1 CHANGELOG for smartmontools
3 $Id: CHANGELOG,v 1.566 2006/09/27 21:42:03 chrfranke Exp $
5 The most recent version of this file is:
6 http://smartmontools.cvs.sourceforge.net/smartmontools/sm5/CHANGELOG?view=markup
8 Maintainers / Developers Key:
22 [EM] Eduard Martinescu
23 [FM] Frédéric L. W. Meunier
32 NOTES FOR FUTURE RELEASES: see TODO file.
34 <DEVELOPERS: ADDITIONS TO THE CHANGE LOG GO JUST BELOW HERE, PLEASE>
36 [CF] Windows: Added support for 3ware 9000 controllers using extended
37 SMART functionality in new 3ware driver. This includes DEVICESCAN
38 support for at most 2 controllers. Thanks to Greg de Valois from
39 AMCC/3ware for new driver features, development support and
42 [SZ] smartd: Support HighPoint RocketRAID controller under GNU/linux
44 [DG] [SCSI] First cut for '-l background' to show background scan
47 [SZ] smartctl: Support HighPoint RocketRAID controller under GNU/linux
49 [KS] C++ compile fixes for Solaris with a few cleanups.
51 [BA] C++ compile fixes for Darwin (thanks to CF)
53 [CF] Removed old *.c files (now in CVS Attic).
55 [CF] Added changes for C++ to platform independent and Windows
58 [BA] Tagged last .c Version with PRE_MOVE_TO_CPP. Copied *.c,v
59 to *.cpp,v in CVS repository to preserve history of source
60 files. Removed sm5_Darwin repository.
62 [CF] smartctl: Added -n option to skip checks when disk is in
65 [CF] Windows: Added alternate system call for power state check
66 because the PASS THROUGH calls may spin up the disk.
68 [CF] smartd: Modified power state logging to report state changes
69 instead of standby condition.
71 [CF] smartd: Ignore -n directive on scheduled self tests.
73 [DG] [SCSI] Make start stop cycle counter log page decoding
76 [DG] Modify smartctl (but not smartd) to detect probable ATA
77 devices behind a SAT layer. In the absence of an explicit
78 device type, change to device type 'sat'.
80 [DG] Add indication that controller (device) type has been
81 explicitly set. Preparation for automatic detection of
82 'sat' device type unless user specifies a device type.
84 [SS] NetBSD: Deliver strings from ata_identify_device properly
85 on little- and big-endian platforms.
87 [BA] Added published ANSI ATA-7 spec to list of recognized ATA
90 [BA] Code janitor: added missing header strings for '-V' option.
92 [DG] [SATA] Extend 'sat' device type to allow either 12 or 16 byte
93 variant of the SAT ATA PASS THROUGH SCSI command. Syntax is
94 '-d sat,<n>' where <n> can be 0, 12 or 16 . The ',<n>' part
95 is optional. Currently defaults to 16 byte variant but that
96 could be made platform or even device dependent.
98 [DG] [SATA] Add new 'sat' device type for SATA disks behind a
99 SCSI to ATA Translation (SAT) Layer (SATL). Uses the ATA
100 PASS THROUGH (16) SCSI command thence the generic SCSI
101 passthrough for each platform.
103 [CF] Windows: Added script and make targets to create installer
104 with NSIS (http://nsis.sourceforge.net/)
106 [CF] Updated hostname and links for new SourceForge CVS service.
108 [CF] smartd: Added '-W' directive to track temperature changes
109 and warn if temperature limits are reached.
111 [CF] Windows: Added IOCTL_ATA_PASS_THROUGH (Win2003, XP SP2)
112 for commands unsupported by SMART_IOCTL. Added device
113 specific options to select subset and ordering of the ATA
114 IOCTLs actually used. These options are specified as
115 modifiers of the device name (/dev/hd[a-j]:[saic]+)
117 [CF] Windows: Added support for drives 4-7 (/dev/hd[e-h]) via
118 SMARTVSE.VXD on Win9x/ME. Thanks to Dariusz Rzonca for
121 [DG] [SCSI/SATA linux] from lk 2.6.17 SATA disk identification in
122 libata will change. Expand LibAta detection to see old
123 identifier and new variant (VPD page 0x83).
125 [BA] Identified Attribute 190 for Western Digital disks. This
126 stores temperature in Celsius, just like Attribute 194.
127 But it has a failure threshold set to correspond to the
128 maximum design operating temperature of the disk, which
129 is 55 Celsius on the WD800JD drives that I studied.
130 So if this Attribute has 'failed
131 in the past' this means that the maximum disk operating
132 temperature has been exceeded.
134 smartmontools 5.36 Stable Release
136 [BA] Linux: smartd/smartctl issue syntax hints to user if 3ware
137 disk controller present with EITHER 3ware OR AMCC vendor
138 name, and user syntax incorrect.
140 [BA] Update copyright dates to 2006.
142 [DG] [SCSI] Loosen sanity check on Seagate/Hitachi factory information
143 log page so it is not skipped on recent Seagate SCSI disks.
145 [CF] Added command 'smartd -q showtests' to list test schedules.
147 [CF] Added command 'smartctl -P showall MODEL [FIRMWARE]' to list
148 database entries for specific drives and firmware.
150 [PW] Automatically set -v 9,minutes and -v 194,unknown for Maxtor
151 DiamondMax D540X-4G drives.
153 [DG] [SCSI] suppress various outputs when data fails sanity checks.
154 Correct 'last n error events' log page indexing.
156 [DG] [SCSI] changed smartctl exit status to reflect any problems in
157 the most recent 20 self test logs [Leandro Santi]
159 [DG] [SCSI] Fix process return value when scsiGetSmartData() fails
160 in smartctl [Leandro Santi]
162 [BA] Updated docs and error message to reflect Linux libata
163 support for smartmontools starting with the 2.6.15 kernel
164 series. Also init script support for the 'tinysofa' release.
166 [DG] [SCSI] Mask dpofua bit when changing mode pages. Fix failure
167 of 'smartctl -l error'.
169 [EM] Fixed a problem with FreeBSD and 3Ware 'twe' devices
171 [CF] Fixed a regexp in knowndrives table, added regexp syntax check
172 via 'smartctl -P showall'.
174 [CF] Cygwin & Windows: Fixed memory leak in function calling
175 IOCTL_IDE_PASS_THROUGH. Thanks to Fred Schmidt for the problem
178 [CF] Cygwin: added cygrunsrv support and commands "install", "remove"
179 and "status" to smartd.initd.
181 [SS] Fix runtime problems on big-engian NetBSD platforms (patch provided
184 [CF] Cygwin smartd: Open smartd.conf in textmode to allow use of
187 [CF] Cygwin smartd: Added option '--service' to allow smartd running
188 as windows service via cygrunsrv. Useful in conjunction with new
189 syslogd support added in Cygwin 1.5.15.
191 [CF] Windows: Added patch to avoid output of non-ascii timezone names.
193 [EM] Incorporate various patches to provide TWE support and support for
194 multiple 3Ware cards, Power Check Support, and FreeBSD 6.x support.
195 Thanks to Rudolf Cejka, Frank Behrens, and Jung-uk Kim.
197 [DG] Silence gcc 4.0.1 compile warning concerning the difference in
198 "signedness" in pointer assignments. Changes to SCSI code
201 [PW] Additions to knowndrives table: added missing drive from Quantum
202 Fireball Plus LM series, added QUANTUM BIGFOOT TS10.0A, added
203 ExcelStor J680 and J880, added Western Digital Caviar RE Serial ATA
204 series, added missing drives from Western Digital Caviar SE series,
205 added Seagate Momentus 4200.2 series, added missing drives from
206 Maxtor DiamondMax 10 series, added Fujitsu MHG and MHH series, and
207 added Hitachi Travelstar 5K100 series.
209 [PW] Additions to knowndrives table: added Fujitsu MHU2100AT, added
210 Fujitsu M1623TAU, added missing drives from Seagate Barracuda
211 7200.8 series, added Seagate Momentus 5400.2 series, and added
212 QUANTUM FIREBALL CR8.4A.
214 [PW] Additions to knowndrives table: added missing drive from Maxtor
215 MaxLine II series, added Maxtor DiamondMax 2880 Ultra ATA series,
216 added Maxtor DiamondMax 17 VL series, added Hitachi Deskstar 7K80
217 series, and added Hitachi Deskstar 7K400 series.
219 [CF] Windows: Fixed unsupported 'smartctl -X' on Win2000/XP by using
220 IOCTL_IDE_PASS_THROUGH instead.
222 smartmontools 5.34 Stable Release [NOTE: never officially released]
224 [CF] Cygwin & Windows smartd: Increased SCSI DEVICESCAN range
225 from ASPI adapter 0-3 to 0-9. Added diagnostic messages.
227 [CF] Windows smartd: Added ability to run .bat files via '-M exec'
230 [CF] Cygwin smartd: Added FreeConsole() after fork() to avoid hang
231 of terminated shell console window.
233 [DG] [SCSI] Add code so 'smartctl -A' outputs the number of elements
234 in the grown defect list. When this number is increasing a
235 disk has problems. N.B. Similar logic should be added to smartd.
237 [CF] Windows smartd: Fixed event handling to allow start of another
238 smartd process when service is already running. Useful for testing
239 service configuration changes in debug mode.
241 [PW] Added following drives to knowndrives table: Western Digital Raptor
242 family, Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 family, Maxtor DiamondMax 2160
243 Ultra ATA and DiamondMax 10 families, Hitachi Travelstar E7K60
244 family, Seagate Medalist 17240, 13030, 10231, 8420, and 4310,
245 TOSHIBA MK4018GAP and MK6022GAX, ExcelStor Technology J360, and
246 Western Digital Caviar AC14300.
248 [PW] Added missing Fujitsu MHTxxxxAT and Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 drives
249 to knowndrives table.
251 [PW] Added QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM10.2 to knowndrives table. Thanks to
252 Mike Fleetwood for submitting the patch.
254 [KS] Solaris/SPARC: fixed not to disable automatic offline test and
255 automatic save attributes incorrectly. Thanks to Roy Badami.
257 [BA] Linux: smartd init script now recognizes 'trustix' distro.
259 [DG] [SCSI] Medium and hardware errors were slipping through
260 unreported. Fix linux SCSI sense reporting via SG_IO ioctl.
262 [DG] [SCSI] Change lba of first failure in selftest output to
263 decimal (was hex) to conform with ATA output.
265 [GK] smartd: Detect most self-test failures even if the hour counter
268 [BA] smartctl: list 'marvell' as option if user give invalid
271 [CF] Windows: fixed SCSI timeout handling to allow long timeouts
274 [CF] Fixed buffer overflow issues in printone() and safe_vsnprintf()
275 which results in crash on -V option (at least on Windows).
277 [DG] [SCSI] Add explicit timeouts to INQUIRY and REQUEST SENSE (that
278 were missed in an earlier patch). Could have impacted freebsd.
