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3d17a85c | 3 | $Id: NEWS 3841 2013-07-26 17:38:57Z chrfranke $ |
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4 | |
5 | The most up-to-date version of this file is: | |
3d17a85c | 6 | http://sourceforge.net/p/smartmontools/code/HEAD/tree/trunk/smartmontools/NEWS |
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3d17a85c | 8 | Date 2013-07-26 |
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9 | Summary: smartmontools release 6.2 |
10 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |
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11 | - smartctl: Added ATA write cache reordering control using |
12 | '-g wcreorder' and '-s wcreorder,[on|off]' options. | |
13 | - update-smart-drivedb: Updated for new SVN repository. | |
14 | - HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database. | |
15 | - Areca RAID support: Fixed possible segfault on empty port. | |
16 | - HPT RAID support: Maximum disk number increased to 128. | |
17 | - Linux: RHEL 9 compile fixes. | |
18 | - FreeBSD: Device scanning now skips port multipliers. | |
ee38a438 | 19 | - Cygwin: 64-bit compile fixes. |
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20 | - Windows: Fixed bogus temp file name in smartd_warning.cmd |
21 | (already included in smartmontools-6.1-2.win32-setup.exe). | |
22 | - Windows: smartd service is no longer installed as interactive. | |
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23 | |
24 | Date 2013-03-16 | |
25 | Summary: smartmontools release 6.1 | |
26 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |
27 | - smartctl '-l directory': improved output format. | |
28 | - smartctl: Fix parsing of '-l select,cont+SIZE' option. | |
29 | - smartctl prints ATA Additional Product Id (OEM Id). | |
30 | - smartctl '-s/-g wcache' for SCSI devices to control write cache. | |
31 | - smartctl '-s/-g rcache' for SCSI devices to control read cache. | |
32 | - smartctl prints more info for SCSI devices: media rotation rate, | |
33 | form factor, physical block size, lowest LBA alignement, | |
34 | logical block provisioning, disk protection type | |
35 | and selftest progress status. | |
36 | - smartctl '--identify' updated for latest ATA ACS-3 spec. | |
37 | - smartd runs /etc/smartd_warning.sh to generate warning emails | |
38 | (Windows: smartd_warning.cmd). | |
39 | - smartd '-w PATH' option to specify this executable. | |
40 | - smartd '-d ignore' directive. | |
41 | - smartd DEVICESCAN ignores devices already specified. | |
42 | - smartd: added support for state persistence ('-s') and attribute logging | |
43 | ('-A') for SCSI devices. | |
44 | - smartd '-W' directive uses ATA attribute 190 if 194 is missing. | |
45 | - Support of larger SCSI defect lists via READ DEFECT(12). | |
46 | - Device type '-d usbjmicron,p' for Prolific USB bridges. | |
47 | - Many HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database. | |
48 | - Linux: Support for SAS disks behind Areca controllers. | |
49 | - Linux: Improved support for SATA disks on LSI/Megaraid controllers | |
50 | - Linux: disks on MegaRaid controllers are automatically scanned | |
51 | - FreeBSD: Support for SAS disks behind Areca controllers. | |
52 | - FreeBSD: Enhanced ATA command support for 3ware. | |
53 | - FreeBSD: Support for 3ware 9750 (/dev/twsX). | |
54 | - FreeBSD: Fixed support for 48-bit ATA commands on legacy controllers | |
55 | with ATACAM driver. | |
56 | - FreeBSD: Improved support for SAS/SCSI disks on LSI/Megaraid controllers. | |
57 | - Windows: smartd.conf '-M exec' supports path names with spaces. | |
58 | - Windows: Tool wtssendmsg.exe to handle smartd.conf '-m console'. | |
59 | - Windows: DEVICESCAN now supports up to 128 drives. | |
60 | - Windows: smartctl.exe and smartd.exe include VERSIONINFO resource. | |
61 | - Windows: smartd.exe includes MESSAGETABLE resource. | |
62 | - Windows: syslogevt.exe is no longer provided. | |
63 | ||
64 | Date 2012-10-10 | |
65 | Summary: smartmontools release 6.0 | |
66 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |
67 | - option/directive '-F nologdir' and '-F xerrorlba'. | |
68 | - smartctl '--identify' option. | |
69 | - smartctl prints nominal media rotation rate (ATA). | |
70 | - smartctl prints SATA version and speed. | |
71 | - smartctl '-l sataphy' works for CD/DVD drives also. | |
72 | - smartctl '-x' includes ATA Device Statistics. | |
73 | - smartd warning emails include device identify info. | |
74 | - smartd '-d' output is flushed to support redirection. | |
