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Date:      Tue, 14 Dec 1999 20:11:21 +0100
From:      Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl>
To:        Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        Rahul Dhesi <dhesi@rahul.net>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: how to rewrite the data field replaceable unit?
Message-ID:  <19991214201120.F1003@yedi.iaf.nl>
In-Reply-To: <199912141757.JAA03135@mass.cdrom.com>; from msmith@FreeBSD.ORG on Tue, Dec 14, 1999 at 09:57:11AM -0800
References:  <19991214120034.10BC021C@waltz.rahul.net> <199912141757.JAA03135@mass.cdrom.com>

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On Tue, Dec 14, 1999 at 09:57:11AM -0800, Mike Smith wrote:
> > Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> writes:
> > 
> > >>    (da2:ahc0:0:2:0) Unrecovered read error - recommend rewrite the data field replaceable unit: 20 sks:80,a0
> > ...
> > 
> > >That's two things, 'data' and 'field replaceable unit'.  The FRU code 
> > >tells you which part of the drive is failing - in this case the vendor 
> > >code for the broken bit is '20'.
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > 
> > A suggestion to the Device Driver Gods:  Please make error messages
> > understandable to the rest of us.
> 
> That's kinda difficult, actually.  Error messages need to be accurate and 
> understandable to people that understand what's really going on.  It's 
> not the job of an error message to explain how the hardware works.

To add to that: FRU codes are vendor/product unique. So in this case
you cannot be more specific from the driver's point of view.

-- 
Wilko Bulte 		Arnhem, The Netherlands	  - The FreeBSD Project 
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