280 [DG] When linux detects a sata_via_libata disk suggest that user try
281 '-d ata' (rather then '-d libata). Anticipate kernel change.
283 [YD] Added OS/2 and eComStation platform support.
285 [PW] Added Seagate U4 family, Fujitsu MHJ and MHK families, Seagate
286 Barracuda 5400.1, QUANTUM FIREBALLP KX27.3, QUANTUM FIREBALLP KA10.1,
287 and ExcelStor J340 to knowndrives table.
289 [DG] [SCSI] After report of Hitachi IC35L073UCDY10 disks locking up
290 on log page 0x7 (last n error events), check log page (and some
291 others) is supported (via log page 0x0) before probing.
293 [CF] Added safe_v?snprintf() for platforms using v?snprintf()
294 with non standard behaviour on overflow (Windows, old Linux)
296 [CF] smartd: Added message if check power mode spins up disk.
298 [CF] Windows: Added support for READ_LOG on WinNT4 using undocumented
299 pseudo SCSI command via IOCTL_SCSI_PASS_THROUGH.
301 [CF] smartd: Added ',q' option for '-n' directive to suppress 'skipping
302 checks' log message. This prevents a laptop disk from spinning up
303 due to this message. Thanks to Rob MacLachlan and Manfred Schwarb
304 for pointing out problem & solution.
306 [CF] Windows: Added function get_os_version_str() to show OS flavor in
309 [CF] Windows: Added function ata_identify_is_cached() to check for outdated
310 SMART enabled bit in identify data.
312 [CF] Windows: Added fix to prevent linkage of smartd specific win32 modules
315 [PW] Added Fujitsu MPG3153AH, Hitachi Endurastar J4K20/N4K20 (formerly
316 DK23FA-20J), Seagate Momentus family, and Maxtor Fireball 3 family
317 to knowndrives table.
319 [PW] Added missing Maxtor DiamondMax 16, Seagate Barracuda ATA IV, and
320 Western Digital Caviar WDxxxAA/WDxxxBA drives to knowndrives table.
322 [CF] Windows: Added ATA check power mode for smartd -n directive.
324 [CF] Windows: Fixed use of new service status flag which causes hang
325 of smartd service on WinNT4.
327 [CF] Windows: Fixed error checking of IOCTL_IDE_PASS_THROUGH (used
328 for READ_LOG on 2000/XP). Added some diagnostic messages on
329 -r ataioctl[,2]. Thanks to Manfred Schwarb for bug report and testing.
331 [BA] Fixed code bug that made it impossible to enable SMART on
332 disks with failing health status. This would happen if the
333 os_*.c author made STATUS and STATUS_CHECK work the same way.
334 I have corrected this at a higher level; we now handle the
335 case where STATUS and STATUS_CHECK are identical without
338 [LW] Make os_linux.c/marvell_command_interface() always return 0 on STATUS.
339 Needed for a disk having bad SMART status.
341 [CF] smartctl: Added drive family printing.
343 [CF] autogen.sh: Allow automake 1.9, added message if automake
346 [BA] smartctl: use locale-specific separators for printing disk
347 capacity. Also use AC_CHECK_HEADERS not AC_CHECK_HEADER in
350 [BA] clean-up of #include structure so that -V options to smartd
351 and smartctl work correctly. Please, don't #include header
352 files into other header files.
354 smartmontools 5.33 Experimental Release
356 [BA] smartctl: ATA disks, if SMART ATTRIBUTE THRESHOLDS page has ID
357 errors with some Attributes having NULL IDs, print Attribute
358 info anyway (but issuing a warning to the user).
360 [DG] [SCSI] Decode Last n error events log page; decode track following
361 and positioning errors [Hitachi]
363 [EM] FreeBSD: another tweak, __packed__ introduced in Version 5.0040
365 [EM] Cleaner tweak of fixes for FreeBSD 4.x.
367 [EM] Fix compilation errors under FreeBSD 4.x, as it is still using
370 [EM] Remove 3ware/FreeBSD specific files and just include pieces we need
372 [DG] Add logic in smartd to detect 3ware, Marvell controllers and SATA
373 disks behind an ATA-SCSI simulator (in Linux). If specific device
374 types are not given and they are picked in a general SCSI device
375 scan then warn and skip.
377 [GG] insert correct path to smartd into smartd's init script
379 [BA] Changed all default paths in documentation to reflect /usr/local as
380 default path prefix. This affects on-line man pages, primarily.
382 [DS] Added support for OpenBSD
384 [BA] Added another environment variable SMART_FULLMESSAGE set by
385 the smartd mailing feature, and modified examplescripts/Example1
388 [BA] Fixed potentially misleading messages of the form:
391 [DG] emit warning if SATA disk detected using libata in Linux; then exit
393 [PW] Added Seagate U10 family, Hitachi Travelstar 7K60, Fujitsu MHR2020AT,
394 and QUANTUM FIREBALLP AS20.5 to knowndrives table.
396 [DG] Detect 3ware and Marvell controllers from SCSI INQUIRY vendor string
397 and suggest usage of appropriate '-d' argument in smartctl.
399 [LW] Tested the RELEASE_5_33_WITH_MARVELL_SUPPORT branch on
400 actual Marvell 88SX5041 hardware, with success.
403 [BA] Fixed nasty DEVICESCAN bug
405 [BA] Checked in RELEASE_5_33_WITH_MARVELL_SUPPORT branch with
406 some Marvell support.
408 [BA] Additional modifications of Ed's controller scheme. Fixed
409 broken 3ware support under linux, problems with scanning
410 devices in smartd, and other small problems.
412 [CF] Added make targets to build formatted man pages (htmlman, txtman),
413 Windows distribution (dist-win32) and MSVC6 config.h (config-vc6).
415 [EM] Minor change to FreeBSD inclusion of 'twe' include files. Add
416 code to check if they exising in /usr/include/sys to use those
417 in preference to ones added here
419 [EM] Very preliminary support attempt for 3Ware controllers under
420 FreeBSD. Also, switched 'escalade_type/escalade_port' to
421 'controler_type/controller_port' and moved away from
422 'tryata/tryscsi' to using new 'controller*' variables to
423 determine which controller type (ATA/SCSI/3Ware) to use.
425 [GK] Added initscript support for Darwin.
427 [CF] Windows smartd: Added ability to run smartd as a windows service,
428 including new commands "smartd install ..." and "smartd remove"
429 to install and remove the service registry entry.
431 [BA] smartd: warn user if -s regexp regular expression contains
432 characters other than 0123456789.*()|+?[-]{}:=SLCO since such
433 characters are 'suspicous' and may indicate a poorly formed
434 regexp. Extended regular expression gurus: can this list be
437 [CF] Fixed bug in Windows smartd: Missing close of config file when
438 configuration is reloaded by smartd daemon.
440 [CF] Windows smartd: Added mail warning feature using the "Blat"
441 (http://blat.sourceforge.net/) mailer as a default.
443 [PW] Added Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 5120 Ultra ATA 33 series and TOSHIBA
444 MK3017GAP to knowndrives table.
446 [CF] Added fixes to build smartmontools on old Linux systems
447 (libc < 6, Kernel 2.0.x).
449 [BA] Added ATA minor version identity strings for latest ATA specification
450 updates: ATA/ATAPI-7 T13 1532D revision 4a and ATA/ATAPI-6 published,
453 [PW] Added Hitachi Travelstar 5K80 family and Fujitsu MHTxxxxAH family to
456 [EM] Fix up compilation under FreeBSD < 5.x
458 [PW] Added QUANTUM FIREBALL EX3.2A and missing Western Digital Caviar SE
459 drives to knowndrives table.
461 [BA] Modified Hitachi Travelstar 80GN family regexp in drive database.
462 Thanks to [GK/CF] for problem & solution.
464 [GK] Added os_darwin.[ch]
466 [PW] Added the following drives to the knowndrives table: IBM Travelstar
467 48GH, 30GN, and 15GN family; IBM Deskstar 37GP and 34GXP family;
468 Western Digital WDC WD272AA; Maxtor DiamondMax D540X-4D family;
469 TOSHIBA MK2016GAP, MK2018GAP, MK2018GAS, MK2023GAS; and
470 QUANTUM FIREBALL ST3.2A
472 [BA] smartd/smarctl now print build HOST/OS information as part
473 of startup slogan. This should make it slightly easier to
474 read bug reports from users.
476 [RZ] Fixed the DEVICESCAN to do what it was supposed to do - give
477 error message unless scanning is in progress.
479 [BA] Update documentation to describe 3ware character devices. Better
480 error detection for missing/malfunctioning devices behind 3ware
481 controllers. Now pack 3ware ioctl structures explicitly.
483 [BA] For ATA devices that support LBA mode, print capacity as part
486 [RZ] Made DEVICESCAN quiet about non-existing devices unless debug
489 [DG] treat "unit attention" SCSI warning as try again in some contexts
490 (test unit ready and mode sense)
492 [BA] on drives that store max/min rather than min/max, get order
493 correct in printing temp.
495 [BA] fixed typo in 'smartctl -h' output. Thanks to Gabor Z. Papp.
497 [BA] linux: clean-up to 3ware/AMCC support; dynamically create
498 or fix /dev/tw[ae][0-15] device node entries if they don't
499 exist or are incorrect. One can now use the character devices
500 /dev/twe[0-15] OR /dev/sd? for 3ware 6000/7000/8000 series
501 cards. One must use /dev/twa[0-15] for 3ware 9000 series cards.
502 Note that selective self-tests now work via /dev/tw[ae] devices.
503 Next step: documentation.
505 [BA] linux: experimental "support" for 3ware/AMCC 9000 series
506 controllers that use the 3w-9xxx driver. This will be in a
507 state of flux for a few days. Note that this requires the
508 character interface /dev/twa[0-15].
510 [DG] linux: extend general SCSI OS interface to use the SG_IO ioctl. If
511 not available, use the older SCSI_IOCTL_SEND_COMMAND ioctl.
513 [KS] Solaris/x86: fixed system identification problem in configure
514 script. Thanks to Stuart Swales.
518 [BA] Update link to revised/updated IBM Deskstar Firmware
520 [CF] Cygwin & Windows: Added missing ASPI manager initialization
521 with GetASPI32SupportInfo(). Thanks to Nikolai SAOUKH for pointing
522 this out and providing a patch.
524 [BA] modified smartd init script to work on whitebox (thanks to
527 [BA] removed (reverted) additional Attribute definitions from
528 http://smart.friko.pl/attributes.php. All (or most?) of these
529 appear to be return code values for the WD Digital Life Guard Utility.
531 [PW] Added Seagate Medalist 17242, 13032, 10232, 8422, and 4312 to
532 knowndrives table. Added missing Seagate U Series 5 drives.
534 [PW] Added the following QUANTUM models to knowndrives table:
535 FIREBALL EX6.4A, FIREBALLP AS10.2, FIREBALLP AS40.0, FIREBALL CR4.3A,
536 FIREBALLP LM15, FIREBALLP LM30, and FIREBALLlct20 30
538 [PW] Added missing Western Digital Protege drives to knowndrives table.
