X-Git-Url: https://git.proxmox.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=e21d6920b3654a0140d717129721531f3cd7210f;hb=HEAD;hp=6892d0cd143f2648ab1ca0d8490fd40a1fb4b965;hpb=a23d51175fcd642a0e0b7874fe2f5db2b28a0a6c;p=mirror_smartmontools-debian.git diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 6892d0c..e21d692 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,18 +1,399 @@ smartmontools NEWS ------------------ -$Id: NEWS 3057 2010-02-03 20:56:41Z chrfranke $ +$Id: NEWS 4883 2018-12-30 14:48:54Z chrfranke $ The most up-to-date version of this file is: -http://smartmontools.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/smartmontools/trunk/smartmontools/NEWS?view=markup +https://sourceforge.net/p/smartmontools/code/HEAD/tree/trunk/smartmontools/NEWS -Date +Date 2018-12-30 +Summary: smartmontools release 7.0 +----------------------------------------------------------- +- smartctl: New options '-j' and '--json[=giosu]' to enable experimental + JSON output mode. Also supports an alternative flat format suitable + for grep ('--json=g'). +- smartctl '-l devstat': Fix for logs with 256 sectors. +- smartctl '-l error': Prints SCSI Pending Defects log page if supported. +- smartctl '-H': Prints SCSI Format Status log page if supported. +- smartctl '-x': Now includes '-l defects'. +- NVMe/USB: Device type '-d sntjmicron' for NVMe drives behind JMicron USB + to NVMe bridges. +- NVMe: SMART/Health Information and Error Information are always read with + broadcast NSID. +- SCSI: Various improvements for the decoding of log pages. +- SCSI: Improved handling of READ CAPACITY command. +- SCSI: Support for SAS host managed drives. +- New option '-d scsi+TYPE' to disable SAT auto detection for 'aacraid' + and 'cciss'. +- update-smart-drivedb: New option '-u github'. +- update-smart-drivedb: New signing key. +- configure: New options '--with-cxx11-regex' and '--with-libsystemd'. +- configure: Default for '--with-nvme-devicescan' is now 'yes' on Linux + and Windows. +- configure: Default for '--with-scriptpath' now includes '/usr/local/bin'. +- configure: Options '-with-initscriptdir=[auto|yes]' are no longer + supported. +- Reworked handling of unaligned LE and BE integers. +- Dropped various backward compatibility fixes for very old compilers. +- Replaced GPL header with 'SPDX-License-Identifier' in all source files. +- HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database. +- Always use '-d sat' for USB vendor IDs with known SAT support. +- Linux: Device scan with '-d by-id' scans '/dev/disk/by-id/*' symlinks. +- Linux: Dropped device scan support for devfs. +- Linux: Fixed device scan with multiple '-d TYPE' options. +- Linux: Fixed device scan crash on missing '/proc/devices'. +- Linux: USB ID detection also for '/dev/sgN'. +- Linux: Compile fix for systems with musl libc. +- Linux smartd: Could now run as systemd service with 'Type=notify' set. +- FreeBSD: NVMe device scanning. +- FreeBSD: Various compile fixes. +- NetBSD: Fixed regression in name based device type detection. +- NetBSD big endian: Fixed regression in ATA code. +- NetBSD big endian: Fixed byte ordering of ATA IDENTIFY data from USB/SAT + drives. +- Windows: Improved search for actual CSMI port number. +- Windows: Installer includes VERSIONINFO resource. + +Date 2017-11-05 +Summary: smartmontools release 6.6 +----------------------------------------------------------- +- smartctl '-i' and '--identify': ATA ACS-4 and SATA 3.3 enhancements. +- smartctl: Control ATA write cache through SCT Feature Control + with '-s wcache-sct,ata|on|off[,p]' and '-g wcache-sct'. +- smartctl: Print ATA Pending Defects log with '-l defects'. +- smartctl '-s wcreorder,on|off': New persistent flag ',p'. +- smartctl '-s standby': Prevent temporary drive spinup. +- smartctl '-n POWERMODE': New parameter to set exit status. +- smartctl '-g security': ATA Security Level check fixed. +- smartctl '-l