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3 Kernel driver drivetemp
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11 Information technology - AT Attachment 8 - ATA/ATAPI Command Set (ATA8-ACS)
13 ANS Project T10/BSR INCITS 513
14 Information technology - SCSI Primary Commands - 4 (SPC-4)
16 ANS Project INCITS 557
17 Information technology - SCSI / ATA Translation - 5 (SAT-5)
23 This driver supports reporting the temperature of disk and solid state
24 drives with temperature sensors.
26 If supported, it uses the ATA SCT Command Transport feature to read
27 the current drive temperature and, if available, temperature limits
28 as well as historic minimum and maximum temperatures. If SCT Command
29 Transport is not supported, the driver uses SMART attributes to read
30 the drive temperature.
36 Reading the drive temperature may reset the spin down timer on some drives.
37 This has been observed with WD120EFAX drives, but may be seen with other
38 drives as well. The same behavior is observed if the 'hdtemp' or 'smartd'
39 tools are used to access the drive.
40 With the WD120EFAX drive, reading the drive temperature using the drivetemp
41 driver is still possible _after_ it transitioned to standby mode, and
42 reading the drive temperature in this mode will not cause the drive to
43 change its mode (meaning the drive will not spin up). It is unknown if other
44 drives experience similar behavior.
46 A known workaround for WD120EFAX drives is to read the drive temperature at
47 intervals larger than twice the spin-down time. Otherwise affected drives
54 Only the temp1_input attribute is always available. Other attributes are
55 available only if reported by the drive. All temperatures are reported in
56 milli-degrees Celsius.
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59 temp1_input Current drive temperature
60 temp1_lcrit Minimum temperature limit. Operating the device below
61 this temperature may cause physical damage to the
63 temp1_min Minimum recommended continuous operating limit
64 temp1_max Maximum recommended continuous operating temperature
65 temp1_crit Maximum temperature limit. Operating the device above
66 this temperature may cause physical damage to the
68 temp1_lowest Minimum temperature seen this power cycle
69 temp1_highest Maximum temperature seen this power cycle
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