540 [PW] Added Maxtor DiamondMax 40 ATA 66 series and DiamondMax 40 VL Ultra
541 ATA 100 series to knowndrives table.
543 [PW] Added the following Hitachi/IBM drives to knowndrives table:
544 HITACHI_DK14FA-20B, Travelstar 40GNX series, Travelstar 4LP series,
545 and Travelstar DK23XXB series. Added the missing Travelstar 80GN
548 [PW] Added Fujitsu MPB series and MPG series to knowndrives table. Added
549 the missing Fujitsu MHSxxxxAT drives.
551 [KS] Solaris: added workaround for dynamic change of time-zone.
553 [KS] Solaris: fixed problem that autogen.sh cannot detect absence of
556 [BA] smartd: added time-zone bug information to man page.
557 Reverted CF code for _WIN32 case.
559 [CF] Cygwin & Windows: Added better error messages on IDE/ATA device
562 [BA] added additional Attribute definitions from
563 http://smart.friko.pl/attributes.php
565 [BA] smartd: reworked TimeZone bug workaround so it is only invoked
566 for glibc. Note: this might not be right -- a similar bug may
567 exist in other platform's libcs.
569 [DG] SCSI smartmontools documentation updated [2004/5/6]. See:
570 http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/smartmontools_scsi.html
572 [CF] Windows: Fixed reset of TZ=GMT in glibc timezone bug workaround.
576 [DG] move SCSI device temperature and start-stop log page output
577 (smartctl) into --attributes section (was in --info section).
579 [GG] change default installation location to /usr/local
581 [CF] Cygwin smartd: Fixed crash on access of SCSI devices after fork().
583 [PW] Added TOSHIBA MK4018GAS and the following Maxtor drive families
584 to knowndrives table: DiamondMax D540X-4G, Fireball 541DX,
585 DiamondMax 3400 Ultra ATA, DiamondMax Plus 6800 Ultra ATA 66.
587 [PW] Added missing Maxtor DiamondMax 16, DiamondMax D540X-4K, and
588 DiamondMax Plus 45 Ulta ATA 100 drives to knowndrives table.
590 [PW] Added ExcelStor J240, Hitachi Travelstar 80GN family, Fujitsu
591 MHTxxxxAT family, and IBM Deskstar 25GP and 22GXP families to
594 [CF] Cygwin smartd: Added workaround for missing SIGQUIT via keyboard:
595 To exit smartd in debug mode, type CONTROL-C twice.
597 [BA] smartctl: printing of the selective self-test log is now
598 controlled by a new option: -l selective
600 [BA] Added entries for Samsung firmware versions -25 to -39 based
601 on latest info about firmware bug fixes.
603 [PW] Added Seagate U Series X family, Seagate U8 family, and Seagate
604 Medalist 8641 family to knowndrives table.
606 [CF] smartd: Added exit values 5/6 for missing/unreadable config file.
608 [BA] smartd: now monitor the Current Pending Sector count (Attribute 197)
609 and the Offline Pending Sector Count (Attribute 198). Log a
610 warning (and send an email, if so configured) if the raw count
611 is nonzero. These are controlled by new Directives: -C and -U.
612 Currently they are enabled by default.
614 [CF] Added option -c FILE, --configfile=FILE to smartd to specify
615 an alternate configuration FILE or '-' for standard input.
617 [KS] configure.in now searches for -lnsl and -lsocket for Solaris.
619 [CF] Win32/native smartd: Added thread to combine several syslog output
620 lines into one single event log entry.
622 [CF] Win32 smartd: Added DEVICESCAN for SCSI/ASPI devices.
624 [GG] Use gethostbyname() the get the DNS domain since getdomainname()
625 returns the NIS domain when sending mails from smartd.
627 [GG] smartd.init.in: pass smartd_opts to smartd on startup, read distribution
628 specific configuration files if found
630 [SS] smartctl: added NetBSD support for Selective Self-tests.
632 [BA] smartd.conf example configuration file now has all examples
633 commented out except for 'DEVICESCAN'.
635 [CF] Win32/native smartd: Added ability to display warning "emails"
636 as message box by "-m msgbox" directive. With "-m sysmsgbox",
637 a system modal (always on top) message box is shown.
639 [BA] smartctl: printing of self-test log for disks that support
640 Selective self-testing now shows the status of the (optional)
641 read-scan after the selective self test. Also, changed format
642 in printing self-test log to print failing LBA in base 10 not
643 base 16 (more compatible with kernel error messages). Also,
644 in printing SMART error log, print timestamps in format
645 days+hours+minutes+seconds.
647 [CF] Win32 smartd: Added ability to log to stdout/stderr
648 (-l local1/2). Toggling debug console still works
649 if stdout is redirected.
651 [BA] smartctl: selective self-test log, print current status
652 in a more detailed way. Allow writing of selective self-test
653 log provided that no other self-test is underway.
655 [BA] Linux: eliminated dependency on kernel tree hdreg.h.
657 [BA] smartctl: -l selftest option now prints Selective self-test
658 log in addition to the normal self-test log.
659 Added additional options (-t pending, -t afterselect) to
660 control remaining Selective Self-test capabilities. Tested
661 with several Maxtor disks. Modified error message printing
662 so that munged option messages print at the end not the
665 [CF] Added daemon support to Win32 native version of smartd.
666 The daemon can be controlled by commands similar to initd
667 scripts: "smartd status|stop|reload|restart|sigusr1|sigusr2".
669 [CF] Added minor support for option "-l local[0-7]" to Win32 native
670 (not Cygwin) version of smartd. If specified, the log output
671 is written to file "./smartd[1-7]?.log" instead of event log.
673 [BA] Added Selective Self-test to smartctl (-t selective,M-N).
674 Currently only supported under Linux; Solaris, NetBSD, FreeBSD
675 and Windows developers must add WRITE LOG functionality to
678 [BA] Added workaround for an annoying glibc bug: if you change
679 timezones, (eg, flying with a laptop from USA to Europe)
680 localtime() does not notice this in a running
681 executable, so time that appears in the system log (syslog!)
682 will be incorrect. See
683 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=48184
684 for additional examples of this bug.
686 [DG] Set explicit timeouts for SCSI commands (most default to 6 seconds).
687 Previously a 0 second timeout was meant to be interpreted as a
688 default timeout but the FreeBSD port had a problem in this area.
690 [CF] Fixed un-thread-safe exit signal handler for Win32
692 [BA] Fixed un-thread-safe exit signal handler pointed out
695 [BA] Changed configure script to eliminate warnings under
696 Solaris from sys/int_type.h conflicts with int64.h
697 Added header files for umask to smartd.c.
699 [BA] Man page format change from Werner LEMBERG. " " changed to \&
701 [CF] Added os_win32/syslogevt.* event message file tool for Win32
702 smartd (native+cygwin). May also be useful for other cygwin
703 programs writing to syslog().
705 [CF] Added Win32 version of smartd
707 [CF] Merged RELEASE_5_26_WIN32_BRANCH
709 [BA] Made some changes to man page markup suggested by
710 Richard Verhoeven to work around bugs in man2html.
711 Tested not to break anything under Linux and Solaris.
713 [CF] Moved PrintOut() from utility.c to smart{ctl,d}.c to avoid
714 syslog() output of smartctl.
716 [BA] Grew worried that some time-zone names could be very long (eg,
717 Mitteleuropaische Zeit) and put date string lengths into a
718 single macro in utility.c
720 [EM] Updated os_freebsd.c to handle older versions of FreeBSD in a
721 more appropriate/obvious fashion.
723 [EM] Modified autogen.sh as FreeBSD installs automake 1.7 as
724 'automake17' and NOT 'automake-1.7'
728 [PW] Added QUANTUM FIREBALLlct15 30, QUANTUM FIREBALLlct20 40, and
729 Maxtor 6Y060P0 (DiamondMax Plus 9 60GB) to knowndrives table.
731 [PW] Added Maxtor MaXLine II family to knowndrives table (thanks to
732 Brett Russ for submitting the patch).
734 [BA] Added remaining read/write commands to detailed list of
735 error log commands that have text descriptions of problem
736 printed. For commands that support it, print number of failed
737 sectors at problem LBA.
739 [BA] Made SuSE section of smartd init script more SuSE 9 compatible.
740 Thanks to Hans-Peter Jansen.
742 [CF] Windows smartd: Added IDE/ATA device scan
743 Added windows device names to smartctl.8.in, smartd.8.in
745 [BA] smartctl/smartd: user-provided '-F samsung' and '-F samsung2'
746 command line options/Directives did NOT over-ride preset values
747 unless user specified '-P ignore'. Now they will always over-ride
748 preset values from the database.
750 [BA] Added error decoding for a few more READ and WRITE commands.
752 [PW] Added Maxtor MaXLine Plus II, Western Digital Caviar SE (Serial ATA)
753 series, Hitachi Deskstar 7K250 series, and Ultra ATA 66 models of
754 the Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 40 series to knowndrives table.
756 [BA] Added Maxtor Diamondmax 250 GB drives to database. Note that
757 these model numbers are not listed in Maxtor documentation, but
760 [BA] Removed the 'contact developers' phrase from the Samsung disk
763 [PW] Added TOSHIBA MK2017GAP, IBM Deskstar 14GXP and 16GP series,
764 Fujitsu MPC series, Seagate Barracuda ATA III family, and missing
765 Seagate Barracuda U Series drives to knowndrives table
767 [BA] smartd: wrong loglevel for message: Configuration file
768 /etc/smartd.conf parsed. Changed to LOG_INFO from LOG_CRIT.
769 Thanks to Emmanuel CHANTREAU for the report.
771 [CF] Checked in development version of windows code base.
773 smartmontools 5.29 (note: there was NO 5.28 release)
775 [BA] smartd: configure script did not set correct directory to search for
776 smartd.conf based on --prefix argument to ./configure. Thanks to
777 GG for identifying the problem and fix.
779 [BA] make clean now removes man pages (generated from *.in) files as well
782 [EM] Correct copying of sense data in FreeBSD SCSI implementation. Thanks
783 to Sergey Svishchev for noticing the bug.
785 [BA] On solaris, wrong warning message if no ATA support. Warning message
786 concerns 3ware controller, not ATA.
788 [SS] Added SCSI support for NetBSD.
790 [BA] on big-endian linux machines, fixed interpretation of HDIO_GET_IDENTITY
791 to correctly identify ATAPI bit (was byte swapped). This should
792 eliminate some SYSLOG noise if user queries a packet device (eg, CD
795 [PW] Removed warning for IBM Deskstar 40GV & 75GXP series drives with
796 A5AA/A6AA firmware. Thanks to Gerald Schnabel.
798 [PW] Added Toshiba TOS MK3019GAXB SUN30G to knowndrives table
800 [PW] Added Western Digital Caviar AC12500, AC24300, AC25100, AC36400,
801 and AC38400 to knowndrives table
803 [BA] When printing ATA error log, print the LBA at which READ
804 or WRITE commands failed.
