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5 | The most up-to-date version of this file is: | |
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6 | http://smartmontools.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/smartmontools/trunk/smartmontools/NEWS?view=markup |
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8 | Date 2010-01-28 |
9 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.39.1 | |
10 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |
11 | - Fix crash on kFreeBSD. | |
12 | - Fix regression in smartctl option '-q, --quietmode'. | |
13 | - Fix regression in smartd directive '-l selftest'. | |
14 | - Linux: Allow smartd 'DEVICESCAN -d sat'. | |
15 | - Linux: Fix spin-up of SATA drive if '-n standby' is used. | |
16 | - Windows: Fix parsing of 3ware 'tw_cli' output. | |
17 | ||
e9e8c2b1 | 18 | Date 2009-12-09 |
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19 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.39 (UNSTABLE/EXPERIMENTAL) |
20 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |
21 | - Sourcecode repository moved from CVS to SVN | |
22 | - Support for USB devices with Cypress, JMicron and Sunplus USB bridges | |
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23 | - USB device type autodetection for some devices on Linux, Windows and FreeBSD |
24 | (http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/smartmontools/wiki/Supported_USB-Devices) | |
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25 | - Support for Areca controllers on Linux |
26 | - Support for MegaRAID controllers on Linux | |
27 | - Support for HighPoint RocketRAID controllers on FreeBSD | |
28 | - Support RAID controllers using /dev/pass devices on FreeBSD | |
29 | - Support CHECK_POWER_MODE and WRITE_LOG on FreeBSD | |
30 | - Support for up to 128 devices on 3ware controllers | |
31 | - smartctl option '-l xerror' to print ATA SMART Extended Comprehensive | |
32 | Error Log | |
33 | - smartctl option '-l xselftest' to print ATA SMART Extended Self-test Log | |
34 | - smartctl option '-l sataphy' to print SATA Phy Event Counters | |
bed94269 | 35 | - smartctl option '-l sasphy' to print SAS device phy information |
2127e193 | 36 | - smartctl options '-l gplog,...' and '-l smartlog,...' to print any log page |
bed94269 | 37 | - smartctl option '-x' to print all extended info if available |
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38 | - smartctl prints SCSI load/unload cycle counts |
39 | - Improve display of huge raw values of some SMART attributes | |
40 | - Option '-d sat+TYPE' to use SAT with controllers which require '-d TYPE' | |
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41 | - Option '-v ID,RAW_FORMAT,ATTR_NAME' to add new vendor specific attributes |
42 | - Support for SSD drives using 64-bit raw attributes | |
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43 | - Many additions to drive database |
44 | - New simplified syntax for drive database | |
45 | - Option '-B FILE' to read drive database from a file | |
46 | - Configure option to add drive database file to distribution | |
47 | - smartd can now handle attributes 197 and 198 with increasing raw values | |
48 | - smartd logs changes of self-test execution status | |
49 | - smartd directive '-n powermode,N' to limit the number of skipped checks | |
bed94269 | 50 | - smartd flag '!' for '-r' and '-R' directives to log changes as critical |
2127e193 | 51 | - smartd supports scheduled Selective Self-Tests |
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52 | - Self-tests scheduled during system downtime or disk standby are run after |
53 | next startup | |
54 | - smartd option '-s PREFIX' to store smartd internal state until next startup | |
55 | - smartd option '-A PREFIX' to log attributes at each check cycle | |
56 | - Configure options to enable the above by default | |
2127e193 | 57 | - Change to an object oriented interface to access ATA and SCSI devices |
eb07ddf2 | 58 | - Linux, Win32 and FreeBSD modules migrated to new interface |
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59 | - Rework of smartd data structures |
60 | - Checkin date and SVN revision and optional BUILD_INFO printed in version info | |
bed94269 | 61 | - Better support for GSmartControl on Windows |
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62 | - SELinux fixes to 3ware device node creation |
63 | - Fix CCISS file descriptor leak on FreeBSD | |
64 | - Compile fixes for Solaris and FreeBSD | |
65 | - Use getaddrinfo() instead of gethostbyname() to support IPv6 | |
66 | - C++ Support for QNX Target, already tested for QNX 6.3.2 on x86 and | |
67 | armle target | |
68 | - Additional support for Samsung MLC flash drives | |
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69 | - New device type detection algorithm on FreeBSD, not based on filename |
