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ee38a438 | 3 | $Id: NEWS 3808 2013-04-18 17:30:12Z 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 |
7 | ||
d008864d | 8 | Date <Not released yet, please try current SVN> |
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9 | Summary: smartmontools release 6.2 |
10 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |
11 | - Cygwin: 64-bit compile fixes. | |
12 | ||
13 | Date 2013-03-16 | |
14 | Summary: smartmontools release 6.1 | |
15 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |
16 | - smartctl '-l directory': improved output format. | |
17 | - smartctl: Fix parsing of '-l select,cont+SIZE' option. | |
18 | - smartctl prints ATA Additional Product Id (OEM Id). | |
19 | - smartctl '-s/-g wcache' for SCSI devices to control write cache. | |
20 | - smartctl '-s/-g rcache' for SCSI devices to control read cache. | |
21 | - smartctl prints more info for SCSI devices: media rotation rate, | |
22 | form factor, physical block size, lowest LBA alignement, | |
23 | logical block provisioning, disk protection type | |
24 | and selftest progress status. | |
25 | - smartctl '--identify' updated for latest ATA ACS-3 spec. | |
26 | - smartd runs /etc/smartd_warning.sh to generate warning emails | |
27 | (Windows: smartd_warning.cmd). | |
28 | - smartd '-w PATH' option to specify this executable. | |
29 | - smartd '-d ignore' directive. | |
30 | - smartd DEVICESCAN ignores devices already specified. | |
31 | - smartd: added support for state persistence ('-s') and attribute logging | |
32 | ('-A') for SCSI devices. | |
33 | - smartd '-W' directive uses ATA attribute 190 if 194 is missing. | |
34 | - Support of larger SCSI defect lists via READ DEFECT(12). | |
35 | - Device type '-d usbjmicron,p' for Prolific USB bridges. | |
36 | - Many HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database. | |
37 | - Linux: Support for SAS disks behind Areca controllers. | |
38 | - Linux: Improved support for SATA disks on LSI/Megaraid controllers | |
39 | - Linux: disks on MegaRaid controllers are automatically scanned | |
40 | - FreeBSD: Support for SAS disks behind Areca controllers. | |
41 | - FreeBSD: Enhanced ATA command support for 3ware. | |
42 | - FreeBSD: Support for 3ware 9750 (/dev/twsX). | |
43 | - FreeBSD: Fixed support for 48-bit ATA commands on legacy controllers | |
44 | with ATACAM driver. | |
45 | - FreeBSD: Improved support for SAS/SCSI disks on LSI/Megaraid controllers. | |
46 | - Windows: smartd.conf '-M exec' supports path names with spaces. | |
47 | - Windows: Tool wtssendmsg.exe to handle smartd.conf '-m console'. | |
48 | - Windows: DEVICESCAN now supports up to 128 drives. | |
49 | - Windows: smartctl.exe and smartd.exe include VERSIONINFO resource. | |
50 | - Windows: smartd.exe includes MESSAGETABLE resource. | |
51 | - Windows: syslogevt.exe is no longer provided. | |
52 | ||
53 | Date 2012-10-10 | |
54 | Summary: smartmontools release 6.0 | |
55 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |
56 | - option/directive '-F nologdir' and '-F xerrorlba'. | |
57 | - smartctl '--identify' option. | |
58 | - smartctl prints nominal media rotation rate (ATA). | |
59 | - smartctl prints SATA version and speed. | |
60 | - smartctl '-l sataphy' works for CD/DVD drives also. | |
61 | - smartctl '-x' includes ATA Device Statistics. | |
62 | - smartd warning emails include device identify info. | |
63 | - smartd '-d' output is flushed to support redirection. | |
64 | - HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database. | |
65 | - Windows smartd: smartd.conf directives '-m console', | |
66 | '-m active', '-m connected'. | |
67 | - Windows: Support for SAS disks behind Areca controllers. | |
68 | - Windows: Win9x/ME and NT4 are no longer supported. | |
69 | ||
70 | Date 2012-06-30 | |
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71 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.43 |
72 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |
73 | - smartctl options '-g, --get' and '-s, --set' to get/set | |
74 | various ATA settings: AAM, APM, Read look-ahead, Write | |
75 | cache, Security (freeze), Standby mode/timer. | |
76 | - smartd directive '-e' to set (most of) the above settings | |
77 | on startup. | |
e165493d | 78 | - smartctl options '-f hex' and '-f hex,[id|val]'. |
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79 | - smartctl does not start ATA self-test if another test is |
