Opened 14 years ago
Closed 14 years ago
#164 closed enhancement (wontfix)
Attribute table: re-arrange columns placing TYPE after NAME help to clarify meaning
| Reported by: | dg12 | Owned by: | somebody |
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| Priority: | minor | Milestone: | |
| Component: | smartctl | Version: | 5.40 |
| Keywords: | Pre-fail, Old_age, attribute type | Cc: |
Description
The most misunderstood part of the attributes is "pre-fail" and "Old_age". They are the TYPE of attribute not the current condition.
I suggest that placing the TYPE column immediately after the attribute name would help this.
Currently the report is:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000b 100 100 062 Pre-fail Always - 0
4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0012 099 099 000 Old_age Always - 2156
I suggest the arrangement should be
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME TYPE FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate Pre-fail 0x000b 100 100 062 Always - 0
4 Start_Stop_Count Old_age 0x0012 099 099 000 Always - 2156
Thank you all for your work on this great tool.
Existing format cannot be changed easily because external tools and scripts rely on it. Please try new "
-f brief" format added in r3316.