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a7e8ffec | 3 | $Id: NEWS 3365 2011-06-09 18:47:31Z chrfranke $ |
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5 | The most up-to-date version of this file is: | |
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6 | http://smartmontools.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/smartmontools/trunk/smartmontools/NEWS?view=markup |
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a7e8ffec | 8 | Date 2011-06-09 |
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9 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.41 |
10 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |
11 | - Failed self-tests outdated by a newer successful extended | |
12 | self-test are no longer reported as errors. | |
a7e8ffec | 13 | - Support for ATA Long Logical/Physical Sectors (LLS/LPS). |
cfbba5b9 | 14 | - 'smartctl --scan-open' can create a draft smartd.conf. |
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15 | - smartctl prints World Wide Name (WWN) of ATA device. |
16 | - smartctl option '-f brief' to select new attribute output | |
17 | format which includes more flags and fits in 80 columns. | |
18 | - smartd logs identify information and WWN of each ATA device. | |
cfbba5b9 | 19 | - smartd logs warning from drive database if present. |
a7e8ffec | 20 | - smartd logs changes of offline data collection status. |
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21 | - smartd directive '-l scterc,READTIME,WRITETIME'. |
22 | - smartd preserves last scheduled selective self-tests span. | |
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23 | - 'smartd.service' file for systemd. |
24 | - configure option '--with-systemdsystemunitdir' | |
cfbba5b9 | 25 | - configure option '--with-exampledir'. |
a7e8ffec | 26 | - configure searches for init.d or rc.d directory. |
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27 | - 'make install' does no longer overwrite an existing |
28 | smartd.conf file. | |
29 | - 'update-smart-drivedb' does no longer require GNU sed. | |
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30 | - Many HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database. |
31 | - Linux USB autodetection: Enable '-d sat,16' for newer kernels. | |
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32 | - Linux megaraid: Fix segfault on non-data SCSI commands. |
33 | - Linux megaraid: Fix pass-through of non-data ATA commands. | |
34 | - FreeBSD: Use 'fetch' in 'update-smart-drivedb'. | |
35 | - OpenBSD: Use 'ftp' in 'update-smart-drivedb'. | |
36 | - OpenBSD: Workaround for shell bug. | |
37 | - OpenBSD: Fix DEVICESCAN for OpenBSD >= 4.8. | |
a7e8ffec | 38 | - Windows: Experimental support for Intel ICHxR RAID. |
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39 | - Windows: DEVICESCAN includes USB devices. |
40 | - Windows: Faster USB ID detection. | |
41 | - Windows: update-smart-drivedb tool. | |
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42 | - Windows installer: Option '/SO component,...'. |
43 | - Windows: Fix smartd warning email truncation on Win7. | |
44 | - Windows installer: Fix shortcut removal on Vista/Win7. | |
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45 | - Windows: Add missing quotes in smartctl-run.bat and |
46 | smartd-run.bat | |
47 | ||
48 | Date 2010-10-16 | |
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49 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.40 |
50 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |
7f0798ef | 51 | - Other config entries may precede smartd DEVICESCAN. |
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52 | - Option '-v' allows to specify byte order of attribute raw value |
53 | - configure: New default value for '--with-docdir'. | |
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54 | - configure: '--enable-drivedb' is now the default. |
55 | - Improved support for Intel SSDs. | |
56 | - Improved support for SandForce based SSDs. | |
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57 | - Drive database is in a separate source file 'drivedb.h' |
58 | which can be downloaded from SVN. | |
e9583e0c | 59 | - USB ID info is now included in 'drivedb.h'. |
cfbba5b9 | 60 | - Many additions to drive database. |
7f0798ef | 61 | - New script 'update-smart-drivedb'. |
a23d5117 | 62 | - smartd libcap-ng support, option '-C, --capabilities'. |
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63 | - smartd directive '-l xerror' to check Extended Comprehensive |
64 | SMART Error Log. | |
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65 | - smartctl option '-l scterc[,...]' to get/set the |
66 | SCT Error Recovery Control time limit. | |
cfbba5b9 | 67 | - smartctl option '-t vendor,N'. |
e9583e0c | 68 | - smartctl options '--scan, --scan-open'. |
7f0798ef | 69 | - Linux: Add '/dev/sd[a-c][a-z]' to smartd DEVICESCAN. |
cfbba5b9 | 70 | - Linux: Support SATA drives on LSI 3ware 9750 controllers. |