80 | already running. Override with new option '-t force'. | |
81 | - smartctl supports extended self-test polling times | |
82 | greater than 255 minutes. | |
f4e463df | 83 | - Controller-independent SAT detection: '-d sat,auto[+TYPE]'. |
d008864d | 84 | - smartd.conf DEFAULT directive. |
f4e463df | 85 | - Many HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database. |
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86 | - Linux and FreeBSD: Support for SATA disks behind Areca SAS |
87 | RAID controllers and HP Smart Array controllers. | |
f4e463df | 88 | - Windows: Support for SATA disks behind Areca controllers. |
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89 | - Windows smartd: directives '-l offlinests,ns' and |
90 | '-l selfteststs,ns'. | |
f4e463df | 91 | - Windows installer: Combined 32-/64-bit support. |
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92 | - FreeBSD: fixed crash on SCSI devices with FreeBSD9-RC1 |
93 | ||
94 | Date 2011-10-20 | |
95 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.42 | |
96 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |
97 | - smartctl option '-l devstat' (Device Statistics). | |
98 | - smartctl option '-l ssd' (SSD endurance indicator). | |
99 | - smartd logs identify information of each SCSI/SAS device. | |
100 | - smartd resends warning emails if problem reappears. | |
101 | - smartd directives '-l offlinests' and '-l selfteststs'. | |
102 | - Many HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database. | |
103 | - Platform-specific man pages. | |
104 | - smartd.8 man page no longer includes smartd.conf.5. | |
105 | - FreeBSD: Compilation fixes. | |
106 | - FreeBSD: Support for Areca controllers. | |
107 | - FreeBSD: Fix '-l scterc' support. | |
108 | - FreeBSD: Support for 48-bit ATA commands. | |
109 | - Linux: Support for Areca controllers enhanced. | |
110 | - Windows installer: UAC support. | |
111 | - Windows: update-smart-drivedb /S(ilent) option. | |
112 | - Windows: improved USB ID detection. | |
113 | ||
a7e8ffec | 114 | Date 2011-06-09 |
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115 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.41 |
116 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |
117 | - Failed self-tests outdated by a newer successful extended | |
118 | self-test are no longer reported as errors. | |
a7e8ffec | 119 | - Support for ATA Long Logical/Physical Sectors (LLS/LPS). |
cfbba5b9 | 120 | - 'smartctl --scan-open' can create a draft smartd.conf. |
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121 | - smartctl prints World Wide Name (WWN) of ATA device. |
122 | - smartctl option '-f brief' to select new attribute output | |
123 | format which includes more flags and fits in 80 columns. | |
124 | - smartd logs identify information and WWN of each ATA device. | |
cfbba5b9 | 125 | - smartd logs warning from drive database if present. |
a7e8ffec | 126 | - smartd logs changes of offline data collection status. |
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127 | - smartd directive '-l scterc,READTIME,WRITETIME'. |
128 | - smartd preserves last scheduled selective self-tests span. | |
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129 | - 'smartd.service' file for systemd. |
130 | - configure option '--with-systemdsystemunitdir' | |
cfbba5b9 | 131 | - configure option '--with-exampledir'. |
a7e8ffec | 132 | - configure searches for init.d or rc.d directory. |
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133 | - 'make install' does no longer overwrite an existing |
134 | smartd.conf file. | |
135 | - 'update-smart-drivedb' does no longer require GNU sed. | |
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136 | - Many HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database. |
137 | - Linux USB autodetection: Enable '-d sat,16' for newer kernels. | |
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138 | - Linux megaraid: Fix segfault on non-data SCSI commands. |
139 | - Linux megaraid: Fix pass-through of non-data ATA commands. | |
140 | - FreeBSD: Use 'fetch' in 'update-smart-drivedb'. | |
141 | - OpenBSD: Use 'ftp' in 'update-smart-drivedb'. | |
142 | - OpenBSD: Workaround for shell bug. | |
143 | - OpenBSD: Fix DEVICESCAN for OpenBSD >= 4.8. | |
a7e8ffec | 144 | - Windows: Experimental support for Intel ICHxR RAID. |