75 | - HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database. | |
76 | - Windows smartd: smartd.conf directives '-m console', | |
77 | '-m active', '-m connected'. | |
78 | - Windows: Support for SAS disks behind Areca controllers. | |
79 | - Windows: Win9x/ME and NT4 are no longer supported. | |
80 | ||
81 | Date 2012-06-30 | |
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82 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.43 |
83 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |
84 | - smartctl options '-g, --get' and '-s, --set' to get/set | |
85 | various ATA settings: AAM, APM, Read look-ahead, Write | |
86 | cache, Security (freeze), Standby mode/timer. | |
87 | - smartd directive '-e' to set (most of) the above settings | |
88 | on startup. | |
e165493d | 89 | - smartctl options '-f hex' and '-f hex,[id|val]'. |
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90 | - smartctl does not start ATA self-test if another test is |
91 | already running. Override with new option '-t force'. | |
92 | - smartctl supports extended self-test polling times | |
93 | greater than 255 minutes. | |
f4e463df | 94 | - Controller-independent SAT detection: '-d sat,auto[+TYPE]'. |
d008864d | 95 | - smartd.conf DEFAULT directive. |
f4e463df | 96 | - Many HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database. |
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97 | - Linux and FreeBSD: Support for SATA disks behind Areca SAS |
98 | RAID controllers and HP Smart Array controllers. | |
f4e463df | 99 | - Windows: Support for SATA disks behind Areca controllers. |
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100 | - Windows smartd: directives '-l offlinests,ns' and |
101 | '-l selfteststs,ns'. | |
f4e463df | 102 | - Windows installer: Combined 32-/64-bit support. |
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103 | - FreeBSD: fixed crash on SCSI devices with FreeBSD9-RC1 |
104 | ||
105 | Date 2011-10-20 | |
106 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.42 | |
107 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |
108 | - smartctl option '-l devstat' (Device Statistics). | |
109 | - smartctl option '-l ssd' (SSD endurance indicator). | |
110 | - smartd logs identify information of each SCSI/SAS device. | |
111 | - smartd resends warning emails if problem reappears. | |
112 | - smartd directives '-l offlinests' and '-l selfteststs'. | |
113 | - Many HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database. | |
114 | - Platform-specific man pages. | |
115 | - smartd.8 man page no longer includes smartd.conf.5. | |
116 | - FreeBSD: Compilation fixes. | |
117 | - FreeBSD: Support for Areca controllers. | |
118 | - FreeBSD: Fix '-l scterc' support. | |
119 | - FreeBSD: Support for 48-bit ATA commands. | |
120 | - Linux: Support for Areca controllers enhanced. | |
121 | - Windows installer: UAC support. | |
122 | - Windows: update-smart-drivedb /S(ilent) option. | |
123 | - Windows: improved USB ID detection. | |
124 | ||
a7e8ffec | 125 | Date 2011-06-09 |
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126 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.41 |
127 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |
128 | - Failed self-tests outdated by a newer successful extended | |
129 | self-test are no longer reported as errors. | |
a7e8ffec | 130 | - Support for ATA Long Logical/Physical Sectors (LLS/LPS). |
cfbba5b9 | 131 | - 'smartctl --scan-open' can create a draft smartd.conf. |
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132 | - smartctl prints World Wide Name (WWN) of ATA device. |
133 | - smartctl option '-f brief' to select new attribute output | |
134 | format which includes more flags and fits in 80 columns. | |
135 | - smartd logs identify information and WWN of each ATA device. | |
cfbba5b9 | 136 | - smartd logs warning from drive database if present. |
a7e8ffec | 137 | - smartd logs changes of offline data collection status. |
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138 | - smartd directive '-l scterc,READTIME,WRITETIME'. |
139 | - smartd preserves last scheduled selective self-tests span. | |
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140 | - 'smartd.service' file for systemd. |
141 | - configure option '--with-systemdsystemunitdir' | |
cfbba5b9 | 142 | - configure option '--with-exampledir'. |
a7e8ffec | 143 | - configure searches for init.d or rc.d directory. |
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144 | - 'make install' does no longer overwrite an existing |
145 | smartd.conf file. | |