806 [BA] Changed syntax of error message in smartctl
808 [BA] Added versioning info (-V options to smartd/smartctl) for
813 [KS] Added ATA/IDE support for Solaris/SPARC (ATA/IDE not yet for
816 [BA] 3ware controllers: documented that one can monitor any of the
817 physical disks from any of the 3ware /dev/sd? logical devices.
818 Better warnings if querying a disk that does not exist.
820 [PW] Added Hitachi Travelstar DK23DA series, Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 40
821 series, Western Digital Caviar WDxxxAA, WDxxxBA, and WDxxxAB series
824 [BA] missing 'pragma pack' on ATA IDENTIFY DEVICE structure may have
825 caused odd or incorrect results on 64-bit machines.
827 [BA] smartctl/smartd allow inspection of self-test and error logs even
828 if disk firmware claims that these don't exist. This is needed
829 for some Maxtor disks whose firmware does not indicate log support
830 even though the disk DOES support it.
832 [BA] Improved porting instructions and documentation in os_generic.c
834 [PW] Add Western Digital Caviar WD136AA and SAMSUNG SP40A2H (RR100-07
835 firmware) to knowndrives table.
837 [EM] FreeBSD: remove extra definition of FreeNonZero
839 [BA] smartctl: the -q silent option was printing output for some
840 error conditions. Fixed. Will rename relevant variables to help
841 avoid these errors in the future.
843 [SS] NetBSD port added.
845 [BA] more sensible error messages for devfs and devfs-like systems.
846 Instead of saying that the DIRECTORY does not exist, say that
847 the DEVICE does not exist.
849 [BA] smartd: added -n Directive, to prevent disk spin-up depending
850 upon the power mode (SLEEP, STANDBY, or IDLE).
852 [PW] Added Maxtor DiamondMax 20 VL series, Fujitsu MPF series,
853 Maxtor DiamondMax 36 series, Maxtor DiamondMax 4320 series, and
854 Maxtor DiamondMax 536DX series to knowndrives table.
856 [BA] many warning messages now give the file name AND VERSION
858 [BA] smartd: when the user provides multiple address recipients
859 to the '-m' Directive in a comma-delineated list, the commas
860 are stripped out before passing the list of addresses to the
861 mailer program. (Thanks to Calin A. Culianu for pointing this out
862 and providing a patch.)
864 [BA] smartd: when the '-M exec path' Directive is used, any stdout OR
865 stderr output from the executable "path" is assumed to indicate a
866 problem, and is echoed to SYSLOG.
868 [BA] Added all missing IBM/Hitachi Deskstar 180GXP models to knowndrives
871 [PW] Added some missing IBM/Hitachi Deskstar 120GXP models to knowndrives
874 [PW] Added IBM Travelstar 14GS to knowndrives table.
876 [PW] Modified knowndrives table to match entire Hitachi Travelstar
877 DK23BA and DK23EA series of drives (thanks to Norikatsu Shigemura
878 for submitting the patch).
880 [PW] Added some missing Fujitsu MPE series drives to knowndrives table.
882 [PW] Added TOSHIBA MK4019GAX, TOSHIBA MK6409MAV, and QUANTUM
883 FIREBALLlct15 20 to knowndrives table.
885 [EM] Fixup example command output for FreeBSD
887 [PW] Added Maxtor DiamondMax 80 family to knowndrives table.
889 [EM] Catch up FreeBSD code to switch PROJECTHOME to PACKAGE_HOMEPAGE
892 [BA] smartd: now watches stdout/stderr when trying to run mail, mailx
893 or mail warning script, and reports any output to SYSLOG. This
894 gives a clearer error message if something is wrong.
896 [BA] smartd: Solaris init script modified to accomodate grep that
897 lacks '-q' quiet option. Also check for running process to kill
900 [PW] Added some missing Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 and 7200.7 Plus drives
901 to knowndrives table.
903 [PW] Added Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 60 family and Seagate U Series 5 20413
904 to knowndrives table.
906 [BA] smartd: under Solaris, made default mailer be 'mailx' not
907 'mail', since Solaris 'mail' does not accept a '-s' argument.
908 A workaround for Solaris users of earlier versions is to
909 have '-M exec /bin/mailx' in their smartd.conf config file.
911 [DG] some SCSI controllers don't like odd length transfers so make
912 sure LOG SENSE transfers are rounded up to an even number when
913 and odd length is reported (i.e. there is a double fetch, the
914 first to find the length, the second gets the data)
916 [BA] smartd man pages: under Solaris, correct section numbers in the
919 [KS/BA] smartd man page: describe how to set Solaris syslog.conf
920 file to catch all messages. Give correct Solaris SYSLOG default
921 path /var/adm/messages in man pages.
923 [BA] smartd: incorporated Debian startup script submitted by user.
925 [BA] smartctl: modified printing of self-test log entry number. Seagate
926 firmware can leave 'holes' in the self-test log while a test is
927 actually running. We now print entry numbers consistently in this
928 case, not assuming that entries are contiguous.
930 [PW] Added QUANTUM FIREBALL CX10.2A and Western Digital Caviar AC23200L
931 to knowndrives table.
933 [PW] Added QUANTUM FIREBALLlct20 20 to knowndrives table.
935 [PW] Added Maxtor DiamondMax Plus D740X family to knowndrives table.
937 [PW] Added IBM Travelstar 32GH, 30GT, and 20GN family to knowndrives
940 [BA] Slackware init script modified to search for /etc/slackware-version
941 rather than /etc/slackware-release.
943 [PW] Added Seagate Barracuda ATA II family and TOSHIBA MK4019GAXB to
946 [GG] explain howto use autoreconf in autogen.sh
948 [KS] Makefile.am/configure.in: changed manual page sections for
951 [BA] smartd: reduced number of scheduled self-test messages if
952 test already run in current hour.
954 [PW] Added Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 8 family to knowndrives table.
956 [BA] linux: check for linux/hdreg.h. If it's there, use it. If
957 not, provide the necessary definitions ourselves.
959 [PW] Removed warning for IBM Deskstar 40GV & 75GXP series drives
960 with TXAOA5AA firmware
962 [PW] Added IBM Travelstar 25GS, 18GT, and 12GN family to knowndrives
965 [PW] Added IBM/Hitachi Travelstar 60GH & 40GN family to knowndrives
968 [BA] smartd: made '-s' Directive more efficient. Now store
969 compiled regex, and re-use. If device lacks certain self-test
970 capabilities, track it and don't try again.
972 [BA] smartd: made memory allocation for device lists completely
973 dynamic (eliminating compile-time maximum length constants).
975 [PW] Removed warning for SAMSUNG SP0802N with TK100-23 firmware
977 [PW] Added Seagate Barracuda ATA IV family to knowndrives table.
979 [BA] smartd: reduce per-device memory footprint by making
980 mail-warning info dynamically allocated. Also remove
981 potential memory leak if use has -m Directive twice and
982 keeps reloading the config file (highly unlikely this would
985 [DG] smartd: added SCSI scheduled self-tests (Background
988 [BA] smartd: can now run scheduled offline immediate and
989 self-tests. See man page and -s Directive for details.
991 [GG] don't include manpages in make-dist-tarball.
993 [BA] smartctl: on-line examples given with -h are now correct
994 for solaris and linux, but wrong for freebsd. Ed?
996 [BA] smartd: man page now explains device scanning for solaris as
997 well as linux and freebsd.
999 [BA] smartd/smartctl: man pages now report correct CVS tag release
1000 date, and executables '-V' options reports more build info.
1004 [BA] Improved user messages that appear from 'make install'
1006 [PW] Removed warning for SAMSUNG SP1213N with firmware TL100-23
1008 [BA] incorporated SuSE init script from user.
1010 [DG] if SCSI device is read only, then open it read only.
1012 [BA] when compiled on non-supported system (NOT linux, freebsd or solaris) then
1013 the run-time error messages now clearly say 'your system is not supported'
1014 and give clear directions.
1016 [BA] ./configure script now works correctly on SuSE linux boxes
1018 [BA] minor improvements to man pages
1020 [BA] simplified detection of packet (ATAPI, CD) devices.
1022 [BA] init script (redhat, mandrake, yellowdog) now uses correct
1023 strings for translation and is slightly more standard.
1025 [DG] smartctl: output scsi Seagate vendor pages for disks (not tapes)
1029 Note: there was no '5.24' release. From this point on, even numbered
1030 releases will be 'stable' ones and odd numbered releases will be
1031 unstable/testing/development ones.
1033 [DG] smartd/smartctl: changed scsiClearControlGLTSD() to
1034 scsiSetControlGLTSD() with an 'enabled' argument so '-S on'
1035 and '-S off' work for SCSI devices (if changing GLTSD supported).
1037 [BA] smartd/smartctl: wired in scsiClearControlGLTSD(). Could still
1038 use a corresponding Set function. Left stubs for this purpose.
1040 [DG] scsicmds: added scsiClearControlGLTSD() [still to be wired in]
1042 [BA] smartctl: make SCSI -T options behave the same way as the
1045 [DG] smartctl: output scsi transport protocol if available
1047 [DG] scsi: stop device scan in smartd and smartctl if badly formed
1048 mode response [heuristic to filter out USB devices before we
1049 (potentially) lock them up].
1051 [BA] smartd: deviceclose()->CloseDevice(). Got rid of SCSIDEVELOPMENT
1052 macro-enabled code. Added -W to list of gcc specific options to
1053 always enable. Made code clean for -W warnings.
1055 [PW] Added Maxtor DiamondMax VL 30 family to knowndrives table.
1057 [DG] scsi: add warning (when '-l error' active) if Control mode page
1058 GLTSD bit is set (global disable of saving log counters)
1060 [DG] scsi: remember mode sense cmd length. Output trip temperature
1061 from IE lpage (IBM extension) when unavailable from temp lpage.
1063 [BA] smartd: for both SCSI and ATA now warns user if either
1064 the number of self-test errors OR timestamp of most
1065 recent self-test error have increased.
1067 [DG] smartctl: output Seagate scsi Cache and Factory log pages (if
1068 available) when vendor attributes chosen
1070 [DG] smartd: add scsiCountFailedSelfTests() function.
1072 [DG] Do more sanity checking of scsi log page responses.
1074 [BA] smartd: now warns user if number of self-test errors has
1075 increased for SCSI devices.
1077 [BA] smartd: warn user if number of ATA self-test errors increases
1078 (as before) OR if hour time stamp of most recent self-test
1081 [DG] More checks for well formed mode page responses. This has the side
1082 effect of stopping scans on bad SCSI implementations (e.g. some
1083 USB disks) prior to sending commands (typically log sense) that
1086 [PW] Added Western Digital Caviar family and Caviar SE family to
1089 [BA] smartd: added -l daemon (which is the default value if -l
1092 [PW] Added Seagate Barracuda ATA V family to knowndrives table.
1094 [BA] smartd: added additional command line argument -l FACILITY
1095 or --logfacility FACILITY. This can be used to redirect
1096 messages from smartd to a different file than the one used
1097 by other system daemons.