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145 | - Windows: DEVICESCAN includes USB devices. |
146 | - Windows: Faster USB ID detection. | |
147 | - Windows: update-smart-drivedb tool. | |
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148 | - Windows installer: Option '/SO component,...'. |
149 | - Windows: Fix smartd warning email truncation on Win7. | |
150 | - Windows installer: Fix shortcut removal on Vista/Win7. | |
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151 | - Windows: Add missing quotes in smartctl-run.bat and |
152 | smartd-run.bat | |
153 | ||
154 | Date 2010-10-16 | |
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155 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.40 |
156 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |
7f0798ef | 157 | - Other config entries may precede smartd DEVICESCAN. |
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158 | - Option '-v' allows to specify byte order of attribute raw value |
159 | - configure: New default value for '--with-docdir'. | |
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160 | - configure: '--enable-drivedb' is now the default. |
161 | - Improved support for Intel SSDs. | |
162 | - Improved support for SandForce based SSDs. | |
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163 | - Drive database is in a separate source file 'drivedb.h' |
164 | which can be downloaded from SVN. | |
e9583e0c | 165 | - USB ID info is now included in 'drivedb.h'. |
cfbba5b9 | 166 | - Many additions to drive database. |
7f0798ef | 167 | - New script 'update-smart-drivedb'. |
a23d5117 | 168 | - smartd libcap-ng support, option '-C, --capabilities'. |
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169 | - smartd directive '-l xerror' to check Extended Comprehensive |
170 | SMART Error Log. | |
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171 | - smartctl option '-l scterc[,...]' to get/set the |
172 | SCT Error Recovery Control time limit. | |
cfbba5b9 | 173 | - smartctl option '-t vendor,N'. |
e9583e0c | 174 | - smartctl options '--scan, --scan-open'. |
7f0798ef | 175 | - Linux: Add '/dev/sd[a-c][a-z]' to smartd DEVICESCAN. |
cfbba5b9 | 176 | - Linux: Support SATA drives on LSI 3ware 9750 controllers. |
e9583e0c | 177 | - Windows: Read 'drivedb.h' and 'smartd.conf' from exe directory. |
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178 | - Windows: Support for 64-bit executables. |
179 | - Windows: Support for cross compilation on Linux. | |
e9583e0c | 180 | - Fix regression in smartctl option '-t select,M-N'. |
7f0798ef | 181 | - Fix SCT temperature table commands on big endian CPUs. |
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182 | - Fix regression in smartd SMARTD_DEVICE and SMARTD_DEVICETYPE |
183 | environment variables. | |
a23d5117 | 184 | |
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185 | Date 2010-01-28 |
186 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.39.1 | |
187 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |
188 | - Fix crash on kFreeBSD. | |
189 | - Fix regression in smartctl option '-q, --quietmode'. | |
190 | - Fix regression in smartd directive '-l selftest'. | |
191 | - Linux: Allow smartd 'DEVICESCAN -d sat'. | |
192 | - Linux: Fix spin-up of SATA drive if '-n standby' is used. | |
193 | - Windows: Fix parsing of 3ware 'tw_cli' output. | |
194 | ||
e9e8c2b1 | 195 | Date 2009-12-09 |
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196 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.39 (UNSTABLE/EXPERIMENTAL) |
197 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |
198 | - Sourcecode repository moved from CVS to SVN | |
199 | - Support for USB devices with Cypress, JMicron and Sunplus USB bridges | |
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200 | - USB device type autodetection for some devices on Linux, Windows and FreeBSD |
201 | (http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/smartmontools/wiki/Supported_USB-Devices) | |
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202 | - Support for Areca controllers on Linux |
203 | - Support for MegaRAID controllers on Linux | |
204 | - Support for HighPoint RocketRAID controllers on FreeBSD | |
205 | - Support RAID controllers using /dev/pass devices on FreeBSD | |
206 | - Support CHECK_POWER_MODE and WRITE_LOG on FreeBSD | |
207 | - Support for up to 128 devices on 3ware controllers | |
