Bug#668248: ITP:

[Aníbal Monsalve Salazar <anibal@debian.org>]

Package: wnpp
Owner: Anibal Monsalve Salazar <anibal@debian.org>
Severity: wishlist
X-Debbugs-CC: debian-devel@lists.debian.org

* Package name    : idle3-tools
  Version         : 0.9.1
  Upstream Author : Christophe Bothamy
* URL             : http://idle3-tools.sourceforge.net/
* License         : GPL-3.0+
  Programming Lang: C
  Description     : change the idle3 timer of recent Western Digital Hard Disk Drives

 Idle3-tools provides a linux/unix utility that can disable, get and
 set the value of the infamous idle3 timer found on recent Western
 Digital Hard Disk Drives.
 .
 It can be used as an alternative to the official wdidle3.exe
 proprietary utility, without the need to reboot in a DOS environment.
 .
 A power off/on cycle of the drive will still be mandatory for new
 settings to be taken into account.
 .
 Modern Western Digital "Green" Drives include the Intellipark feature
 that stops the disk when not in use.
 .
 Unfortunately, the default timer setting is not perfect on linux/unix
 systems, including many NAS, and leads to a dramatic increase of the
 Load Cycle Count value (SMART attribute #193).
 .
 If you have a Western Digital EADS or EARS drive, please check your
 SMART information before it's too late by running the following command:
 .
  sudo smartctl -A /dev/sda | grep "^193"
 .
 If the Load cycle count exceeds 1000, you're probably affected by the
 idle3 timer problem.