1099 [PW] Added Seagate Barracuda 7200.7, Western Digital Protege WD400EB,
1100 and Western Digital Caviar AC38400 to knowndrives table.
1102 [BA] smartd: scanning should now also work correctly for
1103 devfs WITHOUT traditional links /dev/hd[a-t] or /dev/sd[a-z].
1105 [PW] Added Maxtor 4W040H3, Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 Plus,
1106 IBM Deskstar 120GXP (40GB), Seagate U Series 20410,
1107 Fujitsu MHM2100AT, MHL2300AT, MHM2150AT, and IBM-DARA-212000
1108 to knowndrives table.
1110 [PW] Added remaining Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 models to knowndrives
1113 [EM] smartd: If no matches found, then return 0, rather than an error
1114 indication, as it just means no devices of the given type exist.
1115 Adjust FreeBSD scan code to mirror Linux version.
1117 [BA] smartd: made device scan code simpler and more robust. If
1118 too many devices detected, warn user but scan as many
1119 as possible. If error in scanning, warn user but don't
1122 [EM] smartd: To keep as consistent as possible, migrate FreeBSD
1123 devicescan code to also use glob(3). Also verified clean
1124 compile on a 4.7 FreeBSD system.
1126 [BA] smartd: Modified device scan code to use glob(3). Previously
1127 it appeared to have trouble when scanning devices on an XFS
1128 file system, and used non-public interface to directory
1129 entries. Problems were also reported when /dev/ was on an
1130 ext2/3 file system, but there was a JFS partition on the same
1133 [BA] Clearer error messages when device scanning finds no suitable
1136 [EM] FreeBSD: Fixup code to allow for proper compilation under
1141 [BA] smartd: didn't close file descriptors of ATA packet devices
1142 that are scanned. Fixed.
1144 [BA] Added reload/report targets to the smartmontools init script.
1145 reload: reloads config file
1146 report: send SIGUSR1 to check devices now
1150 [EM] Fix compile issues for FreeBSD < 5-CURRENT.
1152 [PW] Added Fujitsu MHM2200AT to knowndrives table.
1154 [BA] To help catch bugs, clear ATA error structures before all
1155 ioctl calls. Disable code that attempted to time-out on SCSI
1156 devices when they hung (doesn't work).
1158 [BA] Documented STATUS/ERROR flags added by [PW] below.
1160 [BA] Improved algorithm to recognize ATA packet devices. Should
1161 no longer generate SYSLOG kernel noise when user tries either
1162 smartd or smartctl on packet device (CD-ROM or DVD). Clearer
1163 warning messages from smartd when scanning ATA packet device.
1165 [PW] Added TOSHIBA MK4025GAS to knowndrives table.
1167 [PW] Added a textual interpretation of the status and error registers
1168 in the SMART error log (ATA). The interpretation is
1169 command-dependent and currently only eight commands are supported
1170 (those which produced errors in the error logs that I happen to
1173 [BA] added memory allocation tracking to solaris code.
1174 Fixed solaris signal handling (reset handler to default
1175 after first call to handler) by using sigset. Added
1176 HAVE_SIGSET to configure.in
1178 [CD] solaris port: added SCSI functionality to solaris
1181 [BA] smartd: attempt to address bug report about smartd
1182 hanging on USB devices when scanning:
1183 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=107615
1184 Set a timeout of SCSITIMEOUT (nominally 7 seconds) before
1187 [EM] smartd: DEVICESCAN will follow links in a devfs filesystem and
1188 make sure the end point is a disc. Update documentation, added
1189 note about FreeBSD scanning
1191 [BA] smartd: DEVICESCAN also looks for block devices in
1192 /dev. Updated documentation. Now scans for up to
1193 20 ATA devices /dev/hda-t rather than previous 12
1196 [EM] smartd: mirror the FreeBSD DEVICESCAN logic for Linux,
1197 so that smartd now scans only devices found in /dev/. Also,
1198 make utility memory functions take a line number and file so
1199 that we report errors with the correct location.
1201 [GG] add a note about Debian bug #208964 to WARNINGS.
1203 [BA] smartctl: -T verypermissive option broken. Use
1204 -T verpermissive until the next release, please.
1206 [BA] Syntax mods so that code also compiles on Solaris using
1207 Sun Workshop compiler. Need -xmemalign 1i -xCC flags
1212 [DK] Changed configure.in so -Wall is only included if gcc
1213 is used (this is a gcc specific flag) and -fsignedchar
1214 is not used at all (this is a gcc specific compiler
1217 [BA] Modifications so that code now compiles under solaris. Now
1218 all that's needed (:-) is to fill in os_solaris.[hc]. Added
1219 os_generic.[hc] as guide to future ports. Fixed -D option
1220 of smartd (no file name). Modified -h opt of smartd/smartctl
1221 to work properly with solaris getopt().
1223 [EM] Update MAN pages with notes that 3ware drives are NOT supported
1224 under FreeBSD. Cleanup FreeBSD warning message handling.
1226 [EM] FreeBSD only: Fix first user found bug....I guess I was making
1227 the wrong assumption on how to convert ATA devnames to
1228 channel/unit numbers.
1230 [EM] Allow for option --enable-sample to append '.sample' to installed
1231 smartd.conf and rc script files. Also, let rc script shell setting
1232 be determined by configure
1234 [EM] Minor autoconf update to include -lcam for FreeBSD
1236 [EM] Add conditional logic to allow FreeBSD to compile pre-ATAng.
1238 Add some documentation to INSTALL for FreeBSD.
1240 [EM] Implement SCSI CAM support for FreeBSD. NOTE: I am not an expert
1241 in the use of CAM. It seems to work for me, but I may be doing
1242 something horribly wrong, so please exercise caution.
1244 [EM] Switch over to using 'atexit' rather than 'on_exit' routine. This also
1245 meant we needed to save the exit status elsewhere so our 'Goodbye'
1246 routine could examine it.
1248 [EM] Move the DEVICESCAN code to os specific files. Also moved some of the
1249 smartd Memory functions to utility.c to make available to smartctl.
1251 [EM] Code janitor work on os_freebsd.c.
1253 [EM] Added os_freebsd.[hc] code. Additional code janitor
1256 [BA] Code janitor working, moving OS dependent code into
1259 [GG] conditionally compile os_{freebsd,linux}.o depending on
1262 [PW] Print estimated completion time for tests
1264 [BA] Added -F samsung2 flag to correct firmware byte swap.
1265 All samsung drives with *-23 firmware revision string.
1269 [GG] Fixed broken Makefile.am (zero length smartd.conf.5
1270 was being created), fix broken uninstall/distcheck targets
1272 [FM] Improved Slackware init script added to /etc/smartd.initd
1274 smartmontools 5.19 [NOTE CHANGE OF RELEASE NUMBERING]
1276 [BA] smartctl: added '-T verypermissive' option which is
1277 equivalent to giving '-T permissive' many times.
1279 [BA] Try harder to identify from IDENTIFY DEVICE structure
1280 if SMART supported/enabled. smartd now does a more
1281 thorough job of trying to assess this before sending
1282 a SMART status command to find out for sure.
1284 [BA] smartctl: it's now possible to override the program's
1285 guess of the device type (ATA or SCSI) with -d option.
1287 [BA] try hard to avoid sending IDENTIFY DEVICE to packet
1288 devices (CDROMS). They can't do SMART, and this generates
1289 annoying syslog messages. At the same time, identify type
1292 [BA] smartctl: Can now use permissive option more
1293 than once, to control how far to go before giving up.
1295 [BA] smartd: if user asked to monitor either error or self-test
1296 logs (-l error or -l selftest) WITHOUT monitoring any of the
1297 Attribute values, code will SEGV. For 5.1-18 and earlier,
1298 a good workaround is to enable Auto offline (-o on).
1300 [BA] smartctl: If enable auto offline command given, update auto
1301 offline status before printing capabilities.
1303 [GG] Make autotools build the default, remove autotools.diff
1305 [GG] Add auto{conf,make} support, not enabled by default.
1307 [BA] Eliminated #include <linux/hdreg.h> from code. This
1308 should simplify porting to solaris, FreeBSD, etc. The
1309 only linux-specific code is now isolated to three routines,
1310 one for SCSI, one for Escalade, one for ATA.
1312 smartmontools 5.1-18
1314 [BA] smartd: fixed serious bug - Attributes not monitored unless
1315 user told smartd to ignore at least one of them!
1317 smartmontools 5.1-17
1319 [BA] Default runlevels for smartd changed from 3 and 5 to
1322 [BA] Removed as much dynamic memory allocation as possible from
1323 configuration file parsing. Reloading config file, even in
1324 presence of syntax errors etc. should not cause memory leaks.
1326 [PW] It is no longer permissible for the integer part (if any) of
1327 arguments to --report and --device to be followed by non-digits.
1328 For example, the "foo" in --report=ioctl,2foo was previously
1329 ignored, but now causes an error.
1331 [BA] smartd: added -q/--quit command line option to specify
1332 under what circumstances smartd should exit. The old
1333 -c/--checkonce option is now obsoleted by this more
1334 general-purpose option.
1336 [BA] smartd now responds to a HUP signal by re-reading its
1337 configuration file /etc/smartd.conf. If there are
1338 errors in this file, then the configuration file is
1339 ignored and smartd continues to monitor the devices that
1340 it was monitoring prior to receiving the HUP signal.
1342 [BA] Now correctly get SMART status from disks behind 3ware
1343 controllers, thanks to Adam Radford. Need 3w-xxxx driver
1344 version 1.02.00.037 or later. Previously the smartmontools
1345 SMART status always returned "OK" for 3ware controllers.
1347 [BA] Additional work on dynamic memory allocation/deallocation.
1348 This should have no effect on smartctl, but clears that way
1349 for smartd to dynamically add and remove entries. It should
1350 also now be easier to modify smartd to re-read its config
1351 file on HUP (which is easy) without leaking memory (which is
1352 harder). The philosophy is that memory for data structures in
1353 smartd is now allocated only on demand, the first time it
1356 [BA] smartd: finished cleanup. Now use create/rm functions for
1357 cfgentries and dynamic memory allocation almost everywhere.
1358 Philosophy: aggresively try and provoke SEGV to help find
1361 [BA] Added SAMSUNG SV0412H to knowndrives table.
1363 [BA] smartd: if DEVICESCAN used then knowndrives table might not set
1364 the -v attributes correctly -- may have been the same for all
1365 the drives. Cleaned up some data structures and memory
1366 allocation to try and ensure segvs if such problems are
1369 [BA] Now allow -S on and -o on for the 3ware device type. For these
1370 commands to be passed through, the stock 3ware 3w-xxxx driver
1371 must be patched (8 lines). I'll post a patch on the smartmontools
1372 home page after it's been tested by a few other people and 3ware
1373 have had a chance to look it over.
1375 smartmontools-5.1-16
1377 [BA] smartd - can now monitor ATA drives behind 3ware controllers.