208 | - smartctl option '-l xerror' to print ATA SMART Extended Comprehensive | |
209 | Error Log | |
210 | - smartctl option '-l xselftest' to print ATA SMART Extended Self-test Log | |
211 | - smartctl option '-l sataphy' to print SATA Phy Event Counters | |
bed94269 | 212 | - smartctl option '-l sasphy' to print SAS device phy information |
2127e193 | 213 | - smartctl options '-l gplog,...' and '-l smartlog,...' to print any log page |
bed94269 | 214 | - smartctl option '-x' to print all extended info if available |
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215 | - smartctl prints SCSI load/unload cycle counts |
216 | - Improve display of huge raw values of some SMART attributes | |
217 | - Option '-d sat+TYPE' to use SAT with controllers which require '-d TYPE' | |
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218 | - Option '-v ID,RAW_FORMAT,ATTR_NAME' to add new vendor specific attributes |
219 | - Support for SSD drives using 64-bit raw attributes | |
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220 | - Many additions to drive database |
221 | - New simplified syntax for drive database | |
222 | - Option '-B FILE' to read drive database from a file | |
223 | - Configure option to add drive database file to distribution | |
224 | - smartd can now handle attributes 197 and 198 with increasing raw values | |
225 | - smartd logs changes of self-test execution status | |
226 | - smartd directive '-n powermode,N' to limit the number of skipped checks | |
bed94269 | 227 | - smartd flag '!' for '-r' and '-R' directives to log changes as critical |
2127e193 | 228 | - smartd supports scheduled Selective Self-Tests |
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229 | - Self-tests scheduled during system downtime or disk standby are run after |
230 | next startup | |
231 | - smartd option '-s PREFIX' to store smartd internal state until next startup | |
232 | - smartd option '-A PREFIX' to log attributes at each check cycle | |
233 | - Configure options to enable the above by default | |
2127e193 | 234 | - Change to an object oriented interface to access ATA and SCSI devices |
eb07ddf2 | 235 | - Linux, Win32 and FreeBSD modules migrated to new interface |
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236 | - Rework of smartd data structures |
237 | - Checkin date and SVN revision and optional BUILD_INFO printed in version info | |
bed94269 | 238 | - Better support for GSmartControl on Windows |
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239 | - SELinux fixes to 3ware device node creation |
240 | - Fix CCISS file descriptor leak on FreeBSD | |
241 | - Compile fixes for Solaris and FreeBSD | |
242 | - Use getaddrinfo() instead of gethostbyname() to support IPv6 | |
243 | - C++ Support for QNX Target, already tested for QNX 6.3.2 on x86 and | |
244 | armle target | |
245 | - Additional support for Samsung MLC flash drives | |
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246 | - New device type detection algorithm on FreeBSD, not based on filename |
247 | - Support for the adaX (ATA on CAM bus) devices on FreeBSD 8.0 and higher | |
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34ad0c5f | 249 | Date 2008-03-10 |
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250 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.38 (STABLE) |
251 | -------------------------------------------- | |
252 | This is a stable release of smartmontools. In addition to changes | |
253 | below, it includes: | |
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254 | - Libata/Marvell driver devices no longer need explicit '-d' switch |
255 | - DEVICESCAN automatically detects libata/marvell driver SATA devices | |
256 | - Fixed auto-offline/autosave support in FreeBSD | |
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257 | - SAT device type + SCSI generic devices work properly with smartd under Linux |
258 | - Many additions to drive database | |
259 | - More portable autogen/autoconf/automake script set | |
260 | - Additional Windows IOCTL route to access SMART data | |
261 | - Some ATA-8 updates | |
262 | - Smoother CCISS compilation support in Linux | |
263 | - Dragonfly support | |
264 | - Fixed some ATA identity byte swap problems on big endian CPUs | |
265 | - Added support for the QNX operating system | |
266 | - No-fork option added to smartd | |
267 | - Improved device scanning and drive type recognition in Windows | |
