[plug] Odd drive firmware issue

[Brad Campbell]

Not particularly linux related, but I thought it interesting.
One of my arrays has some Seagate 15k SAS drives in them, and one of 
those is getting on in age.

Looks like the drive hour counter is 16 bit and stops when it hits the end.

SMART Self-test log
Num  Test              Status                 segment  LifeTime 
LBA_first_err [SK ASC ASQ]
      Description                              number   (hours)
# 1  Background short  Completed                  16   65535 
      - [-   -    -]
# 2  Background short  Completed                  16   65535 
      - [-   -    -]
# 3  Background long   Completed                  16   65535 
      - [-   -    -]
# 4  Background short  Completed                  16   65535 
      - [-   -    -]
# 5  Background short  Completed                  16   65535 
      - [-   -    -]
# 6  Background short  Completed                  16   65535 
      - [-   -    -]
# 7  Background short  Completed                  16   65535 
      - [-   -    -]
# 8  Background short  Completed                  16   65535 
      - [-   -    -]
# 9  Background short  Completed                  16   65535 
      - [-   -    -]
#10  Background short  Completed                  16   65535 
      - [-   -    -]
#11  Background long   Completed                  16   65535 
      - [-   -    -]
#12  Background short  Completed                  16   65535 
      - [-   -    -]
#13  Background short  Completed                  16   65535 
      - [-   -    -]
#14  Background short  Completed                  16   65535 
      - [-   -    -]
#15  Background short  Completed                  16   65535 
      - [-   -    -]
#16  Background short  Completed                  16   65535 
      - [-   -    -]
#17  Background short  Completed                  16   65535 
      - [-   -    -]
#18  Background short  Completed                  16   65535 
      - [-   -    -]
#19  Background long   Completed                  16   65535 
      - [-   -    -]
#20  Background short  Completed                  16   65535 
      - [-   -    -]

The other 3 drives only have about 47k on them, so they've a ways to go 
until they hit the end.
This one had some hours on it when I got it, so it must be up around 
73,000 hours now.

I don't suppose there is any point reporting the bug to Seagate.