1379 [BA] smartd - changed some FATAL out of memory error messages from
1380 syslog level LOG_INFO to LOG_CRIT.
1382 [BA] smartctl - added code to look at ATA drives behind 3ware RAID
1383 controllers using the 3w-xxxx driver. Note that for technical
1384 reasons related to the 3w-xxxx driver, the "Enable Autosave",
1385 "Enable Automatic Offline" commands are not implemented.
1386 I will add this to smartd shortly.
1388 [BA] smartd - modified sleep loop, so that smartd no longer comes
1389 on the run queue every second. Instead, unless interrupted,
1390 it sleeps until the next polling time, when it wakes up. Now
1391 smartd also tries to wake up at exactly the right
1392 intervals (nominally 30 min) even if the user has been sending
1395 [GG] add Fujitsu MHN2300AT to vendoropts_9_seconds.
1397 [EB] Fujitsu change in knowndrives ... match the whole MPD and
1398 MPE series for vendoropts_9_seconds.
1400 [BA] smartd bug, might cause segv if a device can not be opened. Was
1401 due to missing comma in char* list. Consequence is that email
1402 failure messages might have had the wrong Subject: heading for
1403 errorcount, FAILEDhealthcheck, FAILEDreadsmartdata, FAILEDreadsmarterrorlog,
1404 FAILEDreadsmartsefltestlog, FAILEDopendevice were all displaced by
1405 one. And FAILEDopendevice might have caused a segv if -m was being
1406 used as a smartd Directive.
1408 smartmontools-5.1-15
1410 [BA] Cleaned up smartmontools.spec so that upgrading, removing
1411 and other such operations correctly preserve running behavior
1412 and booting behavior of smartd.
1414 [BA] Improved formatting of ATA Error Log printout, and added
1415 listing of names of commands that caused the error. Added
1416 obsolete ATA-4 SMART feature commands to table, along with
1417 obsolete SFF-8035i SMART feature command.
1419 [PW] Added atacmdnames.[hc], which turn command register &
1420 feature register pairs into ATA command names.
1422 [BA] Added conveyance self-test. Some code added for selective
1423 self-tests, but #ifdefed out.
1425 [BA] Modified smartd exit status and log levels. If smartd is
1426 "cleanly" terminated, for example with SIGTERM, then its
1427 exit messages are now logged at LOG_INFO not LOG_CRIT
1429 [BA] Added Attribute IDs (Fujitsu) 0xCA - 0xCE. This is decimal
1430 202-206. Added -v switches for interpretation of Attributes
1433 [BA] Made smartmontools work with any endian order machine for:
1434 - SMART selftest log
1435 - SMART ATA error log
1436 - SMART Attributes values
1437 - SMART Attributes thesholds
1438 - IDENTIFY DEVICE information
1440 Smartmontools is now free of endian bias and works correctly
1441 on both little- and big-endian hardware. This has been tested by
1442 three independent PPC users on a variety of ATA and SCSI hardware.
1444 [DG] Check that certain SCSI command responses are well formed. If
1445 IEC mode page response is not well formed exit smartctl. This
1446 is to protect aacraid. smartd should ignore a aacraid device.
1448 smartmontools-5.1-14
1450 [BA] smartctl: added column to -A output to show if Attributes are
1451 updated only during off-line testing or also during normal
1454 smartmontools-5.1-13
1456 [BA] smartd: attempt to enable/disable automatic offline testing even
1457 if the disk appears not to support it. Now the same logic
1460 [BA] Added definition of Attribute 201, soft read error rate.
1462 [BA] Added IBM/Hitachi IC35L120AVV207-1 (GXP-180) and corresponding
1463 8MB Cache GXP-120 to drive database.
1465 [BA] smartd: if DEVICESCAN Directive used in smartd.conf, and
1466 -I, -R or -r Directives used in conjunction with this, got
1467 segv errors. Fixed by correcting memory allocation calls.
1469 [BA] smartd: enable automatic offline testing was broken due
1470 to cut-and-paste error that disabled it instead of
1471 enabling it. Thanks to Maciej W. Rozycki for pointing
1472 out the problem and solution.
1474 [BA] Fixed "spelling" of some Attribute names to replace spaces
1475 in names by underscores. (Fixed field width easier for awk
1478 [BA,GF] Added mods submitted by [GF] to support Attribute 193 being
1479 load/unload cycles. Add -v 193,loadunload option, useful for
1480 Hitachi drive DK23EA-30, and add this drive to knowndrive.c
1481 Add meaning of attribute 250 : Read error retry rate
1483 smartmontools-5.1-12
1485 [BA] Added another entry for Samsung drives to knowndrive table.
1487 [DG] Refine SCSI log sense command to do a double fetch in most cases
1488 (but not for the TapeAlert log page). Fix TapeAlert and Self Test
1489 log page response truncation.
1491 [PW] Added 'removable' argument to -d Directive for smartd. This indicates
1492 that smartd should continue (rather than exit) if the device does not
1493 appear to be present.
1495 [BA] Modified smartmontools.spec [Man pages location] and
1496 smartd.initd [Extra space kills chkconfig!] for Redhat 6.x
1497 compatibility (thanks to Gerald Schnabel).
1499 smartmontools-5.1-11
1501 [EB] Add another Fujitsu disk to knowndrives.c
1503 [GG] match for scsi/ and ide/ in case of devfs to exclude false postives
1505 [BA] If SCSI device listed in /etc/smartd.conf fails to open or do
1506 SMART stuff correctly, or not enough space
1507 to list all SCSI devices, fail with error unless
1508 -DSCSIDEVELOPMENT set during compile-time.
1510 [BA] Added automatic recognition of /dev/i* (example: /dev/ide/...)
1513 [DG] Add "Device type: [disk | tape | medium changer | ...] line to
1514 smartctl -i output for SCSI devices.
1516 [PW] Fixed bug in smartd where test email would be sent regularly (for
1517 example, daily if the user had specified -M daily) instead of just
1520 [KM] More TapeAlert work. Added translations for media changer
1521 alerts. TapeAlert support reported according to the log page
1522 presence. ModeSense not attempted for non-ready tapes (all
1523 drives do not support this after all). Get peripheral type from
1524 Inquiry even if drive info is not printed. Add QUIETON()
1525 QUIETOFF() to TapeAlert log check.
1527 [BA] Stupid bug in atacmds.c minor_str[] affected ataVersionInfo().
1528 Two missing commas meant that minor_str[] had two few elements,
1529 leading to output like this:
1530 Device Model: Maxtor 6Y120L0
1531 Serial Number: Y40BF74E
1532 Firmware Version: YAR41VW0
1533 Device is: Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall]
1535 ATA Standard is: 9,minutes
1537 Missing commas inserted.
1539 [BA] Fixed smartd bug. On device registration, if ATA device did
1540 not support SMART error or self-test logs but user had asked to
1541 monitor them, an attempt would be made to read them anyway,
1542 possibly generating "Drive Seek" errors. We now check that
1543 the self-test and error logs are supported before trying to
1544 access them the first time.
1546 [GG/BA] Fixed bug where if SMART ATA error log not supported,
1547 command was tried anyway. Changed some error printing to use
1550 [GG] Makefile modifications to ease packaging
1552 [DG] Did work for TapeAlerts (SCSI). Now can detect /dev/nst0 as a
1553 SCSI device. Also open SCSI devices O_NONBLOCK so they don't
1554 hang on open awaiting media. The ATA side should worry about
1555 this also: during a DEVICESCAN a cd/dvd device without media
1556 will hang. Added some TapeAlert code suggested by Kai Makisara.
1558 smartmontools-5.1-10
1560 [PW] Extended the -F option/Directive to potentially fix other firmware
1561 bugs in addition to the Samsung byte-order bug. Long option name is
1562 now --firmwarebug and the option/Directive accepts an argument
1563 indicating the type of firmware bug to fix.
1565 [BA] Fixed a bug that prevented the enable automatic off-line
1566 test feature from enabling. It also prevented the enable Attribute
1567 autosave from working. See CVS entry for additional details.
1569 [PW] Modified the -r/--report option (smartctl and smartd) to allow the
1570 user to specify the debug level as a positive integer.
1572 [BA] Added --log directory option to smartctl. If the disk
1573 supports the general-purpose logging feature set (ATA-6/7)
1574 then this option enables the Log Directory to be printed.
1575 This Log Directory shows which device logs are available, and
1576 their lengths in sectors.
1578 [PW] Added -P/--presets option to smartctl and -P Directive to smartd.
1580 [GG] Introduce different exit codes indicating the type of problem
1581 encountered for smartd.
1583 [DG] Add non-medium error count to '-l error' and extended self test
1584 duration to '-l selftest'. Get scsi IEs and temperature changes
1585 working in smartd. Step over various scsi disk problems rather
1586 than abort smartd startup.
1588 [DG] Support -l error for SCSI disks (and tapes). Output error counter
1591 [BA] Added -F/--fixbyteorder option to smartctl. This allows us to read
1592 SMART data from some disks that have byte-reversed two- and four-
1593 byte quantities in their SMART data structures.
1595 [BA] Fixed serious bug: the -v options in smartd.conf were all put
1596 together and used together, not drive-by-drive.
1598 [PW] Added knowndrives.h and knowndrives.c. The knowndrives array
1599 supersedes the drivewarnings array.
1601 [GG] add {-p,--pidfile} option to smartd to write a PID file on
1602 startup. Update the manpage accordingly.
1604 [DG] Fix scsi smartd problem detecting SMART support. More cleaning
1605 and fix (and rename) scsiTestUnitReady(). More scsi renaming.
1607 [BA] Fixed smartd so that if a disk that is explictily listed is not
1608 found, then smartd will exit with nonzero status BEFORE forking.
1609 If a disk can't be registered, this will also be detected before
1610 forking, so that init scripts can react correctly.
1612 [BA] Replaced all linux-specific ioctl() calls in atacmds.c with
1613 a generic handler smartcommandhandler(). Now the only routine
1614 that needs to be implemented for a given OS is os_specific_handler().
1615 Also implemented the --report ataioctl. This provides
1616 two levels of reporting. Using the option once gives a summary
1617 report of device IOCTL transactions. Using the option twice give
1618 additional info (a printout of ALL device raw 512 byte SMART
1619 data structures). This is useful for debugging.
1621 [DG] more scsi cleanup. Output scsi device serial number (VPD page
1622 0x80) if available as part of '-i'. Implement '-t offline' as
1623 default self test (only self test older disks support).
1625 [BA] Changed crit to info in loglevel of smartd complaint to syslog
1626 if DEVICESCAN enabled and device not found.
1628 [BA] Added -v 194,10xCelsius option/Directive. Raw Attribute number
1629 194 is ten times the disk temperature in Celsius.
1631 [DG] scsicmds.[hc] + scsiprint.c: clean up indentation, remove tabs.
1632 Introduce new intermediate interface based on "struct scsi_cmnd_io"
1633 to isolate SCSI generic commands + responses from Linux details;
1634 should help port to FreeBSD of SCSI part of smartmontools.