268 | - 3ware support for controllers with more disks (32 max) | |
269 | - Improved Windows installer | |
270 | - Improved SMART Attribute list and descriptions | |
271 | - Fix to smartctl return codes | |
272 | - Fix to scheduled tests on Highpoint RAID controllers | |
273 | - New samsung firmware bug workaround option | |
274 | - Auto-offline and Auto-save fixed in Linux + libata | |
34ad0c5f | 275 | - Solaris: better SCSI support and support for Sun compilers AND gcc |
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276 | - Fixed and improvements to CCISS support |
277 | - More options for SCSI temperature monitoring and history | |
278 | - Additional command line options for selective self-tests | |
279 | - Compilation fixes for various platforms. | |
280 | ||
2127e193 | 281 | See CHANGELOG for more details, or smartmontools SVN for still further |
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282 | details. |
283 | ||
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284 | Date 2006-12-20 |
285 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.37 (UNSTABLE/EXPERIMENTAL) | |
286 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |
287 | This is an unstable/experimental release of smartmontools. | |
288 | It includes: | |
289 | ||
290 | - Many additions to the table of known drives | |
291 | - SAT (SCSI/ATA Translation) support | |
292 | - SCSI background scan results log | |
293 | - smartd -W directive for temperature tracking and warning | |
294 | - smartctl -n option to check power state | |
295 | - improved smartd power state logging | |
296 | - CCISS support under Linux | |
297 | - HighPoint RocketRAID support under Linux | |
298 | - 3ware RAID support under Windows | |
299 | - SPT interface for SCSI devices under Windows | |
300 | - ATA selective self test under Windows XP/2003 | |
301 | - NSIS installer support for Windows version | |
302 | - Started move from C to C++ | |
303 | - Various other improvements | |
304 | ||
305 | ||
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306 | Date 2006-04-12 |
307 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.36 (STABLE) | |
308 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |
309 | This is a stable smartmontools release. The 5.34 version | |
310 | described just below was never officially released because | |
311 | Bruce Allen decided to wait until Linux support for | |
312 | accessing SATA devices through libata was in the official | |
313 | kernel.org sources. Changes include: | |
314 | ||
315 | - Win 2000/XP:ability to cancel drive self-tests | |
316 | - Additions to the table of known drives | |
317 | - FreeBSD support for 3ware char device interface and | |
318 | multiple 3ware cards | |
319 | - Various cygwin improvements for running as service | |
320 | - Works 'out of the box' with Linux SATA libata | |
321 | - smartd option added to list test schedules | |
322 | - smartctl option added to list part of drive database | |
323 | - various improvements for SCSI disks and logs | |
324 | ||
325 | ||
326 | Date 2005-04-19 | |
327 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.34 (STABLE) | |
328 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |
329 | This is a stable smartmontools release. It includes: | |
330 | - OS/2 and eComStation support | |
331 | All Platforms: | |
332 | - Printing of drive family info | |
333 | - SCSI disks: output size of grown defect list | |
334 | - Added info about drive family to 'smartctl -i' output. | |
335 | - Added option ',q' for smartd '-n' directive to suppress | |
336 | 'skipping checks' message which may spin up laptop disk. | |
337 | - Added message if smartd '-n' check power mode spins up disk. | |
338 | Cygwin and Windows: | |
339 | - Added info about Windows version and service pack to banner line. | |
340 | - Added support for smartd '-n' directive for Win2000/XP. | |
341 | - Added support for READ_LOG for WinNT4 also. | |
342 | - Fixed bug that prevents display of empty logs on Win2000/XP | |
343 | - Fixed use of cached smart enabled state in 'smartctl -i' output. | |
344 | Windows: | |
345 | - Fixed bug that prevents running smartd as service on WinNT4. | |
346 | ||
347 | ||
348 | Date 2004-9-5 | |
349 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.33 (UNSTABLE/EXPERIMENTAL) | |
350 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |
351 | This is an unstable/experimental release of smartmontools. It includes | |