scttemp*': Print minimum supported ERC Time Limit. +- smartctl '-q noserial': Now also suppresses "SAS address" output. +- smartctl '-i': Print IEEE EUI-64 of NVMe namespace. +- smartctl '-c': Print NVMe 1.3 feature flags. +- smartctl '-A': Print NVMe 1.3 thermal temperature transition + statistic. +- smartctl '-g/s dsn': Get/set ATA DSN. +- smartd: Uses also device identify information to detect for duplicate + devices. +- smartd '-e dsn' directive: Set ATA DSN. +- smartd: Improved SCSI/SAS temperature logging. +- smartd: Silence emails and log messages on open errors of + '-d removable' devices. +- smartd: Exit on device open error unless '-q never' or '-d removable' + is specified (regression). +- update-smart-drivedb: Now authenticates downloaded file with GnuPG. +- update-smart-drivedb: New options '--trunk', '--no-verify' and + '--export-key'. +- Device type '-d intelliprop,N' for IntelliProp controllers. +- SCSI: Default timeout increased to 1 minute. +- configure: New options '--with-gnupg', '--with-scriptpath' and + '--with-update-smart-drivedb=X.Y' +- configure: Checks for C++11 support option and requires + '--with[out]-cxx11-option' if option unknown or no C++11 support. +- HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database. +- New smartmontools-* mailing list addresses. +- Man page formatting reworked. +- Linux: Uses SG_IO V4 API if supported. +- Linux: Devices behind hpsa driver are no longer detected as regular + SCSI devices. +- Darwin: Initial NVMe support based on undocumented API. +- FreeBSD: Fix panic on INVARIANTS enabled kernel. +- FreeBSD: Improve ATA SMART STATUS check for legacy controllers. +- FreeBSD: Compile fix for FreeBSD-11 and newer. +- NetBSD: NVMe support. +- NetBSD: Full 28-bit ATA support. +- NetBSD: Compile fix. +- NetBSD: Use a raw disk device file. +- OpenBSD: Compile fix. +- OS/2: Support for the OS2AHCI driver, updating source code, + adding autoscan support, adding self-test support. +- Windows: Support for Windows 10 NVMe driver (stornvme.sys). +- Windows: Fix CSMI access for IRST driver 15.2. +- Windows smartd: Ability to run PowerShell scripts with '-M exec'. +- Windows smartd: New PowerShell script to send smartd warning emails + without external tools. +- Windows package: Now provides PDF man pages. + +Date 2016-05-07 +Summary: smartmontools release 6.5 +----------------------------------------------------------- +- Experimental support for NVMe devices on FreeBSD, Linux and Windows. +- smartctl '-i', '-c', '-H' and '-l error': NVMe support. +- smartctl '-l nvmelog': New option for NVMe. +- smartd.conf '-H', '-l error' and '-W': NVMe support. +- Optional NVMe device scanning support on Linux and Windows. +- configure option '--with-nvme-devicescan' to include NVMe in + default device scanning result. +- Device scanning now allows to specify multiple '-d TYPE' options. +- ATA: Added new POWER MODE values introduced in ATA ACS-2. +- ATA: SCT commands are no longer issued if ATA Security is locked. +- SCSI: LB provisioning improvements. +- SCSI: Fixed GLTSD bit set/cleared info messages. +- SCSI: Solid State media log page is no longer checked for tapes. +- SCSI: Improved handling when no tape cartridge in drive. +- SCSI: Workaround for buggy Seagate firmware. +- SAT: Improved heuristics to detect bogus sense data from SAT layer. +- smartd: Fixed crash on missing argument to '-s' directive. +- update-smart-drivedb: Now uses HTTPS for download by default. +- update-smart-drivedb: New options to select URL and download tool. +- update-smart-drivedb: New download tool 'svn'. +- configure option '--without-update-smart-drivedb' to disable + update-smart-drivedb script. +- configure options '--disable-drivedb', '--enable-savestates', + '--enable-attributelog' and '--with-docdir' are no longer supported. +- autoconf < 2.60 and automake < 1.10 are no longer supported. +- Drive database file now also includes the DEFAULT