smartmontools NEWS
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-$Id: NEWS 3979 2014-08-15 11:09:41Z samm2 $
+$Id: NEWS 4109 2015-06-04 16:30:15Z chrfranke $
The most up-to-date version of this file is:
http://sourceforge.net/p/smartmontools/code/HEAD/tree/trunk/smartmontools/NEWS
-- darwin: '-S' command implemented, '-l devstat' should work now
+Date 2015-06-04
+Summary: smartmontools release 6.4
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+- Device type '-d usbprolific' for Prolific PL2571/277x USB bridges.
+- SAT: Support for ATA registers returned in fixed format sense data.
+- smartctl '-i' and '--identify': ATA ACS-4 and SATA 3.2 enhancements.
+- smartctl '-l xerror': Support for logs with more than 255 pages.
+- smartctl '-l devstat': Prints ACS-3 DSN flags.
+- smartctl '-l devstat': Read via SMART command if GP log is not
+ available.
+- smartctl '-l scttempsts': Prints SCT SMART STATUS (ACS-4) and
+ vendor specific SCT bytes.
+- configure option '--with-systemdenvfile=auto' as new default.
+- configure options '--disable-drivedb', '--enable-savestates'
+ and '--enable-attributelog' are deprecated.
+- Corresponding '--with-*' options are enhanced accordingly.
+- Configure option '--with-docdir' is deprecated.
+- autoconf < 2.60 and automake < 1.10 are deprecated.
+ (all of the above still work but a warning is printed if used)
+- HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database.
+- Linux: AACRAID fixes, SMART STATUS should work now.
+- Linux: '/dev/megaraid_sas_ioctl_node' fd leak fix.
+- Darwin: '-S' command implemented, '-l devstat' should work now.
+- Cygwin: Compile fix.
+- Windows: Device type '-d aacraid' for AACRAID controllers.
+- Windows: SAT autodetection based on IOCTL_STORAGE_QUERY_PROPERTY.
+- Windows installer: Fix possible loss of user PATH environment variable.
Date 2014-07-26
Summary: smartmontools release 6.3