352 | - support for Darwin/Mac OSX | |
353 | - support for OpenBSD | |
354 | - support for 3ware ATA RAID controllers under FreeBSD | |
355 | - support for 3ware 9500 series SATA RAID controllers under | |
356 | Linux. Use /dev/twa[0-15] devices to access these. | |
357 | - support for 3ware character device interfaces /dev/twe[0-15] | |
358 | under Linux. This allows (for example) Selective Self-tests. | |
359 | - support for Marvell chip-set based SATA controllers under Linux. | |
360 | - smartd mail now works also under Windows (using "Blat" mailer). | |
361 | - smartd can now be run as a Windows service. | |
362 | Please report sucess/failure with these items to the | |
363 | smartmontools-support mailing list. | |
364 | ||
365 | ||
366 | Date 2004-7-5 | |
367 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.32 (STABLE) | |
368 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |
369 | This is an stable release of smartmontools. | |
370 | Note added 2004/7/7: users building a Solaris/Intel version of the code should | |
371 | modify the 'configure' file, changing "pc-*-solaris*" on line 106 | |
372 | to read "*-pc-solaris*". Reference: | |
4d59bff9 | 373 | http://smartmontools.cvs.sourceforge.net/smartmontools/sm5/configure.in?r1=1.83&r2=1.84 |
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374 | |
375 | ||
376 | Date: 2004-5-4 | |
377 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.31 (UNSTABLE/EXPERIMENTAL) | |
378 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |
379 | This is an unstable/experimental release of smartmontools. It includes | |
380 | several new features: | |
381 | - Windows smartd daemon | |
382 | - smartd now monitors current and pending sector counts | |
383 | - Support for ATA-7 selective self-test features (Linux/NetBSD only) | |
384 | Please report sucess/failure with this option to the smartmontools-support | |
385 | mailing list. | |
386 | ||
387 | Date: 2004-3-6 | |
388 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.30 (STABLE) | |
389 | -------------------------------------------- | |
390 | This is a stable release of smartmontools: the first stable release | |
391 | since 5.26. | |
392 | - KNOWN BUG (identified/fixed by CF): smartd will segv and crash if | |
393 | the configuration file /etc/smartd.conf contains NO valid entries. | |
394 | This bug was introduced in version 1.259 of smartd.c by BA and | |
395 | is present in smartmontools releases 5.27-5.30 inclusive. This can | |
396 | be fixed by editing line 3165 of smartd.c, and changing: | |
397 | "else if (cfgentries[0]) {" | |
398 | to read: | |
399 | "else if (cfgentries && cfgentries[0]) {" | |
400 | ||
401 | ||
402 | Date: 2004-2-24 | |
403 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.29 (Experimental, not STABLE) | |
404 | -------------------------------------------------------------- | |
405 | This is another experimental release, to replace the 5.27 release that | |
406 | had a damaged configure script. The next stable release will be 5.30 | |
407 | - This release has SCSI support for NetBSD | |
408 | ||
409 | ||
410 | Date: 2004-2-12 | |
411 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.27 (Experimental, not STABLE) | |
412 | -------------------------------------------------------------- | |
413 | - WARNING: this release has a broken --prefix=/a/path option to the | |
414 | configure script. The consequence is that smartd will not look for the | |
415 | configuration file (smartd.conf) at the desired location. | |
416 | - NetBSD support added | |
417 | - A new Directive (-s) for smartd.conf now enables flexible automatic | |
418 | scheduled self-testing for both ATA and SCSI devices. | |
419 | - Solaris now has ATA device support (SPARC only) | |
420 | - A new Directive (-n) for smartd.conf to avoid spinning up disks | |
421 | - Errors when smartd sends mail are now logged to SYSLOG | |
422 | - Solaris smartd mail now works correctly (uses mailx not mail) | |
423 | ||
424 | ||
425 | Date: 2003-11-29 | |
426 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.26 | |
427 | ----------------------------------- | |
428 | This is a stable smartmontools release. The only known problem is | |
429 | that under Solaris, the email features of smartd do not work 'out of | |
430 | the box'. Three workarounds are: | |
431 | [1] use '-M exec mailx' in /etc/smartd.conf | |