setting + for each attribute. +- HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database. +- Darwin: New support files for package installer. + New makefile target 'install-darwin' builds DMG image. +- Solaris: Auto detection of SATA devices behind SAT layer. +- Solaris SPARC: Legacy ATA support disabled by default. + New configure option '--with-solaris-sparc-ata' enables it. + File os_solaris_ata.s is no longer included in source tarball. +- Windows: Auto detection of USB devices specified by drive letter. +- Windows: Device scanning does no longer ignore unknown USB devices. +- Windows: Prevent drive spin up by '-n standby' check. +- Windows: New application manifests indicating Win 10 support. +- Windows smartd: '-m [sys]msgbox' is no longer supported. +- Windows installer: Defaults to 64-bit version on 64-bit Windows. +- Various code changes suggested by Clang Static Analyser and Cppcheck. + +Date 2015-06-04 +Summary: smartmontools release 6.4 +----------------------------------------------------------- +- 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 +----------------------------------------------------------- +- smartctl: Fixed bogus error messages from '-g/-s wcreorder'. +- smartctl prints ATA form factor. +- SCSI: Improved support of modern disks (SAS SSDs). +- SCSI: Fixed sense data noise from old disks. +- update-smart-drivedb man page. +- configure option '--with-smartdscriptdir'. +- configure option '--with-smartdplugindir'. +- configure option '--with-systemdenvfile'. +- configure option '--with-working-snprintf'. +- Removed build time stamps to support reproducible builds. +- Compile fixes for C++11. +- HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database. +- Linux: Support for controllers behind AACRAID driver. +- Linux: Fixed DEVICESCAN max path count. +- FreeBSD: Fixed possible crash caused by wrong SCSI error handling. +- FreeBSD: Compile fix for kFreeBSD. +- Windows: Reworked CSMI port scanning. +- QNX: Compile fix. + +Date 2013-07-26 +Summary: smartmontools release 6.2 +----------------------------------------------------------- +- smartctl: Added ATA write cache reordering control using + '-g wcreorder' and '-s wcreorder,[on|off]' options. +- update-smart-drivedb: Updated for new SVN repository. +- HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database. +- Areca RAID support: Fixed possible segfault on empty port. +- HPT RAID support: Maximum disk number increased to 128. +- Linux: RHEL 9 compile fixes. +- FreeBSD: Device scanning now skips port multipliers. +- Cygwin: 64-bit compile fixes. +- Windows: Fixed bogus temp file name in smartd_warning.cmd + (already included in smartmontools-6.1-2.win32-setup.exe). +- Windows: smartd service is no longer installed as interactive. + +Date 2013-03-16 +Summary: smartmontools release 6.1 +----------------------------------------------------------- +- smartctl '-l directory': improved output format. +- smartctl: Fix parsing of '-l select,cont+SIZE' option. +- smartctl prints ATA Additional Product Id (OEM Id). +- smartctl '-s/-g wcache' for SCSI devices to control write cache. +- smartctl '-s/-g rcache' for SCSI devices to control read cache. +- smartctl prints more info for SCSI devices: media rotation rate, + form factor, physical block size, lowest LBA alignement, + logical block provisioning, disk protection type + and selftest progress status. +- smartctl '--identify' updated for latest ATA ACS-3 spec. +- smartd runs /etc/smartd_warning.sh to generate warning emails + (Windows: smartd_warning.cmd). +- smartd '-w PATH' option to specify this executable. +- smartd '-d ignore' directive. +- smartd DEVICESCAN ignores devices already specified. +- smartd: added support for state persistence ('-s') and attribute logging + ('-A') for SCSI devices. +- smartd '-W' directive uses ATA attribute 190 if 194 is missing. +- Support of larger SCSI defect lists via READ DEFECT(12). +- Device type '-d usbjmicron,p' for Prolific USB bridges. +- Many HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database. +- Linux: Support for SAS disks behind Areca controllers. +- Linux: Improved support for SATA disks on LSI/Megaraid controllers +- Linux: disks on MegaRaid controllers are automatically scanned +- FreeBSD: Support for SAS disks behind Areca controllers. +- FreeBSD: Enhanced ATA command support for 3ware. +- FreeBSD: Support for 3ware 9750 (/dev/twsX). +- FreeBSD: Fixed support for 48-bit ATA commands on legacy controllers + with ATACAM driver. +- FreeBSD: Improved support for SAS/SCSI disks on LSI/Megaraid controllers. +- Windows: smartd.conf '-M exec' supports path names with spaces. +- Windows: Tool wtssendmsg.exe to handle smartd.conf '-m console'. +- Windows: DEVICESCAN now supports up to 128 drives. +- Windows: smartctl.exe and smartd.exe include VERSIONINFO resource. +- Windows: smartd.exe includes MESSAGETABLE resource. +- Windows: syslogevt.exe is no longer provided. + +Date 2012-10-10 +Summary: smartmontools release 6.0 +----------------------------------------------------------- +- option/directive '-F nologdir' and '-F xerrorlba'. +- smartctl '--identify' option. +- smartctl prints nominal media rotation rate (ATA). +- smartctl prints SATA version and speed. +- smartctl '-l sataphy' works for CD/DVD drives also. +- smartctl '-x' includes ATA Device Statistics. +- smartd warning emails include device identify info. +- smartd '-d' output is flushed to support redirection. +- HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database. +- Windows smartd: smartd.conf directives '-m console', + '-m active', '-m connected'. +- Windows: Support for SAS disks behind Areca controllers. +- Windows: Win9x/ME and NT4 are no longer supported. + +Date 2012-06-30 +Summary: smartmontools release 5.43 +----------------------------------------------------------- +- smartctl options '-g, --get' and '-s, --set' to get/set + various ATA settings: AAM, APM, Read look-ahead, Write + cache, Security (freeze), Standby mode/timer. +- smartd directive '-e' to set (most of) the above settings + on startup. +- smartctl options '-f hex' and '-f hex,[id|val]'. +- smartctl does not start ATA self-test if another test is + already running. Override with new option '-t force'. +- smartctl supports extended self-test polling times + greater than 255 minutes. +- Controller-independent SAT detection: '-d sat,auto[+TYPE]'. +- smartd.conf DEFAULT directive. +- Many HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database. +- Linux and FreeBSD: Support for SATA disks behind Areca SAS + RAID controllers and HP Smart Array controllers. +- Windows: Support for SATA disks behind Areca controllers. +- Windows smartd: directives '-l offlinests,ns' and + '-l selfteststs,ns'. +- Windows installer: Combined 32-/64-bit support. +- FreeBSD: fixed crash on SCSI devices with FreeBSD9-RC1 + +Date 2011-10-20 +Summary: smartmontools release 5.42 +----------------------------------------------------------- +- smartctl option '-l devstat' (Device Statistics). +- smartctl option '-l ssd' (SSD endurance indicator). +- smartd logs identify information of each SCSI/SAS device. +- smartd resends warning emails if problem reappears. +- smartd directives '-l offlinests' and '-l selfteststs'. +- Many HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database. +- Platform-specific man pages. +- smartd.8 man page no longer includes smartd.conf.5. +- FreeBSD: Compilation fixes. +- FreeBSD: Support for Areca controllers. +- FreeBSD: Fix '-l scterc' support. +- FreeBSD: Support for 48-bit ATA commands. +- Linux: Support for Areca controllers enhanced. +- Windows installer: UAC support. +- Windows: update-smart-drivedb /S(ilent) option. +- Windows: improved USB ID detection. + +Date 2011-06-09 +Summary: smartmontools release 5.41 +----------------------------------------------------------- +- Failed