70 | - Support for the adaX (ATA on CAM bus) devices on FreeBSD 8.0 and higher | |
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34ad0c5f | 72 | Date 2008-03-10 |
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73 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.38 (STABLE) |
74 | -------------------------------------------- | |
75 | This is a stable release of smartmontools. In addition to changes | |
76 | below, it includes: | |
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77 | - Libata/Marvell driver devices no longer need explicit '-d' switch |
78 | - DEVICESCAN automatically detects libata/marvell driver SATA devices | |
79 | - Fixed auto-offline/autosave support in FreeBSD | |
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80 | - SAT device type + SCSI generic devices work properly with smartd under Linux |
81 | - Many additions to drive database | |
82 | - More portable autogen/autoconf/automake script set | |
83 | - Additional Windows IOCTL route to access SMART data | |
84 | - Some ATA-8 updates | |
85 | - Smoother CCISS compilation support in Linux | |
86 | - Dragonfly support | |
87 | - Fixed some ATA identity byte swap problems on big endian CPUs | |
88 | - Added support for the QNX operating system | |
89 | - No-fork option added to smartd | |
90 | - Improved device scanning and drive type recognition in Windows | |
91 | - 3ware support for controllers with more disks (32 max) | |
92 | - Improved Windows installer | |
93 | - Improved SMART Attribute list and descriptions | |
94 | - Fix to smartctl return codes | |
95 | - Fix to scheduled tests on Highpoint RAID controllers | |
96 | - New samsung firmware bug workaround option | |
97 | - Auto-offline and Auto-save fixed in Linux + libata | |
34ad0c5f | 98 | - Solaris: better SCSI support and support for Sun compilers AND gcc |
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99 | - Fixed and improvements to CCISS support |
100 | - More options for SCSI temperature monitoring and history | |
101 | - Additional command line options for selective self-tests | |
102 | - Compilation fixes for various platforms. | |
103 | ||
2127e193 | 104 | See CHANGELOG for more details, or smartmontools SVN for still further |
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105 | details. |
106 | ||
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107 | Date 2006-12-20 |
108 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.37 (UNSTABLE/EXPERIMENTAL) | |
109 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |
110 | This is an unstable/experimental release of smartmontools. | |
111 | It includes: | |
112 | ||
113 | - Many additions to the table of known drives | |
114 | - SAT (SCSI/ATA Translation) support | |
115 | - SCSI background scan results log | |
116 | - smartd -W directive for temperature tracking and warning | |
117 | - smartctl -n option to check power state | |
118 | - improved smartd power state logging | |
119 | - CCISS support under Linux | |
120 | - HighPoint RocketRAID support under Linux | |
121 | - 3ware RAID support under Windows | |
122 | - SPT interface for SCSI devices under Windows | |
123 | - ATA selective self test under Windows XP/2003 | |
124 | - NSIS installer support for Windows version | |
125 | - Started move from C to C++ | |
126 | - Various other improvements | |
127 | ||
128 | ||
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129 | Date 2006-04-12 |
130 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.36 (STABLE) | |
131 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |
132 | This is a stable smartmontools release. The 5.34 version | |
133 | described just below was never officially released because | |
134 | Bruce Allen decided to wait until Linux support for | |
135 | accessing SATA devices through libata was in the official | |
136 | kernel.org sources. Changes include: | |
137 | ||
138 | - Win 2000/XP:ability to cancel drive self-tests | |
139 | - Additions to the table of known drives | |
140 | - FreeBSD support for 3ware char device interface and | |
141 | multiple 3ware cards | |
142 | - Various cygwin improvements for running as service | |
143 | - Works 'out of the box' with Linux SATA libata | |
144 | - smartd option added to list test schedules | |
145 | - smartctl option added to list part of drive database | |
146 | - various improvements for SCSI disks and logs | |
147 | ||
148 | ||
149 | Date 2005-04-19 | |
150 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.34 (STABLE) | |
151 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |
152 | This is a stable smartmontools release. It includes: | |
153 | - OS/2 and eComStation support | |
154 | All Platforms: | |
155 | - Printing of drive family info | |
156 | - SCSI disks: output size of grown defect list | |
157 | - Added info about drive family to 'smartctl -i' output. | |