432 | [2] in the start script for smartd, put /usr/ucb into PATH before | |
433 | /bin | |
434 | [3] upgrade to release 5.27 or later, or the latest CVS snapshot | |
435 | ||
436 | ||
437 | Date: 2003-11-19 | |
438 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.25 | |
439 | ----------------------------------- | |
440 | This release should not hang when accessing USB devices. It provides | |
441 | smartd SCSI self-test log monitoring for self-test errors, and a | |
442 | larger table of known ATA drives. DEVICESCAN should work correctly | |
443 | even on file systems containing XFS or JFS partitions, and on machines | |
444 | that use devfs, even without traditional links. | |
445 | ||
446 | From this time on, even numbered releases will be 'stable' ones and | |
447 | odd numbered releases (like 5.25) will be unstable/testing/development | |
448 | releases. | |
449 | ||
450 | ||
451 | Date: 2003-10-30 | |
452 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.23 | |
453 | ----------------------------------- | |
454 | This release has one known problem: DEVICESCAN device scanning does | |
455 | not work correctly if the disk with the /dev directory also has XFS | |
456 | or JFS file systems on it. | |
457 | ||
458 | ||
459 | Date: 2003-10-28 | |
460 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.22 | |
461 | ----------------------------------- | |
462 | Replaces flawed 5.21 release: the -T verypermissive option had to be | |
463 | entered as -T verpermissive. First experimental solaris support (SCSI | |
464 | only). This release had a serious flaw: smartd left open file descriptors | |
465 | for devices that it couldn't monitor. | |
466 | ||
467 | ||
468 | Date: 2003-10-14 | |
469 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.21 | |
470 | ----------------------------------- | |
471 | Preliminary support for FreeBSD added to smartmontools. For FreeBSD, | |
472 | ATA support requires a 5.1-CURRENT kernel while SCSI support should | |
473 | work across multiple versions (any that support CAM). | |
474 | ||
475 | ||
476 | Date: 2003-10-04 | |
477 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.20 | |
478 | ----------------------------------- | |
479 | Replaces flawed 5.19 release (which had a zero-length man page | |
480 | smartd.conf.5). | |
481 | ||
482 | ||
483 | Date: 2003-10-03 | |
484 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.19 | |
485 | ----------------------------------- | |
486 | This is the first release of smartmontools based on autoconf/automake. | |
487 | For this reason, it is a very experimental release. Please let us | |
488 | know in particular about documenation errors/omissions, missing or | |
489 | unneccesary files, and similar oversights. The major changes are: | |
490 | [1] installation scripts based on autoconfig/automake | |
491 | [2] ./configure [options] lets you set arbitrary paths | |
492 | [3] supports FHS with ./configure --prefix=/usr/local | |
493 | [4] correct paths are inserted into all man pages, binaries, etc. | |
494 | [5] tarballs and RPMs are now GPG-signed | |
495 | ||
496 | ||
497 | Date: 2003-10-02 11:35 | |
498 | Summary: smartd SEGV | |
499 | -------------------- | |
500 | Some versions of smartd, including smartmontools release 5.1-18, will | |
501 | SEGV if the combination of Directives in /etc/smartd.conf contains | |
502 | -l error | |
503 | AND/OR | |
504 | -l selftest | |
505 | without any Attribute monitoring Directives. This is fixed in 5.19 | |
506 | and above. | |
507 | ||
508 | A good workaround is to add: | |
509 | -o on | |
510 | OR | |
511 | -o off | |
512 | to enable or disable automatic offline data collection. | |
513 | ||
514 | ||
515 | Date: 2002-11-17 07:41 | |
516 | Summary: testunitready bug in smartd | |
517 | ------------------------------------ | |
518 | A bug in smartd prevented functioning on scsi devices. | |
519 | The bug in question only affects smartd users with scsi devices. | |
520 | To see if your version of smartd has the testunitready() bug, do | |
521 | smartd -V | |
522 | If the version of the module smartd.c in a line like: | |
523 | Module: smartd.c revision: 1.66 date: 2002/11/17 | |
524 | has a revision greater than or equal to 1.30, and less than or | |
525 | equal to 1.64, then your version of the code has this problem. | |
526 | ||
527 | This problem affected releases starting with RELEASE_5_0_16 up to and | |
528 | including RELEASE_5_0_43. |