1635 Make SCSI command builders more parametric.
1639 [BA] smartctl: if HDIO_DRIVE_TASK ioctl() is not implemented (no
1640 kernel support, then try to assess drive health by examining
1641 Attribute values/thresholds directly.
1643 [BA] smartd/smartctl: added -v 200,writeerrorcount option/Directive
1646 [BA] smartd: Now send email if any of the SMART commands fails,
1647 or if open()ing the device fails. This is often noted
1648 as a common disk failure mode.
1650 [BA] smartd/smartctl: Added -v N,raw8 -v N,raw16 and -v N,raw48
1651 Directives/Options for printing Raw Attributes in different
1654 [BA] smartd: Added -r ID and -R ID for reporting/tracking Raw
1655 values of Attributes.
1657 [BA] smartd/smartctl: Changed printing of spin-up-time attribute
1658 raw value to reflect current/average as per IBM standard.
1660 [BA] smartd/smartctl: Added -v 9,seconds option for disks which
1661 use Attribute 9 for power-on lifetime in seconds.
1663 [BA] smartctl: Added a warning message so that users of some IBM
1664 disks are warned to update their firmware. Note: we may want
1665 to add a command-line flag to disable the warning messages.
1666 I have done this in a general way, using regexp, so that we
1667 can add warnings about any type of disk that we wish...
1671 [BA] smartd: Created a subdirectory examplescripts/ of source
1672 directory that contains executable scripts for the -M exec PATH
1673 Directive of smartd.
1677 [BA] smartd: DEVICESCAN in /etc/smartd.conf
1678 can now be followed by all the same Directives as a regular
1679 device name like /dev/hda takes. This allows one to use
1681 DEVICESCAN -m root@example.com
1682 in the /etc/smartd.conf file.
1684 [BA] smartd: Added -c (--checkonce) command-line option. This checks
1685 all devices once, then exits. The exit status can be
1686 used to learn if devices were detected, and if smartd is
1687 functioning correctly. This is primarily for Distribution
1690 [BA] smartd: Implemented -M exec Directive for
1691 smartd.conf. This makes it possible to run an
1692 arbitrary script or mailing program with the
1695 [PW] smartd: Modified -M Directive so that it can be given
1696 multiple times. Added -M exec Directive.
1700 [BA] Fixed bug in smartctl pointed out by Pierre Gentile.
1701 -d scsi didn't work because tryata and tryscsi were
1702 reversed -- now works on /devfs SCSI devices.
1704 [BA] Fixed bug in smartctl pointed out by Gregory Goddard
1705 <ggoddard@ufl.edu>. Manual says that bit 6 of return
1706 value turned on if errors found in smart error log. But
1707 this wasn't implemented.
1711 [BA] Modified printing format for 9,minutes to read
1712 Xh+Ym not X h + Y m, so that fields are fixed width.
1714 [BA] Added Attribute 240 "head flying hours"
1718 [BA] As requested, local time/date now printed by smartctl -i
1720 [PW] Added "help" argument to -v for smartctl
1722 [PW] Added -D, --showdirectives option to smartd
1724 [DG] add '-l selftest' capability for SCSI devices (update smartctl.8)
1726 [BA] smartd,smartctl: added additional Attribute modification option
1727 -v 220,temp and -v 9,temp.
1729 [PW] Renamed smartd option -X to -d
1731 START OF SMARTMONTOOLS 5.1 series
1733 smartmontools-5.0.50
1735 [PW] Changed smartd.conf Directives -- see man page
1737 [BA/DG] Fixed uncommented comment in smartd.conf
1739 [DG] Correct 'Recommended start stop count' for SCSI devices
1741 [PW] Replaced smartd.conf directive -C with smartd option -i
1743 [PW] Changed options for smartctl -- see man page.
1745 [BA] Use strerror() to generate system call error messages.
1747 [BA] smartd: fflush() all open streams before fork().
1749 [BA] smartctl, smartd simplified internal handling of checksums
1750 for simpler porting and less code.
1752 smartmontools-5.0.49
1754 [PW] smartd --debugmode changed to --debug
1756 [BA] smartd/smartctl added attribute 230 Head Amplitude from
1759 [PW] Added list of proposed new options for smartctl to README.
1761 [PW] smartd: ParseOpts() now uses getopt_long() if HAVE_GETOPT_LONG is
1762 defined and uses getopt() otherwise. This is controlled by CPPFLAGS in
1765 [BA] smartd: Fixed a couple of error messages done with perror()
1766 to redirect them as needed.
1768 smartmontools-5.0.48
1770 [BA] smartctl: The -O option to enable an Immediate off-line test
1771 did not print out the correct time that the test would take to
1772 complete. This is because the test timer is volatile and not
1773 fixed. This has been fixed, and the smartctl.8 man page has been
1774 updated to explain how to track the Immediate offline test as it
1775 progresses, and to further emphasize the differences between the
1776 off-line immediate test and the self-tests.
1778 [BA] smartd/smartctl: Added new attribute (200) Multi_Zone_Error_Rate
1780 [BA] smartctl: modified so that arguments could have either a single -
1781 as in -ea or multiple ones as in -e -a. Improved warning message for
1782 device not opened, and fixed error in redirection of error output of
1783 HD identity command.
1785 [PW] smartd: added support for long options. All short options are still
1786 supported; see manpage for available long options.
1788 [BA] smartctl. When raw Attribute value was 2^31 or larger, did
1789 not print correctly.
1791 smartmontools-5.0.46
1793 [BA] smartd: added smartd.conf Directives -T and -s. The -T Directive
1794 enables/disables Automatic Offline Testing. The -s Directive
1795 enables/disables Attribute Autosave. Documentation and
1796 example configuration file updated to agree.
1798 [BA] smartd: user can make smartd check the disks at any time
1799 (ie, interrupt sleep) by sending signal SIGUSR1 to smartd. This
1800 can be done for example with:
1802 where <pid> is the process ID number of smartd.
1804 [EB] scsi: don't trust the data we receive from the drive too
1805 much. It very well might have errors (like zero response length).
1806 Seen on Megaraid logical drive, and verified in the driver source.
1808 [BA] smartd: added Directive -m for sending test email and
1809 for modifying email reminder behavior. Updated manual, and sample
1810 configuration file to illustrate & explain this.
1812 [BA] smartd: increased size of a continued smartd.conf line to
1815 [BA] Simplified Directive parsers and improved warning/error
1818 smartmontools-5.0.45
1820 [EB] Fixed bug in smartd where testunitready logic inverted
1821 prevented functioning on scsi devices.
1822 The bug in question only affects smartd users with scsi devices.
1823 To see if your version of smartd has the testunitready() bug, do
1825 If the version of the module smartd.c in a line like:
1826 Module: smartd.c revision: 1.66 date: 2002/11/17
1827 has a revision greater than or equal to 1.30, and less than or equal to
1828 1.64, then your version of the code has this problem.
1829 This problem affected releases starting with RELEASE_5_0_16 up to and
1830 including RELEASE_5_0_43.
1832 [BA] Added testunitnotready to smartctl for symmetry with smartd.
1834 [SB] added Czech descriptions to .spec file
1835 [SB] corrected comment in smartd.conf example
1837 [BA] Changed way that entries in the ATA error log are printed,
1838 to make it clearer which is the most recent error and
1839 which is the oldest one.
1841 NOTE: All changes made prior to this point were done by Bruce Allen
1842 [BA] although several of them had been suggested by earlier postings
1843 by Stanislav Brabec [SB].
1845 smartmontools-5.0.43
1847 Changed Temperature_Centigrade to Temperature_Celsius.
1848 The term "Centigrade" ceased to exist in 1948. (c.f
1849 http://www.bartleby.com/64/C004/016.html).
1851 smartmontools-5.0.42
1853 Modified SCSI device check to also send warning emails if
1854 requested in directives file.
1856 Added a new smartd configuration file Directive: -M ADDRESS.
1857 This sends a single warning email to ADDRESS for failures or
1858 errors detected with the -c, -L, -l, or -f Directives.
1860 smartmontools-5.0.38
1862 Modified perror() statements in atacmds.c so that printout for SMART
1863 commands errors is properly suppressed or queued depending upon users
1864 choices for error reporting modes.
1866 Added Italian descriptions to smartmontools.spec file.
1868 Started impementing send-mail-on-error for smartd; not yet enabled.
1870 Added -P (Permissive) Directive to smartd.conf file to allow SMART
1871 monitoring of pre-ATA-3 Rev 4 disks that have SMART but do not have
1872 a SMART capability bit.
1874 Removed charset encodings from smartmontools.spec file for non-English
1877 smartmontools-5.0.32
1879 Added manual page smartd.conf.5 for configuration file.
1881 smartctl: Missing ANSI prototype in failuretest(); fixed.
1883 smartctl: Checksum warnings now printed on stdout, or are silent,
1884 depending upon -q and -Q settings.
1886 smartmontools-5.0.31
1888 Changed Makefile so that the -V option does not reflect file state
1891 smartctl: added new options -W, -U, and -P to control if and how the
1892 smartctl exits if an error is detected in either a SMART data
1893 structure checksum, or a SMART command returns an error.
1895 modified manual page to break options into slightly more logical
1898 reformatted 'usage' message order to agree with man page ordering
1900 modified .spec file so that locale information now contains
1901 character set definition. Changed pt_BR to pt since we do not use any
1902 aspect other than language. See man setlocale.
1904 smartmontools-5.0.30
1905 smartctl: added new options -n and -N to force device to be ATA or SCSI
1906 smartctl: no longer dies silently if device path does not start/dev/X
1907 smartctl: now handles arbitrary device paths
1909 smartmontools-5.0.29
1910 Modified .spec file and Makefile to make them more compliant with
1911 the "right" way of doing things.
1913 smartmontools-5.0.26
1914 Fixed typesetting error in man page smartd.8
1916 Removed redundant variable (harmless) from smartd.c
1918 smartmontools-5.0.25
1920 Added a new directive for the configuration file. If the word
1921 DEVICESCAN appears before any non-commented material in the
1922 configuration file, then the confi file will be ignored and the
1923 devices wil be scanned.
1925 smartmontools-5.0.24
1927 Note: it has now been confirmed that the code modifications between
1928 5.0.23 and 5.0.24 have eliminated the GCC 3.2 problems. Note that
1929 there is a GCC bug howerver, see #8404 at
1930 http://gcc.gnu.org/cgi-bin/gnatsweb.pl?database=gcc&cmd=query
1931 http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8404
1933 Added new Directive for Configuration file:
1934 -C <N> This sets the time in between disk checks to be <N>
1935 seconds apart. Note that although you can give
1936 this Directive multiple times on different lines of
1937 the configuration file, only the final value that
1938 is given has an effect, and applies to all the
1939 disks. The default value of <N> is 1800 sec, and
1940 the minimum allowed value is ten seconds.