e9583e0c | 71 | - Windows: Read 'drivedb.h' and 'smartd.conf' from exe directory. |
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72 | - Windows: Support for 64-bit executables. |
73 | - Windows: Support for cross compilation on Linux. | |
e9583e0c | 74 | - Fix regression in smartctl option '-t select,M-N'. |
7f0798ef | 75 | - Fix SCT temperature table commands on big endian CPUs. |
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76 | - Fix regression in smartd SMARTD_DEVICE and SMARTD_DEVICETYPE |
77 | environment variables. | |
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79 | Date 2010-01-28 |
80 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.39.1 | |
81 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |
82 | - Fix crash on kFreeBSD. | |
83 | - Fix regression in smartctl option '-q, --quietmode'. | |
84 | - Fix regression in smartd directive '-l selftest'. | |
85 | - Linux: Allow smartd 'DEVICESCAN -d sat'. | |
86 | - Linux: Fix spin-up of SATA drive if '-n standby' is used. | |
87 | - Windows: Fix parsing of 3ware 'tw_cli' output. | |
88 | ||
e9e8c2b1 | 89 | Date 2009-12-09 |
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90 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.39 (UNSTABLE/EXPERIMENTAL) |
91 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |
92 | - Sourcecode repository moved from CVS to SVN | |
93 | - Support for USB devices with Cypress, JMicron and Sunplus USB bridges | |
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94 | - USB device type autodetection for some devices on Linux, Windows and FreeBSD |
95 | (http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/smartmontools/wiki/Supported_USB-Devices) | |
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96 | - Support for Areca controllers on Linux |
97 | - Support for MegaRAID controllers on Linux | |
98 | - Support for HighPoint RocketRAID controllers on FreeBSD | |
99 | - Support RAID controllers using /dev/pass devices on FreeBSD | |
100 | - Support CHECK_POWER_MODE and WRITE_LOG on FreeBSD | |
101 | - Support for up to 128 devices on 3ware controllers | |
102 | - smartctl option '-l xerror' to print ATA SMART Extended Comprehensive | |
103 | Error Log | |
104 | - smartctl option '-l xselftest' to print ATA SMART Extended Self-test Log | |
105 | - smartctl option '-l sataphy' to print SATA Phy Event Counters | |
bed94269 | 106 | - smartctl option '-l sasphy' to print SAS device phy information |
2127e193 | 107 | - smartctl options '-l gplog,...' and '-l smartlog,...' to print any log page |
bed94269 | 108 | - smartctl option '-x' to print all extended info if available |
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109 | - smartctl prints SCSI load/unload cycle counts |
110 | - Improve display of huge raw values of some SMART attributes | |
111 | - Option '-d sat+TYPE' to use SAT with controllers which require '-d TYPE' | |
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112 | - Option '-v ID,RAW_FORMAT,ATTR_NAME' to add new vendor specific attributes |
113 | - Support for SSD drives using 64-bit raw attributes | |
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114 | - Many additions to drive database |
115 | - New simplified syntax for drive database | |
116 | - Option '-B FILE' to read drive database from a file | |
117 | - Configure option to add drive database file to distribution | |
118 | - smartd can now handle attributes 197 and 198 with increasing raw values | |
119 | - smartd logs changes of self-test execution status | |
120 | - smartd directive '-n powermode,N' to limit the number of skipped checks | |
bed94269 | 121 | - smartd flag '!' for '-r' and '-R' directives to log changes as critical |
2127e193 | 122 | - smartd supports scheduled Selective Self-Tests |
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123 | - Self-tests scheduled during system downtime or disk standby are run after |
124 | next startup | |
125 | - smartd option '-s PREFIX' to store smartd internal state until next startup | |
126 | - smartd option '-A PREFIX' to log attributes at each check cycle | |
127 | - Configure options to enable the above by default | |
2127e193 | 128 | - Change to an object oriented interface to access ATA and SCSI devices |
eb07ddf2 | 129 | - Linux, Win32 and FreeBSD modules migrated to new interface |
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130 | - Rework of smartd data structures |
131 | - Checkin date and SVN revision and optional BUILD_INFO printed in version info | |
bed94269 | 132 | - Better support for GSmartControl on Windows |
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133 | - SELinux fixes to 3ware device node creation |
134 | - Fix CCISS file descriptor leak on FreeBSD | |
135 | - Compile fixes for Solaris and FreeBSD | |
136 | - Use getaddrinfo() instead of gethostbyname() to support IPv6 | |
137 | - C++ Support for QNX Target, already tested for QNX 6.3.2 on x86 and | |
