Support Non-rotating Media Test

[alex-sh]

Hello,

I received a request to display the "Non-rotating Media Test" status in GSmartControl. Apparently, it can be used to differentiate between SSDs and HDDs. Seems to be returned by IDENTIFY DEVICE.

I don't know if this is something smartmontools would want to show. I put this up for your consideration.

Here's an MS tool that claims to show it:
​http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff564501(v=vs.85).aspx

Thanks!

[Christian Franke]

Already fixed in r3603.

[alex-sh]

D'oh! Should have tested the SVN version...
Sorry and thanks!

[Christian Franke]

Sample "smartctl -i" output lines for HDD and SSD:

  Rotation Rate:    7200 rpm

  Rotation Rate:    Solid State Device

This line is not printed if the disk does not provide this info in IDENTIFY word 217.

In this case a SSD can be detected if an entry exits in drivedb.h: The "Model Family:" string contains "SSD" then.

Please note that r3609 adds a new option "--identify" which prints the complete ATA IDENTIFY data.