1942 Problem wasn't the print format. F.L.W. Meunier <0@pervalidus.net>
1943 sent me a gcc 3.2 build and I ran it under a debugger. The
1944 problem seems to be with passing the very large (2x512+4) byte
1945 data structures as arguments. I never liked this anyway; it was
1946 inherited from smartsuite. So I've changed all the heavyweight
1947 functions (ATA ones, anyone) to just passing pointers, not hideous
1948 kB size structures on the stack. Hopefully this will now build OK
1949 under gcc 3.2 with any sensible compilation options.
1951 smartmontools-5.0.23
1953 Because of reported problems with GCC 3.2 compile, I have gone
1954 thorough the code and explicitly changed all print format
1955 parameters to correspond EXACTLY to int unless they have to be
1956 promoted to long longs. To quote from the glibc bible: [From
1957 GLIBC Manual: Since the prototype doesn't specify types for
1958 optional arguments, in a call to a variadic function the default
1959 argument promotions are performed on the optional argument
1960 values. This means the objects of type char or short int (whether
1961 signed or not) are promoted to either int or unsigned int, as
1964 smartmontools-5.0.22
1966 smartd, smartctl now warn if they find an attribute whose ID
1967 number does not match between Data and Threshold structures.
1969 Fixed nasty bug which led to wrong number of arguments for a
1970 varargs statement, with attendent stack corruption. Sheesh!
1971 Have added script to CVS attic to help find such nasties in the
1974 smartmontools-5.0.21
1976 Eliminated some global variables out of header files and other
1977 minor cleanup of smartd.
1979 smartmontools-5.0.20
1981 Did some revision of the man page for smartd and made the usage
1982 messages for Directives 100% consistent.
1984 smartmontools-5.0-19
1986 smartd: prints warning message when it gets SIGHUP, saying that it
1987 is NOT re-reading the config file.
1989 smartctl: updated man page to say self-test commands -O,x,X,s,S,A
1990 appear to be supported in the code. [I can't test these, can anyone
1993 smartmontools-5.0-18
1995 smartctl: smartctl would previously print the LBA of a self-test
1996 if it completed, and the LBA was not 0 or 0xff...f However
1997 according to the specs this is not correct. According to the
1998 specs, if the self-test completed without error then LBA is
1999 undefined. This version fixes that. LBA value only printed if
2000 self-test encountered an error.
2002 smartmontools-5.0-17
2004 smartd has changed significantly. This is the first CVS checkin of
2005 code that extends the options available for smartd. The following
2006 options can be placed into the /etc/smartd.conf file, and control the
2008 Configuration file Directives (following device name):
2009 -A Device is an ATA device
2010 -S Device is a SCSI device
2011 -c Monitor SMART Health Status
2012 -l Monitor SMART Error Log for changes
2013 -L Monitor SMART Self-Test Log for new errors
2014 -f Monitor for failure of any 'Usage' Attributes
2015 -p Report changes in 'Prefailure' Attributes
2016 -u Report changes in 'Usage' Attributes
2017 -t Equivalent to -p and -u Directives
2018 -a Equivalent to -c -l -L -f -t Directives
2019 -i ID Ignore Attribute ID for -f Directive
2020 -I ID Ignore Attribute ID for -p, -u or -t Directive
2021 # Comment: text after a hash sign is ignored
2022 \ Line continuation character
2024 cleaned up functions used for printing CVS IDs. Now use string
2025 library, as it should be.
2027 modified length of device name string in smartd internal structure
2028 to accomodate max length device name strings
2030 removed un-implemented (-e = Email notification) option from
2031 command line arg list. We'll put it back on when implemeneted.
2033 smartd now logs serious (fatal) conditions in its operation at
2034 loglevel LOG_CRIT rather than LOG_INFO before exiting with error.
2036 smartd used to open a file descriptor for each SMART enabled
2037 device, and then keep it open the entire time smartd was running.
2038 This meant that some commands, like IOREADBLKPART did not work,
2039 since the fd to the device was open. smartd now opens the device
2040 when it needs to read values, then closes it. Also, if one time
2041 around it can't open the device, it simply prints a warning
2042 message but does not give up. Have eliminated the .fd field from
2043 data structures -- no longer gets used.
2045 smartd now opens SCSI devices as well using O_RDONLY rather than
2046 O_RDWR. If someone can no longer monitor a SCSI device that used
2047 to be readable, this may well be the reason why.
2049 smartd never checked if the number of ata or scsi devices detected
2050 was greater than the max number it could monitor. Now it does.
2052 smartmontools-5.0-16
2054 smartd on startup now looks in the configuration file /etc/smartd.conf for
2055 a list of devices which to include in its monitoring list. See man page
2056 (man smartd) for syntax.
2058 smartd: close file descriptors of SCSI device if not SMART capable
2059 Closes ALL file descriptors after forking to daemon.
2061 added new temperature attribute (231, temperature)
2063 smartd: now open ATA disks using O_RDONLY
2065 smartmontools-5.0-11
2067 smartd now prints the name of a failed or changed attribute
2068 into logfile, not just ID number
2070 Changed name of -p (print version) option to -V
2072 Minor change in philosophy: if a SMART command fails or the device
2073 appears incapable of a SMART command that the user has asked for,
2074 complain by printing an error message, but go ahead and try
2075 anyway. Since unimplemented SMART commands should just return an
2076 error but not cause disk problems, this should't cause any
2079 Added two new flags: q and Q. q is quiet mode - only print: For
2080 the -l option, errors recorded in the SMART error log; For the -L
2081 option, errors recorded in the device self-test log; For the -c
2082 SMART "disk failing" status or device attributes (pre-failure or
2083 usage) which failed either now or in the past; For the -v option
2084 device attributes (pre-failure or usage) which failed either now
2085 or in the past. Q is Very Quiet mode: Print no ouput. The only
2086 way to learn about what was found is to use the exit status of
2089 smartctl now returns sensible values (bitmask). See smartctl.h
2090 for the values, and the man page for documentation.
2092 The SMART status check now uses the correct ATA call. If failure
2093 is detected we search through attributes to list the failed ones.
2094 If the SMART status check shows GOOD, we then look to see if their
2095 are any usage attributes or prefail attributes have failed at any
2096 time. If so we print them.
2098 Modified function that prints vendor attributes to say if the
2099 attribute has currently failed or has ever failed.
2101 -p option now prints out license info and CVS strings for all
2102 modules in the code, nicely formatted.
2104 Previous versions of this code (and Smartsuite) only generate
2105 SMART failure errors if the value of an attribute is below the
2106 threshold and the prefailure bit is set. However the ATA Spec
2107 (ATA4 <=Rev 4) says that it is a SMART failure if the value of an
2108 attribute is LESS THAN OR EQUAL to the threshold and the
2109 prefailure bit is set. This is now fixed in both smartctl and
2110 smartd. Note that this is a troubled subject -- the original
2111 SFF 8035i specification defining SMART was inconsistent about
2112 this. One section says that Attribute==Threshold is pass,
2113 and another section says it is fail. However the ATA specs are
2114 consistent and say Attribute==Threshold is a fail.
2116 smartd did not print the correct value of any failing SMART attribute. It
2117 printed the index in the attribute table, not the attribute
2120 when starting self-tests in captive mode ioctl returns EIO because
2121 the drive has been busied out. Detect this and don't return an eror
2122 in this case. Check this this is correct (or how to fix it?)
2124 fixed possible error in how to determine ATA standard support
2125 for devices with no ATA minor revision number.
2127 device opened only in read-only not read-write mode. Don't need R/W
2128 access to get smart data. Check this with Andre.
2130 smartctl now handles all possible choices of "multiple options"
2131 gracefully. It goes through the following phases of operation,
2132 in order: INFORMATION, ENABLE/DISABLE, DISPLAY DATA, RUN/ABORT TESTS.
2133 Documentation has bee updated to explain the different phases of
2134 operation. Control flow through ataPrintMain()
2137 If reading device identity information fails, try seeing if the info
2138 can be accessed using a "DEVICE PACKET" command. This way we can
2139 at least get device info.
2141 Modified Makefile to automatically tag CVS archive on issuance of
2144 Modified drive detection so minor device ID code showing ATA-3 rev
2145 0 (no SMART) is known to not be SMART capable.
2147 Now verify the checksum of the device ID data structure, and of the
2148 attributes threshold structure. Before neither of these
2149 structures had their checksums verified.
2151 New behavior vis-a-vis checksums. If they are wrong, we log
2152 warning messages to stdout, stderr, and syslog, but carry on
2153 anyway. All functions now call a checksumwarning routine if the
2154 checksum doesn't vanish as it should.
2156 Changed Read Hard Disk Identity function to get fresh info from
2157 the disk on each call rather than to use the values that were read
2158 upon boot-up into the BIOS. This is the biggest change in this
2159 release. The ioctl(device, HDIO_GET_IDENTITY, buf ) call should
2160 be avoided in such code. Note that if people get garbled strings
2161 for the model, serial no and firmware versions of their drives,
2162 then blame goes here (the BIOS does the byte swapping for you,
2165 Function ataSmartSupport now looks at correct bits in drive
2166 identity structure to verify first that these bits are valid,
2169 Function ataIsSmartEnabled() written which uses the Drive ID state
2170 information to tell if SMART is enabled or not. We'll carry this
2171 along for the moment without using it.
2173 Function ataDoesSmartWork() guaranteed to work if the device
2176 Replace some numbers by #define MACROS
2178 Wrote Function TestTime to return test time associated with each
2179 different type of test.
2181 Thinking of the future, have added a new function called
2182 ataSmartStatus2(). Eventually when I understand how to use the
2183 TASKFILE API and am sure that this works correctly, it will
2184 replace ataSmartStatus(). This queries the drive directly to
2185 see if the SMART status is OK, rather than comparing thresholds to
2186 attribute values ourselves. But I need to get some drives that fail
2187 their SMART status to check it.
2190 smartmontools-5.0-10
2191 Removed extraneous space before printing in some error messages
2192 Fixed additional typos in documentation
2193 Fixed some character buffers that were too short for their contents.
2197 Put project home path into all source files near the top
2198 Corrected typos in the documentation
2199 Modified Makefile so that Mandrake Cooker won't increment version number
2200 (unless they happen to be working on my machine, which I doubt!)
2202 smartmontools-5.0-8:
2204 For IBM disks whose raw temp data includes three temps. print all
2207 print timestamps for error log to msec precision
2209 added -m option for Hitachi disks that store power on life in
2212 added -L option for printing self-test error logs
2214 in -l option, now print power on lifetime, so that one can see
2215 when the error took place
2217 updated SMART structure definitions to ATA-5 spec
2221 added -f and -F options to enable/disable autosave threshold
2224 changed argv parsing to use getops -- elminate buffer overflow
2227 expanded and corrected documentation
2229 fixed problem with smartd. It did not actually call
2230 ataSmartEnable()! Since the argument was left out, the test
2231 always suceeded because it evaluated to a pointer to the function.
2233 smartd: closed open file descriptors if device does not support
2234 smart. Note: this still needs to be fixed for SCSI devices
2237 smartmontools-5.0-0 STARTED with smartsuite-2.1-2