From owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Thu May 26 14:48:58 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6917B4B6EB for ; Thu, 26 May 2016 14:48:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ken@kdm.org) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (unknown [127.0.1.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CFC7313E5 for ; Thu, 26 May 2016 14:48:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ken@kdm.org) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id CB74AB4B6EA; Thu, 26 May 2016 14:48:58 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: current@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB1DCB4B6E9 for ; Thu, 26 May 2016 14:48:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ken@kdm.org) Received: from mithlond.kdm.org (mithlond.kdm.org [96.89.93.250]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "A1-33714", Issuer "A1-33714" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9584A13E4 for ; Thu, 26 May 2016 14:48:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ken@kdm.org) Received: from mithlond.kdm.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mithlond.kdm.org (8.15.2/8.14.9) with ESMTPS id u4QEmuQb004233 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 26 May 2016 10:48:56 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from ken@mithlond.kdm.org) Received: (from ken@localhost) by mithlond.kdm.org (8.15.2/8.14.9/Submit) id u4QEmuRP004232; Thu, 26 May 2016 10:48:56 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from ken) Date: Thu, 26 May 2016 10:48:56 -0400 From: "Kenneth D. Merry" To: Gary Jennejohn Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recognizing SMR HDDs Message-ID: <20160526144856.GD3640@mithlond.kdm.org> References: <20160526084253.6588938f@ernst.home> <20160526123445.GA2105@mithlond.kdm.org> <20160526152921.1c91f61a@ernst.home> <20160526134120.GA3146@mithlond.kdm.org> <20160526160041.6bf738b8@ernst.home> <20160526141013.GA3640@mithlond.kdm.org> <20160526164210.5c7eb899@ernst.home> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20160526164210.5c7eb899@ernst.home> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.4.3 (mithlond.kdm.org [127.0.0.1]); Thu, 26 May 2016 10:48:56 -0400 (EDT) X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on mithlond.kdm.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 May 2016 14:48:59 -0000 On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 16:42:10 +0200, Gary Jennejohn wrote: > On Thu, 26 May 2016 10:10:14 -0400 > "Kenneth D. Merry" wrote: > > > On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 16:00:41 +0200, Gary Jennejohn wrote: > > > protocol ATA/ATAPI-9 SATA 3.x > > > device model ST8000AS0002-1NA17Z > > > firmware revision AR13 > > > > The firmware is old, the current version is AR17. You should really ask > > Seagate for updated firmware. > > > > The Download Finder on the Seagate site claims that there is no newer > firmware. > > So the question is, how to get the latest AR17 version from Seagate > as a simple consumer? I would contact Seagate support and ask. By the way, I've been able to download firmware for Seagate SATA drives via camcontrol when they're attached via SATA and SAS controllers. I've never tried it with USB. I think camcontrol identify it as a SCSI protocol drive and as a result may not let you download firmware because it doesn't recognize vendor "ST8000AS". So, assuming you get firmware from them, I would suggest upgrading it using whatever Windows or Linux tool they give you. (I'll brick drives in my lab at work, but I'd hate for you to brick your own drive.) If you want to use camcontrol to do it, take it out of the USB enclosure and hook it directly to a SATA or SAS controller. Ken -- Kenneth Merry ken@FreeBSD.ORG