146 | - 'update-smart-drivedb' does no longer require GNU sed. | |
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147 | - Many HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database. |
148 | - Linux USB autodetection: Enable '-d sat,16' for newer kernels. | |
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149 | - Linux megaraid: Fix segfault on non-data SCSI commands. |
150 | - Linux megaraid: Fix pass-through of non-data ATA commands. | |
151 | - FreeBSD: Use 'fetch' in 'update-smart-drivedb'. | |
152 | - OpenBSD: Use 'ftp' in 'update-smart-drivedb'. | |
153 | - OpenBSD: Workaround for shell bug. | |
154 | - OpenBSD: Fix DEVICESCAN for OpenBSD >= 4.8. | |
a7e8ffec | 155 | - Windows: Experimental support for Intel ICHxR RAID. |
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156 | - Windows: DEVICESCAN includes USB devices. |
157 | - Windows: Faster USB ID detection. | |
158 | - Windows: update-smart-drivedb tool. | |
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159 | - Windows installer: Option '/SO component,...'. |
160 | - Windows: Fix smartd warning email truncation on Win7. | |
161 | - Windows installer: Fix shortcut removal on Vista/Win7. | |
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162 | - Windows: Add missing quotes in smartctl-run.bat and |
163 | smartd-run.bat | |
164 | ||
165 | Date 2010-10-16 | |
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166 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.40 |
167 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |
7f0798ef | 168 | - Other config entries may precede smartd DEVICESCAN. |
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169 | - Option '-v' allows to specify byte order of attribute raw value |
170 | - configure: New default value for '--with-docdir'. | |
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171 | - configure: '--enable-drivedb' is now the default. |
172 | - Improved support for Intel SSDs. | |
173 | - Improved support for SandForce based SSDs. | |
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174 | - Drive database is in a separate source file 'drivedb.h' |
175 | which can be downloaded from SVN. | |
e9583e0c | 176 | - USB ID info is now included in 'drivedb.h'. |
cfbba5b9 | 177 | - Many additions to drive database. |
7f0798ef | 178 | - New script 'update-smart-drivedb'. |
a23d5117 | 179 | - smartd libcap-ng support, option '-C, --capabilities'. |
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180 | - smartd directive '-l xerror' to check Extended Comprehensive |
181 | SMART Error Log. | |
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182 | - smartctl option '-l scterc[,...]' to get/set the |
183 | SCT Error Recovery Control time limit. | |
cfbba5b9 | 184 | - smartctl option '-t vendor,N'. |
e9583e0c | 185 | - smartctl options '--scan, --scan-open'. |
7f0798ef | 186 | - Linux: Add '/dev/sd[a-c][a-z]' to smartd DEVICESCAN. |
cfbba5b9 | 187 | - Linux: Support SATA drives on LSI 3ware 9750 controllers. |
e9583e0c | 188 | - Windows: Read 'drivedb.h' and 'smartd.conf' from exe directory. |
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189 | - Windows: Support for 64-bit executables. |
190 | - Windows: Support for cross compilation on Linux. | |
e9583e0c | 191 | - Fix regression in smartctl option '-t select,M-N'. |
7f0798ef | 192 | - Fix SCT temperature table commands on big endian CPUs. |
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193 | - Fix regression in smartd SMARTD_DEVICE and SMARTD_DEVICETYPE |
194 | environment variables. | |
a23d5117 | 195 | |
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196 | Date 2010-01-28 |
197 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.39.1 | |
198 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |
199 | - Fix crash on kFreeBSD. | |
200 | - Fix regression in smartctl option '-q, --quietmode'. | |
201 | - Fix regression in smartd directive '-l selftest'. | |
202 | - Linux: Allow smartd 'DEVICESCAN -d sat'. | |
203 | - Linux: Fix spin-up of SATA drive if '-n standby' is used. | |
204 | - Windows: Fix parsing of 3ware 'tw_cli' output. | |
205 | ||
e9e8c2b1 | 206 | Date 2009-12-09 |
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207 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.39 (UNSTABLE/EXPERIMENTAL) |
208 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |
209 | - Sourcecode repository moved from CVS to SVN | |
210 | - Support for USB devices with Cypress, JMicron and Sunplus USB bridges | |