138 | armle target | |
139 | - Additional support for Samsung MLC flash drives | |
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140 | - New device type detection algorithm on FreeBSD, not based on filename |
141 | - Support for the adaX (ATA on CAM bus) devices on FreeBSD 8.0 and higher | |
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34ad0c5f | 143 | Date 2008-03-10 |
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144 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.38 (STABLE) |
145 | -------------------------------------------- | |
146 | This is a stable release of smartmontools. In addition to changes | |
147 | below, it includes: | |
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148 | - Libata/Marvell driver devices no longer need explicit '-d' switch |
149 | - DEVICESCAN automatically detects libata/marvell driver SATA devices | |
150 | - Fixed auto-offline/autosave support in FreeBSD | |
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151 | - SAT device type + SCSI generic devices work properly with smartd under Linux |
152 | - Many additions to drive database | |
153 | - More portable autogen/autoconf/automake script set | |
154 | - Additional Windows IOCTL route to access SMART data | |
155 | - Some ATA-8 updates | |
156 | - Smoother CCISS compilation support in Linux | |
157 | - Dragonfly support | |
158 | - Fixed some ATA identity byte swap problems on big endian CPUs | |
159 | - Added support for the QNX operating system | |
160 | - No-fork option added to smartd | |
161 | - Improved device scanning and drive type recognition in Windows | |
162 | - 3ware support for controllers with more disks (32 max) | |
163 | - Improved Windows installer | |
164 | - Improved SMART Attribute list and descriptions | |
165 | - Fix to smartctl return codes | |
166 | - Fix to scheduled tests on Highpoint RAID controllers | |
167 | - New samsung firmware bug workaround option | |
168 | - Auto-offline and Auto-save fixed in Linux + libata | |
34ad0c5f | 169 | - Solaris: better SCSI support and support for Sun compilers AND gcc |
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170 | - Fixed and improvements to CCISS support |
171 | - More options for SCSI temperature monitoring and history | |
172 | - Additional command line options for selective self-tests | |
173 | - Compilation fixes for various platforms. | |
174 | ||
2127e193 | 175 | See CHANGELOG for more details, or smartmontools SVN for still further |
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176 | details. |
177 | ||
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178 | Date 2006-12-20 |
179 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.37 (UNSTABLE/EXPERIMENTAL) | |
180 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |
181 | This is an unstable/experimental release of smartmontools. | |
182 | It includes: | |
183 | ||
184 | - Many additions to the table of known drives | |
185 | - SAT (SCSI/ATA Translation) support | |
186 | - SCSI background scan results log | |
187 | - smartd -W directive for temperature tracking and warning | |
188 | - smartctl -n option to check power state | |
189 | - improved smartd power state logging | |
190 | - CCISS support under Linux | |
191 | - HighPoint RocketRAID support under Linux | |
192 | - 3ware RAID support under Windows | |
193 | - SPT interface for SCSI devices under Windows | |
194 | - ATA selective self test under Windows XP/2003 | |
195 | - NSIS installer support for Windows version | |
196 | - Started move from C to C++ | |
197 | - Various other improvements | |
198 | ||
199 | ||
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200 | Date 2006-04-12 |
201 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.36 (STABLE) | |
202 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |
203 | This is a stable smartmontools release. The 5.34 version | |
204 | described just below was never officially released because | |
205 | Bruce Allen decided to wait until Linux support for | |
206 | accessing SATA devices through libata was in the official | |
207 | kernel.org sources. Changes include: | |
208 | ||
209 | - Win 2000/XP:ability to cancel drive self-tests | |
210 | - Additions to the table of known drives | |
211 | - FreeBSD support for 3ware char device interface and | |
212 | multiple 3ware cards | |
213 | - Various cygwin improvements for running as service | |
214 | - Works 'out of the box' with Linux SATA libata | |
215 | - smartd option added to list test schedules | |
216 | - smartctl option added to list part of drive database | |
217 | - various improvements for SCSI disks and logs | |
218 | ||
219 | ||
220 | Date 2005-04-19 | |
221 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.34 (STABLE) | |
222 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |
223 | This is a stable smartmontools release. It includes: | |
224 | - OS/2 and eComStation support | |
225 | All Platforms: | |
