Comment by sokoloff
4 years ago
While I agree with the sentiment, even a firmware revision could cause a difference in behavior and it seems unreasonable to change the model number on every firmware release.
4 years ago
While I agree with the sentiment, even a firmware revision could cause a difference in behavior and it seems unreasonable to change the model number on every firmware release.
I don't think its unreasonable to just add a date next to the serial number that has when the firmware was released. It's 6 extra numbers
But firmware can be updated after the unit was shipped; a date stamped on the hardware can't promise accuracy.
Yeah, buy you would know if you are buying the same thing as what was reviewed or tested.
Is this the definition of whataboutism?
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It's 8 extra numbers
FTFY, unless you use the YYYY-WW date format. But please don't use just two digits for year numbers, we should have learn from Y2K years ago.
Batch numbers have been in use for ages, both for tech equipment and the milk you buy at a store.
It seems unreasonable to me that there is unknown proprietary software running on my storage devices to begin with. This leads to insanity such as failure to report read errors or falsely reporting unwritten data as committed. This should be part of the operating system, not some obscure firmware hidden away in some chip.