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211 | - USB device type autodetection for some devices on Linux, Windows and FreeBSD |
212 | (http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/smartmontools/wiki/Supported_USB-Devices) | |
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213 | - Support for Areca controllers on Linux |
214 | - Support for MegaRAID controllers on Linux | |
215 | - Support for HighPoint RocketRAID controllers on FreeBSD | |
216 | - Support RAID controllers using /dev/pass devices on FreeBSD | |
217 | - Support CHECK_POWER_MODE and WRITE_LOG on FreeBSD | |
218 | - Support for up to 128 devices on 3ware controllers | |
219 | - smartctl option '-l xerror' to print ATA SMART Extended Comprehensive | |
220 | Error Log | |
221 | - smartctl option '-l xselftest' to print ATA SMART Extended Self-test Log | |
222 | - smartctl option '-l sataphy' to print SATA Phy Event Counters | |
bed94269 | 223 | - smartctl option '-l sasphy' to print SAS device phy information |
2127e193 | 224 | - smartctl options '-l gplog,...' and '-l smartlog,...' to print any log page |
bed94269 | 225 | - smartctl option '-x' to print all extended info if available |
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226 | - smartctl prints SCSI load/unload cycle counts |
227 | - Improve display of huge raw values of some SMART attributes | |
228 | - Option '-d sat+TYPE' to use SAT with controllers which require '-d TYPE' | |
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229 | - Option '-v ID,RAW_FORMAT,ATTR_NAME' to add new vendor specific attributes |
230 | - Support for SSD drives using 64-bit raw attributes | |
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231 | - Many additions to drive database |
232 | - New simplified syntax for drive database | |
233 | - Option '-B FILE' to read drive database from a file | |
234 | - Configure option to add drive database file to distribution | |
235 | - smartd can now handle attributes 197 and 198 with increasing raw values | |
236 | - smartd logs changes of self-test execution status | |
237 | - smartd directive '-n powermode,N' to limit the number of skipped checks | |
bed94269 | 238 | - smartd flag '!' for '-r' and '-R' directives to log changes as critical |
2127e193 | 239 | - smartd supports scheduled Selective Self-Tests |
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240 | - Self-tests scheduled during system downtime or disk standby are run after |
241 | next startup | |
242 | - smartd option '-s PREFIX' to store smartd internal state until next startup | |
243 | - smartd option '-A PREFIX' to log attributes at each check cycle | |
244 | - Configure options to enable the above by default | |
2127e193 | 245 | - Change to an object oriented interface to access ATA and SCSI devices |
eb07ddf2 | 246 | - Linux, Win32 and FreeBSD modules migrated to new interface |
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247 | - Rework of smartd data structures |
248 | - Checkin date and SVN revision and optional BUILD_INFO printed in version info | |
bed94269 | 249 | - Better support for GSmartControl on Windows |
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250 | - SELinux fixes to 3ware device node creation |
251 | - Fix CCISS file descriptor leak on FreeBSD | |
252 | - Compile fixes for Solaris and FreeBSD | |
253 | - Use getaddrinfo() instead of gethostbyname() to support IPv6 | |
254 | - C++ Support for QNX Target, already tested for QNX 6.3.2 on x86 and | |
255 | armle target | |
256 | - Additional support for Samsung MLC flash drives | |
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257 | - New device type detection algorithm on FreeBSD, not based on filename |
258 | - Support for the adaX (ATA on CAM bus) devices on FreeBSD 8.0 and higher | |
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34ad0c5f | 260 | Date 2008-03-10 |
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261 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.38 (STABLE) |
262 | -------------------------------------------- | |
263 | This is a stable release of smartmontools. In addition to changes | |
264 | below, it includes: | |
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265 | - Libata/Marvell driver devices no longer need explicit '-d' switch |
266 | - DEVICESCAN automatically detects libata/marvell driver SATA devices | |
267 | - Fixed auto-offline/autosave support in FreeBSD | |
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268 | - SAT device type + SCSI generic devices work properly with smartd under Linux |
269 | - Many additions to drive database | |