self-tests outdated by a newer successful extended + self-test are no longer reported as errors. +- Support for ATA Long Logical/Physical Sectors (LLS/LPS). +- 'smartctl --scan-open' can create a draft smartd.conf. +- smartctl prints World Wide Name (WWN) of ATA device. +- smartctl option '-f brief' to select new attribute output + format which includes more flags and fits in 80 columns. +- smartd logs identify information and WWN of each ATA device. +- smartd logs warning from drive database if present. +- smartd logs changes of offline data collection status. +- smartd directive '-l scterc,READTIME,WRITETIME'. +- smartd preserves last scheduled selective self-tests span. +- 'smartd.service' file for systemd. +- configure option '--with-systemdsystemunitdir' +- configure option '--with-exampledir'. +- configure searches for init.d or rc.d directory. +- 'make install' does no longer overwrite an existing + smartd.conf file. +- 'update-smart-drivedb' does no longer require GNU sed. +- Many HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database. +- Linux USB autodetection: Enable '-d sat,16' for newer kernels. +- Linux megaraid: Fix segfault on non-data SCSI commands. +- Linux megaraid: Fix pass-through of non-data ATA commands. +- FreeBSD: Use 'fetch' in 'update-smart-drivedb'. +- OpenBSD: Use 'ftp' in 'update-smart-drivedb'. +- OpenBSD: Workaround for shell bug. +- OpenBSD: Fix DEVICESCAN for OpenBSD >= 4.8. +- Windows: Experimental support for Intel ICHxR RAID. +- Windows: DEVICESCAN includes USB devices. +- Windows: Faster USB ID detection. +- Windows: update-smart-drivedb tool. +- Windows installer: Option '/SO component,...'. +- Windows: Fix smartd warning email truncation on Win7. +- Windows installer: Fix shortcut removal on Vista/Win7. +- Windows: Add missing quotes in smartctl-run.bat and + smartd-run.bat + +Date 2010-10-16 Summary: smartmontools release 5.40 ----------------------------------------------------------- +- Other config entries may precede smartd DEVICESCAN. - Option '-v' allows to specify byte order of attribute raw value - configure: New default value for '--with-docdir'. +- configure: '--enable-drivedb' is now the default. +- Improved support for Intel SSDs. +- Improved support for SandForce based SSDs. - Drive database is in a separate source file 'drivedb.h' which can be downloaded from SVN. +- USB ID info is now included in 'drivedb.h'. +- Many additions to drive database. +- New script 'update-smart-drivedb'. - smartd libcap-ng support, option '-C, --capabilities'. +- smartd directive '-l xerror' to check Extended Comprehensive + SMART Error Log. +- smartctl option '-l scterc[,...]' to get/set the + SCT Error Recovery Control time limit. +- smartctl option '-t vendor,N'. +- smartctl options '--scan, --scan-open'. +- Linux: Add '/dev/sd[a-c][a-z]' to smartd DEVICESCAN. +- Linux: Support SATA drives on LSI 3ware 9750 controllers. +- Windows: Read 'drivedb.h' and 'smartd.conf' from exe directory. +- Windows: Support for 64-bit executables. +- Windows: Support for cross compilation on Linux. +- Fix regression in smartctl option '-t select,M-N'. +- Fix SCT temperature table commands on big endian CPUs. +- Fix regression in smartd SMARTD_DEVICE and SMARTD_DEVICETYPE + environment variables. Date 2010-01-28 Summary: smartmontools release 5.39.1 @@ -30,7 +411,7 @@ Summary: smartmontools release 5.39 (UNSTABLE/EXPERIMENTAL) - Sourcecode repository moved from CVS to SVN - Support for USB devices with Cypress, JMicron and Sunplus USB bridges - USB device type autodetection for some devices on Linux, Windows and FreeBSD - (http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/smartmontools/wiki/Supported_USB-Devices) + (http://www.smartmontools.org/wiki/Supported_USB-Devices) - Support for Areca controllers on Linux - Support for MegaRAID controllers on Linux - Support for HighPoint RocketRAID controllers on FreeBSD