226 | - Printing of drive family info | |
227 | - SCSI disks: output size of grown defect list | |
228 | - Added info about drive family to 'smartctl -i' output. | |
229 | - Added option ',q' for smartd '-n' directive to suppress | |
230 | 'skipping checks' message which may spin up laptop disk. | |
231 | - Added message if smartd '-n' check power mode spins up disk. | |
232 | Cygwin and Windows: | |
233 | - Added info about Windows version and service pack to banner line. | |
234 | - Added support for smartd '-n' directive for Win2000/XP. | |
235 | - Added support for READ_LOG for WinNT4 also. | |
236 | - Fixed bug that prevents display of empty logs on Win2000/XP | |
237 | - Fixed use of cached smart enabled state in 'smartctl -i' output. | |
238 | Windows: | |
239 | - Fixed bug that prevents running smartd as service on WinNT4. | |
240 | ||
241 | ||
242 | Date 2004-9-5 | |
243 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.33 (UNSTABLE/EXPERIMENTAL) | |
244 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |
245 | This is an unstable/experimental release of smartmontools. It includes | |
246 | - support for Darwin/Mac OSX | |
247 | - support for OpenBSD | |
248 | - support for 3ware ATA RAID controllers under FreeBSD | |
249 | - support for 3ware 9500 series SATA RAID controllers under | |
250 | Linux. Use /dev/twa[0-15] devices to access these. | |
251 | - support for 3ware character device interfaces /dev/twe[0-15] | |
252 | under Linux. This allows (for example) Selective Self-tests. | |
253 | - support for Marvell chip-set based SATA controllers under Linux. | |
254 | - smartd mail now works also under Windows (using "Blat" mailer). | |
255 | - smartd can now be run as a Windows service. | |
256 | Please report sucess/failure with these items to the | |
257 | smartmontools-support mailing list. | |
258 | ||
259 | ||
260 | Date 2004-7-5 | |
261 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.32 (STABLE) | |
262 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |
263 | This is an stable release of smartmontools. | |
264 | Note added 2004/7/7: users building a Solaris/Intel version of the code should | |
265 | modify the 'configure' file, changing "pc-*-solaris*" on line 106 | |
266 | to read "*-pc-solaris*". Reference: | |
4d59bff9 | 267 | http://smartmontools.cvs.sourceforge.net/smartmontools/sm5/configure.in?r1=1.83&r2=1.84 |
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268 | |
269 | ||
270 | Date: 2004-5-4 | |
271 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.31 (UNSTABLE/EXPERIMENTAL) | |
272 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |
273 | This is an unstable/experimental release of smartmontools. It includes | |
274 | several new features: | |
275 | - Windows smartd daemon | |
276 | - smartd now monitors current and pending sector counts | |
277 | - Support for ATA-7 selective self-test features (Linux/NetBSD only) | |
278 | Please report sucess/failure with this option to the smartmontools-support | |
279 | mailing list. | |
280 | ||
281 | Date: 2004-3-6 | |
282 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.30 (STABLE) | |
283 | -------------------------------------------- | |
284 | This is a stable release of smartmontools: the first stable release | |
285 | since 5.26. | |
286 | - KNOWN BUG (identified/fixed by CF): smartd will segv and crash if | |
287 | the configuration file /etc/smartd.conf contains NO valid entries. | |
288 | This bug was introduced in version 1.259 of smartd.c by BA and | |
289 | is present in smartmontools releases 5.27-5.30 inclusive. This can | |
290 | be fixed by editing line 3165 of smartd.c, and changing: | |
291 | "else if (cfgentries[0]) {" | |
292 | to read: | |
293 | "else if (cfgentries && cfgentries[0]) {" | |
294 | ||
295 | ||
296 | Date: 2004-2-24 | |
297 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.29 (Experimental, not STABLE) | |
298 | -------------------------------------------------------------- | |
299 | This is another experimental release, to replace the 5.27 release that | |
300 | had a damaged configure script. The next stable release will be 5.30 | |
301 | - This release has SCSI support for NetBSD | |
302 | ||
303 | ||
304 | Date: 2004-2-12 | |
305 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.27 (Experimental, not STABLE) | |
306 | -------------------------------------------------------------- | |
307 | - WARNING: this release has a broken --prefix=/a/path option to the | |
308 | configure script. The consequence is that smartd will not look for the | |
309 | configuration file (smartd.conf) at the desired location. | |
310 | - NetBSD support added | |
311 | - A new Directive (-s) for smartd.conf now enables flexible automatic | |
312 | scheduled self-testing for both ATA and SCSI devices. | |
313 | - Solaris now has ATA device support (SPARC only) | |
314 | - A new Directive (-n) for smartd.conf to avoid spinning up disks | |