270 | - More portable autogen/autoconf/automake script set | |
271 | - Additional Windows IOCTL route to access SMART data | |
272 | - Some ATA-8 updates | |
273 | - Smoother CCISS compilation support in Linux | |
274 | - Dragonfly support | |
275 | - Fixed some ATA identity byte swap problems on big endian CPUs | |
276 | - Added support for the QNX operating system | |
277 | - No-fork option added to smartd | |
278 | - Improved device scanning and drive type recognition in Windows | |
279 | - 3ware support for controllers with more disks (32 max) | |
280 | - Improved Windows installer | |
281 | - Improved SMART Attribute list and descriptions | |
282 | - Fix to smartctl return codes | |
283 | - Fix to scheduled tests on Highpoint RAID controllers | |
284 | - New samsung firmware bug workaround option | |
285 | - Auto-offline and Auto-save fixed in Linux + libata | |
34ad0c5f | 286 | - Solaris: better SCSI support and support for Sun compilers AND gcc |
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287 | - Fixed and improvements to CCISS support |
288 | - More options for SCSI temperature monitoring and history | |
289 | - Additional command line options for selective self-tests | |
290 | - Compilation fixes for various platforms. | |
291 | ||
2127e193 | 292 | See CHANGELOG for more details, or smartmontools SVN for still further |
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293 | details. |
294 | ||
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295 | Date 2006-12-20 |
296 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.37 (UNSTABLE/EXPERIMENTAL) | |
297 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |
298 | This is an unstable/experimental release of smartmontools. | |
299 | It includes: | |
300 | ||
301 | - Many additions to the table of known drives | |
302 | - SAT (SCSI/ATA Translation) support | |
303 | - SCSI background scan results log | |
304 | - smartd -W directive for temperature tracking and warning | |
305 | - smartctl -n option to check power state | |
306 | - improved smartd power state logging | |
307 | - CCISS support under Linux | |
308 | - HighPoint RocketRAID support under Linux | |
309 | - 3ware RAID support under Windows | |
310 | - SPT interface for SCSI devices under Windows | |
311 | - ATA selective self test under Windows XP/2003 | |
312 | - NSIS installer support for Windows version | |
313 | - Started move from C to C++ | |
314 | - Various other improvements | |
315 | ||
316 | ||
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317 | Date 2006-04-12 |
318 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.36 (STABLE) | |
319 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |
320 | This is a stable smartmontools release. The 5.34 version | |
321 | described just below was never officially released because | |
322 | Bruce Allen decided to wait until Linux support for | |
323 | accessing SATA devices through libata was in the official | |
324 | kernel.org sources. Changes include: | |
325 | ||
326 | - Win 2000/XP:ability to cancel drive self-tests | |
327 | - Additions to the table of known drives | |
328 | - FreeBSD support for 3ware char device interface and | |
329 | multiple 3ware cards | |
330 | - Various cygwin improvements for running as service | |
331 | - Works 'out of the box' with Linux SATA libata | |
332 | - smartd option added to list test schedules | |
333 | - smartctl option added to list part of drive database | |
334 | - various improvements for SCSI disks and logs | |
335 | ||
336 | ||
337 | Date 2005-04-19 | |
338 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.34 (STABLE) | |
339 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |
340 | This is a stable smartmontools release. It includes: | |
341 | - OS/2 and eComStation support | |
342 | All Platforms: | |
343 | - Printing of drive family info | |
344 | - SCSI disks: output size of grown defect list | |
345 | - Added info about drive family to 'smartctl -i' output. | |
346 | - Added option ',q' for smartd '-n' directive to suppress | |
347 | 'skipping checks' message which may spin up laptop disk. | |
348 | - Added message if smartd '-n' check power mode spins up disk. | |
349 | Cygwin and Windows: | |
350 | - Added info about Windows version and service pack to banner line. | |
351 | - Added support for smartd '-n' directive for Win2000/XP. | |
352 | - Added support for READ_LOG for WinNT4 also. | |
353 | - Fixed bug that prevents display of empty logs on Win2000/XP | |
354 | - Fixed use of cached smart enabled state in 'smartctl -i' output. | |
355 | Windows: | |
