e-7938-e0a2eebc8842@quip.cz> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: Filesystems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2018 19:22:26 -0000 On 3/27/18 9:45 AM, Miroslav Lachman wrote: > What is the purpose of this utility and why it should be in base if > almost everyone will need to write something to do the "real job" or > "pkg install smartmontools". > > Maybe I just don't see something... Scriptability. smartmontools output is not parsing-friendly and generally, an operatory only wants four or so key values such as hours, temperature and a variation on reallocated sectors. This facilitates that and with a license that would allow its inclusion in base. Michael