315 | - Errors when smartd sends mail are now logged to SYSLOG | |
316 | - Solaris smartd mail now works correctly (uses mailx not mail) | |
317 | ||
318 | ||
319 | Date: 2003-11-29 | |
320 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.26 | |
321 | ----------------------------------- | |
322 | This is a stable smartmontools release. The only known problem is | |
323 | that under Solaris, the email features of smartd do not work 'out of | |
324 | the box'. Three workarounds are: | |
325 | [1] use '-M exec mailx' in /etc/smartd.conf | |
326 | [2] in the start script for smartd, put /usr/ucb into PATH before | |
327 | /bin | |
328 | [3] upgrade to release 5.27 or later, or the latest CVS snapshot | |
329 | ||
330 | ||
331 | Date: 2003-11-19 | |
332 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.25 | |
333 | ----------------------------------- | |
334 | This release should not hang when accessing USB devices. It provides | |
335 | smartd SCSI self-test log monitoring for self-test errors, and a | |
336 | larger table of known ATA drives. DEVICESCAN should work correctly | |
337 | even on file systems containing XFS or JFS partitions, and on machines | |
338 | that use devfs, even without traditional links. | |
339 | ||
340 | From this time on, even numbered releases will be 'stable' ones and | |
341 | odd numbered releases (like 5.25) will be unstable/testing/development | |
342 | releases. | |
343 | ||
344 | ||
345 | Date: 2003-10-30 | |
346 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.23 | |
347 | ----------------------------------- | |
348 | This release has one known problem: DEVICESCAN device scanning does | |
349 | not work correctly if the disk with the /dev directory also has XFS | |
350 | or JFS file systems on it. | |
351 | ||
352 | ||
353 | Date: 2003-10-28 | |
354 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.22 | |
355 | ----------------------------------- | |
356 | Replaces flawed 5.21 release: the -T verypermissive option had to be | |
357 | entered as -T verpermissive. First experimental solaris support (SCSI | |
358 | only). This release had a serious flaw: smartd left open file descriptors | |
359 | for devices that it couldn't monitor. | |
360 | ||
361 | ||
362 | Date: 2003-10-14 | |
363 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.21 | |
364 | ----------------------------------- | |
365 | Preliminary support for FreeBSD added to smartmontools. For FreeBSD, | |
366 | ATA support requires a 5.1-CURRENT kernel while SCSI support should | |
367 | work across multiple versions (any that support CAM). | |
368 | ||
369 | ||
370 | Date: 2003-10-04 | |
371 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.20 | |
372 | ----------------------------------- | |
373 | Replaces flawed 5.19 release (which had a zero-length man page | |
374 | smartd.conf.5). | |
375 | ||
376 | ||
377 | Date: 2003-10-03 | |
378 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.19 | |
379 | ----------------------------------- | |
380 | This is the first release of smartmontools based on autoconf/automake. | |
381 | For this reason, it is a very experimental release. Please let us | |
382 | know in particular about documenation errors/omissions, missing or | |
383 | unneccesary files, and similar oversights. The major changes are: | |
384 | [1] installation scripts based on autoconfig/automake | |
385 | [2] ./configure [options] lets you set arbitrary paths | |
386 | [3] supports FHS with ./configure --prefix=/usr/local | |
387 | [4] correct paths are inserted into all man pages, binaries, etc. | |
388 | [5] tarballs and RPMs are now GPG-signed | |
389 | ||
390 | ||
391 | Date: 2003-10-02 11:35 | |
392 | Summary: smartd SEGV | |
393 | -------------------- | |
394 | Some versions of smartd, including smartmontools release 5.1-18, will | |
395 | SEGV if the combination of Directives in /etc/smartd.conf contains | |
396 | -l error | |
397 | AND/OR | |
398 | -l selftest | |
399 | without any Attribute monitoring Directives. This is fixed in 5.19 | |
400 | and above. | |
401 | ||
402 | A good workaround is to add: | |
403 | -o on | |
404 | OR | |
405 | -o off | |
406 | to enable or disable automatic offline data collection. | |
407 | ||
408 | ||
409 | Date: 2002-11-17 07:41 | |
410 | Summary: testunitready bug in smartd | |
411 | ------------------------------------ | |
412 | A bug in smartd prevented functioning on scsi devices. | |
413 | The bug in question only affects smartd users with scsi devices. | |
414 | To see if your version of smartd has the testunitready() bug, do | |
415 | smartd -V | |
416 | If the version of the module smartd.c in a line like: | |
417 | Module: smartd.c revision: 1.66 date: 2002/11/17 | |
418 | has a revision greater than or equal to 1.30, and less than or | |
419 | equal to 1.64, then your version of the code has this problem. | |
420 | ||
421 | This problem affected releases starting with RELEASE_5_0_16 up to and | |
422 | including RELEASE_5_0_43. |