356 | - Fixed bug that prevents running smartd as service on WinNT4. | |
357 | ||
358 | ||
359 | Date 2004-9-5 | |
360 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.33 (UNSTABLE/EXPERIMENTAL) | |
361 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |
362 | This is an unstable/experimental release of smartmontools. It includes | |
363 | - support for Darwin/Mac OSX | |
364 | - support for OpenBSD | |
365 | - support for 3ware ATA RAID controllers under FreeBSD | |
366 | - support for 3ware 9500 series SATA RAID controllers under | |
367 | Linux. Use /dev/twa[0-15] devices to access these. | |
368 | - support for 3ware character device interfaces /dev/twe[0-15] | |
369 | under Linux. This allows (for example) Selective Self-tests. | |
370 | - support for Marvell chip-set based SATA controllers under Linux. | |
371 | - smartd mail now works also under Windows (using "Blat" mailer). | |
372 | - smartd can now be run as a Windows service. | |
373 | Please report sucess/failure with these items to the | |
374 | smartmontools-support mailing list. | |
375 | ||
376 | ||
377 | Date 2004-7-5 | |
378 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.32 (STABLE) | |
379 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |
380 | This is an stable release of smartmontools. | |
381 | Note added 2004/7/7: users building a Solaris/Intel version of the code should | |
382 | modify the 'configure' file, changing "pc-*-solaris*" on line 106 | |
383 | to read "*-pc-solaris*". Reference: | |
4d59bff9 | 384 | http://smartmontools.cvs.sourceforge.net/smartmontools/sm5/configure.in?r1=1.83&r2=1.84 |
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385 | |
386 | ||
387 | Date: 2004-5-4 | |
388 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.31 (UNSTABLE/EXPERIMENTAL) | |
389 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |
390 | This is an unstable/experimental release of smartmontools. It includes | |
391 | several new features: | |
392 | - Windows smartd daemon | |
393 | - smartd now monitors current and pending sector counts | |
394 | - Support for ATA-7 selective self-test features (Linux/NetBSD only) | |
395 | Please report sucess/failure with this option to the smartmontools-support | |
396 | mailing list. | |
397 | ||
398 | Date: 2004-3-6 | |
399 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.30 (STABLE) | |
400 | -------------------------------------------- | |
401 | This is a stable release of smartmontools: the first stable release | |
402 | since 5.26. | |
403 | - KNOWN BUG (identified/fixed by CF): smartd will segv and crash if | |
404 | the configuration file /etc/smartd.conf contains NO valid entries. | |
405 | This bug was introduced in version 1.259 of smartd.c by BA and | |
406 | is present in smartmontools releases 5.27-5.30 inclusive. This can | |
407 | be fixed by editing line 3165 of smartd.c, and changing: | |
408 | "else if (cfgentries[0]) {" | |
409 | to read: | |
410 | "else if (cfgentries && cfgentries[0]) {" | |
411 | ||
412 | ||
413 | Date: 2004-2-24 | |
414 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.29 (Experimental, not STABLE) | |
415 | -------------------------------------------------------------- | |
416 | This is another experimental release, to replace the 5.27 release that | |
417 | had a damaged configure script. The next stable release will be 5.30 | |
418 | - This release has SCSI support for NetBSD | |
419 | ||
420 | ||
421 | Date: 2004-2-12 | |
422 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.27 (Experimental, not STABLE) | |
423 | -------------------------------------------------------------- | |
424 | - WARNING: this release has a broken --prefix=/a/path option to the | |
425 | configure script. The consequence is that smartd will not look for the | |
426 | configuration file (smartd.conf) at the desired location. | |
427 | - NetBSD support added | |
428 | - A new Directive (-s) for smartd.conf now enables flexible automatic | |
429 | scheduled self-testing for both ATA and SCSI devices. | |
430 | - Solaris now has ATA device support (SPARC only) | |
431 | - A new Directive (-n) for smartd.conf to avoid spinning up disks | |
432 | - Errors when smartd sends mail are now logged to SYSLOG | |
433 | - Solaris smartd mail now works correctly (uses mailx not mail) | |
434 | ||
435 | ||
436 | Date: 2003-11-29 | |
437 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.26 | |
438 | ----------------------------------- | |
439 | This is a stable smartmontools release. The only known problem is | |
440 | that under Solaris, the email features of smartd do not work 'out of | |