158 | - Added option ',q' for smartd '-n' directive to suppress | |
159 | 'skipping checks' message which may spin up laptop disk. | |
160 | - Added message if smartd '-n' check power mode spins up disk. | |
161 | Cygwin and Windows: | |
162 | - Added info about Windows version and service pack to banner line. | |
163 | - Added support for smartd '-n' directive for Win2000/XP. | |
164 | - Added support for READ_LOG for WinNT4 also. | |
165 | - Fixed bug that prevents display of empty logs on Win2000/XP | |
166 | - Fixed use of cached smart enabled state in 'smartctl -i' output. | |
167 | Windows: | |
168 | - Fixed bug that prevents running smartd as service on WinNT4. | |
169 | ||
170 | ||
171 | Date 2004-9-5 | |
172 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.33 (UNSTABLE/EXPERIMENTAL) | |
173 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |
174 | This is an unstable/experimental release of smartmontools. It includes | |
175 | - support for Darwin/Mac OSX | |
176 | - support for OpenBSD | |
177 | - support for 3ware ATA RAID controllers under FreeBSD | |
178 | - support for 3ware 9500 series SATA RAID controllers under | |
179 | Linux. Use /dev/twa[0-15] devices to access these. | |
180 | - support for 3ware character device interfaces /dev/twe[0-15] | |
181 | under Linux. This allows (for example) Selective Self-tests. | |
182 | - support for Marvell chip-set based SATA controllers under Linux. | |
183 | - smartd mail now works also under Windows (using "Blat" mailer). | |
184 | - smartd can now be run as a Windows service. | |
185 | Please report sucess/failure with these items to the | |
186 | smartmontools-support mailing list. | |
187 | ||
188 | ||
189 | Date 2004-7-5 | |
190 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.32 (STABLE) | |
191 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |
192 | This is an stable release of smartmontools. | |
193 | Note added 2004/7/7: users building a Solaris/Intel version of the code should | |
194 | modify the 'configure' file, changing "pc-*-solaris*" on line 106 | |
195 | to read "*-pc-solaris*". Reference: | |
4d59bff9 | 196 | http://smartmontools.cvs.sourceforge.net/smartmontools/sm5/configure.in?r1=1.83&r2=1.84 |
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198 | ||
199 | Date: 2004-5-4 | |
200 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.31 (UNSTABLE/EXPERIMENTAL) | |
201 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |
202 | This is an unstable/experimental release of smartmontools. It includes | |
203 | several new features: | |
204 | - Windows smartd daemon | |
205 | - smartd now monitors current and pending sector counts | |
206 | - Support for ATA-7 selective self-test features (Linux/NetBSD only) | |
207 | Please report sucess/failure with this option to the smartmontools-support | |
208 | mailing list. | |
209 | ||
210 | Date: 2004-3-6 | |
211 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.30 (STABLE) | |
212 | -------------------------------------------- | |
213 | This is a stable release of smartmontools: the first stable release | |
214 | since 5.26. | |
215 | - KNOWN BUG (identified/fixed by CF): smartd will segv and crash if | |
216 | the configuration file /etc/smartd.conf contains NO valid entries. | |
217 | This bug was introduced in version 1.259 of smartd.c by BA and | |
218 | is present in smartmontools releases 5.27-5.30 inclusive. This can | |
219 | be fixed by editing line 3165 of smartd.c, and changing: | |
220 | "else if (cfgentries[0]) {" | |
221 | to read: | |
222 | "else if (cfgentries && cfgentries[0]) {" | |
223 | ||
224 | ||
225 | Date: 2004-2-24 | |
226 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.29 (Experimental, not STABLE) | |
227 | -------------------------------------------------------------- | |
228 | This is another experimental release, to replace the 5.27 release that | |
229 | had a damaged configure script. The next stable release will be 5.30 | |
230 | - This release has SCSI support for NetBSD | |
231 | ||
232 | ||
233 | Date: 2004-2-12 | |
234 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.27 (Experimental, not STABLE) | |
235 | -------------------------------------------------------------- | |
236 | - WARNING: this release has a broken --prefix=/a/path option to the | |
237 | configure script. The consequence is that smartd will not look for the | |
238 | configuration file (smartd.conf) at the desired location. | |
239 | - NetBSD support added | |
240 | - A new Directive (-s) for smartd.conf now enables flexible automatic | |
241 | scheduled self-testing for both ATA and SCSI devices. | |
242 | - Solaris now has ATA device support (SPARC only) | |
243 | - A new Directive (-n) for smartd.conf to avoid spinning up disks | |
244 | - Errors when smartd sends mail are now logged to SYSLOG | |
245 | - Solaris smartd mail now works correctly (uses mailx not mail) | |
