Bug 678743

Summary:	release notes: warn about Intel SSD drives and smartd
Product:	[openSUSE] openSUSE 11.4	Reporter:	Cristian Rodríguez <crrodriguez>
Component:	Release Notes	Assignee:	Karl Eichwalder <ke>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:	Stephan Kulow <coolo>
Severity:	Enhancement
Priority:	P3 - Medium	CC:	coolo
Version:	Final
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Whiteboard:	maint:released:11.4:40494
Found By:	Community User	Services Priority:
Business Priority:		Blocker:	---
Marketing QA Status:	---	IT Deployment:	---
Bug Depends on:
Bug Blocks:	683822

Description Cristian Rodríguez 2011-03-10 23:52:45 UTC

I think we should add the following statement in the release notes

"Intel SSD drives have a bug that causes system hangs using the smartd daemon, which may be enabled my default.
Users should upgrade the drive's firmware by downloading it from the Intel site 
http://www.intel.com/go/ssdfirmware/"

Cheers.

Comment 1 Karl Eichwalder 2011-03-30 15:46:16 UTC

Thanks for the info.  I propose to add to the release notes:

Intel SSD Drives Causing System Hangs
=====================================
Intel SSD drives with old firmware can cause system hangs using
the smartd daemon (Monitor for S.M.A.R.T. Disks and Devices),
which is enabled my default.

Users should upgrade the drive's firmware.  Download it from
http://www.intel.com/go/ssdfirmware/

Comment 2 Karl Eichwalder 2011-03-31 11:34:38 UTC

It's now in svn:

  <!-- bnc#678743 -->
  <sect3 id="tec.intel-ssd-drives" status="2011-03-31">
   <title>Intel SSD Drives Causing System Hangs</title>

   <para>
Intel SSD drives with old firmware can cause system hangs using
the smartd daemon (Monitor for S.M.A.R.T. Disks and Devices),
which is enabled my default.
</para>
   <para>
Users should upgrade the drive's firmware.  Download it from
<ulink url="http://www.intel.com/go/ssdfirmware/"/>.</para>
  </sect3>

Comment 3 Karl Eichwalder 2011-03-31 11:35:50 UTC

I'll release it with Bug 683822.

Comment 4 Swamp Workflow Management 2011-05-03 13:01:25 UTC

Update released for: release-notes-openSUSE
Products:
openSUSE 11.4 (i586)

Comment 5 Bernhard Wiedemann 2011-06-15 21:18:30 UTC

This is an autogenerated message for OBS integration:
This bug (678743) was mentioned in
https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/73652 11.4 / release-notes-openSUSE