441 | the box'. Three workarounds are: | |
442 | [1] use '-M exec mailx' in /etc/smartd.conf | |
443 | [2] in the start script for smartd, put /usr/ucb into PATH before | |
444 | /bin | |
445 | [3] upgrade to release 5.27 or later, or the latest CVS snapshot | |
446 | ||
447 | ||
448 | Date: 2003-11-19 | |
449 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.25 | |
450 | ----------------------------------- | |
451 | This release should not hang when accessing USB devices. It provides | |
452 | smartd SCSI self-test log monitoring for self-test errors, and a | |
453 | larger table of known ATA drives. DEVICESCAN should work correctly | |
454 | even on file systems containing XFS or JFS partitions, and on machines | |
455 | that use devfs, even without traditional links. | |
456 | ||
457 | From this time on, even numbered releases will be 'stable' ones and | |
458 | odd numbered releases (like 5.25) will be unstable/testing/development | |
459 | releases. | |
460 | ||
461 | ||
462 | Date: 2003-10-30 | |
463 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.23 | |
464 | ----------------------------------- | |
465 | This release has one known problem: DEVICESCAN device scanning does | |
466 | not work correctly if the disk with the /dev directory also has XFS | |
467 | or JFS file systems on it. | |
468 | ||
469 | ||
470 | Date: 2003-10-28 | |
471 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.22 | |
472 | ----------------------------------- | |
473 | Replaces flawed 5.21 release: the -T verypermissive option had to be | |
474 | entered as -T verpermissive. First experimental solaris support (SCSI | |
475 | only). This release had a serious flaw: smartd left open file descriptors | |
476 | for devices that it couldn't monitor. | |
477 | ||
478 | ||
479 | Date: 2003-10-14 | |
480 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.21 | |
481 | ----------------------------------- | |
482 | Preliminary support for FreeBSD added to smartmontools. For FreeBSD, | |
483 | ATA support requires a 5.1-CURRENT kernel while SCSI support should | |
484 | work across multiple versions (any that support CAM). | |
485 | ||
486 | ||
487 | Date: 2003-10-04 | |
488 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.20 | |
489 | ----------------------------------- | |
490 | Replaces flawed 5.19 release (which had a zero-length man page | |
491 | smartd.conf.5). | |
492 | ||
493 | ||
494 | Date: 2003-10-03 | |
495 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.19 | |
496 | ----------------------------------- | |
497 | This is the first release of smartmontools based on autoconf/automake. | |
498 | For this reason, it is a very experimental release. Please let us | |
499 | know in particular about documenation errors/omissions, missing or | |
500 | unneccesary files, and similar oversights. The major changes are: | |
501 | [1] installation scripts based on autoconfig/automake | |
502 | [2] ./configure [options] lets you set arbitrary paths | |
503 | [3] supports FHS with ./configure --prefix=/usr/local | |
504 | [4] correct paths are inserted into all man pages, binaries, etc. | |
505 | [5] tarballs and RPMs are now GPG-signed | |
506 | ||
507 | ||
508 | Date: 2003-10-02 11:35 | |
509 | Summary: smartd SEGV | |
510 | -------------------- | |
511 | Some versions of smartd, including smartmontools release 5.1-18, will | |
512 | SEGV if the combination of Directives in /etc/smartd.conf contains | |
513 | -l error | |
514 | AND/OR | |
515 | -l selftest | |
516 | without any Attribute monitoring Directives. This is fixed in 5.19 | |
517 | and above. | |
518 | ||
519 | A good workaround is to add: | |
520 | -o on | |
521 | OR | |
522 | -o off | |
523 | to enable or disable automatic offline data collection. | |
524 | ||
525 | ||
526 | Date: 2002-11-17 07:41 | |
527 | Summary: testunitready bug in smartd | |
528 | ------------------------------------ | |
529 | A bug in smartd prevented functioning on scsi devices. | |
530 | The bug in question only affects smartd users with scsi devices. | |
531 | To see if your version of smartd has the testunitready() bug, do | |
532 | smartd -V | |
533 | If the version of the module smartd.c in a line like: | |
534 | Module: smartd.c revision: 1.66 date: 2002/11/17 | |
535 | has a revision greater than or equal to 1.30, and less than or | |
536 | equal to 1.64, then your version of the code has this problem. | |
537 | ||
538 | This problem affected releases starting with RELEASE_5_0_16 up to and | |
539 | including RELEASE_5_0_43. |