246 | ||
247 | ||
248 | Date: 2003-11-29 | |
249 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.26 | |
250 | ----------------------------------- | |
251 | This is a stable smartmontools release. The only known problem is | |
252 | that under Solaris, the email features of smartd do not work 'out of | |
253 | the box'. Three workarounds are: | |
254 | [1] use '-M exec mailx' in /etc/smartd.conf | |
255 | [2] in the start script for smartd, put /usr/ucb into PATH before | |
256 | /bin | |
257 | [3] upgrade to release 5.27 or later, or the latest CVS snapshot | |
258 | ||
259 | ||
260 | Date: 2003-11-19 | |
261 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.25 | |
262 | ----------------------------------- | |
263 | This release should not hang when accessing USB devices. It provides | |
264 | smartd SCSI self-test log monitoring for self-test errors, and a | |
265 | larger table of known ATA drives. DEVICESCAN should work correctly | |
266 | even on file systems containing XFS or JFS partitions, and on machines | |
267 | that use devfs, even without traditional links. | |
268 | ||
269 | From this time on, even numbered releases will be 'stable' ones and | |
270 | odd numbered releases (like 5.25) will be unstable/testing/development | |
271 | releases. | |
272 | ||
273 | ||
274 | Date: 2003-10-30 | |
275 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.23 | |
276 | ----------------------------------- | |
277 | This release has one known problem: DEVICESCAN device scanning does | |
278 | not work correctly if the disk with the /dev directory also has XFS | |
279 | or JFS file systems on it. | |
280 | ||
281 | ||
282 | Date: 2003-10-28 | |
283 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.22 | |
284 | ----------------------------------- | |
285 | Replaces flawed 5.21 release: the -T verypermissive option had to be | |
286 | entered as -T verpermissive. First experimental solaris support (SCSI | |
287 | only). This release had a serious flaw: smartd left open file descriptors | |
288 | for devices that it couldn't monitor. | |
289 | ||
290 | ||
291 | Date: 2003-10-14 | |
292 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.21 | |
293 | ----------------------------------- | |
294 | Preliminary support for FreeBSD added to smartmontools. For FreeBSD, | |
295 | ATA support requires a 5.1-CURRENT kernel while SCSI support should | |
296 | work across multiple versions (any that support CAM). | |
297 | ||
298 | ||
299 | Date: 2003-10-04 | |
300 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.20 | |
301 | ----------------------------------- | |
302 | Replaces flawed 5.19 release (which had a zero-length man page | |
303 | smartd.conf.5). | |
304 | ||
305 | ||
306 | Date: 2003-10-03 | |
307 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.19 | |
308 | ----------------------------------- | |
309 | This is the first release of smartmontools based on autoconf/automake. | |
310 | For this reason, it is a very experimental release. Please let us | |
311 | know in particular about documenation errors/omissions, missing or | |
312 | unneccesary files, and similar oversights. The major changes are: | |
313 | [1] installation scripts based on autoconfig/automake | |
314 | [2] ./configure [options] lets you set arbitrary paths | |
315 | [3] supports FHS with ./configure --prefix=/usr/local | |
316 | [4] correct paths are inserted into all man pages, binaries, etc. | |
317 | [5] tarballs and RPMs are now GPG-signed | |
318 | ||
319 | ||
320 | Date: 2003-10-02 11:35 | |
321 | Summary: smartd SEGV | |
322 | -------------------- | |
323 | Some versions of smartd, including smartmontools release 5.1-18, will | |
324 | SEGV if the combination of Directives in /etc/smartd.conf contains | |
325 | -l error | |
326 | AND/OR | |
327 | -l selftest | |
328 | without any Attribute monitoring Directives. This is fixed in 5.19 | |
329 | and above. | |
330 | ||
331 | A good workaround is to add: | |
332 | -o on | |
333 | OR | |
334 | -o off | |
335 | to enable or disable automatic offline data collection. | |
336 | ||
337 | ||
338 | Date: 2002-11-17 07:41 | |
339 | Summary: testunitready bug in smartd | |
340 | ------------------------------------ | |
341 | A bug in smartd prevented functioning on scsi devices. | |
342 | The bug in question only affects smartd users with scsi devices. | |
343 | To see if your version of smartd has the testunitready() bug, do | |
344 | smartd -V | |
345 | If the version of the module smartd.c in a line like: | |
346 | Module: smartd.c revision: 1.66 date: 2002/11/17 | |
347 | has a revision greater than or equal to 1.30, and less than or | |
348 | equal to 1.64, then your version of the code has this problem. | |
349 | ||
350 | This problem affected releases starting with RELEASE_5_0_16 up to and | |
351 | including RELEASE_5_0_43. |