[smartmontools-support] IBM/HGST/Toshiba(?) Super SMART

[Игорь]

Hello, Smartmontools-support.

There's a program, intended mostly for disk surface testing, named "Victoria for Windows v4.46b". It works correctly only on WinXP 32-bit.
This program can also read SMART attributes, start drive self-tests, set AAM, etc.

When reading SMART from IBM/HGST HDDs, it have an option, called "Use IBM Super SMART".
When this option is turned on, program shows more detailed SMART information (more vendor-specific attributes in list).

Moreover, there's one important fact, which is true for all other SMART reading programs I've seen so far. It's about SMART attribute 05, "Reallocated Sectors Count".
If an IBM/HGST HDD have some reallocated sectors, any program I've seen, except above mentioned "Victoria for Windows v4.46b" (with "IBM Super SMART" option enabled), will be unable to see them, and will show raw value of SMART attribute 05 equal to zero.

Which leads to "funny" situations, when, on IBM/HGST drives, raw value of SMART attribute C4 ("Reallocation Events Count") is some tens or even some hundreds, and, at the same time, raw value of SMART attribute 05 ("Reallocated Sectors Count"), is shown as 0. Despite the fact that, in fact, it also amounts to several tens or hundreds.

Therefore, here's a question: can "IBM Super Smart" support be implemented in smartctl? Or, at least, correct display of SMART attribute 05 for IBM/HGST drives?

BTW, I have a strong suspicion, that this also applies to HGST/Toshiba 3.5" drives, and, maybe, HGST/Toshiba routines can be tryed with IBM/HGST drives.

Screenshots and one log are in attachments.

More links:

https://forum.hddguru.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=35736&start=24
https://forum.hddguru.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=35736&start=20
https://forum.hddguru.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=35736

http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Hard-Disk-Utils/Victoria.shtml
http://www.benchmarkhq.ru/files/vcr446win.exe
http://appnee.com/victoria/

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WBR, Igor    mailto:shader at mail.tomsknet.ru
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