NEWS

   1 smartmontools NEWS
   2 ------------------
   3 $Id: NEWS 3979 2014-08-15 11:09:41Z samm2 $
   4
   5 The most up-to-date version of this file is:
   6 http://sourceforge.net/p/smartmontools/code/HEAD/tree/trunk/smartmontools/NEWS
   7
   8 - darwin: '-S' command implemented, '-l devstat' should work now
   9
  10 Date 2014-07-26
  11 Summary: smartmontools release 6.3
  12 -----------------------------------------------------------
  13 - smartctl: Fixed bogus error messages from '-g/-s wcreorder'.
  14 - smartctl prints ATA form factor.
  15 - SCSI: Improved support of modern disks (SAS SSDs).
  16 - SCSI: Fixed sense data noise from old disks.
  17 - update-smart-drivedb man page.
  18 - configure option '--with-smartdscriptdir'.
  19 - configure option '--with-smartdplugindir'.
  20 - configure option '--with-systemdenvfile'.
  21 - configure option '--with-working-snprintf'.
  22 - Removed build time stamps to support reproducible builds.
  23 - Compile fixes for C++11.
  24 - HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database.
  25 - Linux: Support for controllers behind AACRAID driver.
  26 - Linux: Fixed DEVICESCAN max path count.
  27 - FreeBSD: Fixed possible crash caused by wrong SCSI error handling.
  28 - FreeBSD: Compile fix for kFreeBSD.
  29 - Windows: Reworked CSMI port scanning.
  30 - QNX: Compile fix.
  31
  32 Date 2013-07-26
  33 Summary: smartmontools release 6.2
  34 -----------------------------------------------------------
  35 - smartctl: Added ATA write cache reordering control using
  36   '-g wcreorder' and '-s wcreorder,[on|off]' options.
  37 - update-smart-drivedb: Updated for new SVN repository.
  38 - HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database.
  39 - Areca RAID support: Fixed possible segfault on empty port.
  40 - HPT RAID support: Maximum disk number increased to 128.
  41 - Linux: RHEL 9 compile fixes.
  42 - FreeBSD: Device scanning now skips port multipliers.
  43 - Cygwin: 64-bit compile fixes.
  44 - Windows: Fixed bogus temp file name in smartd_warning.cmd
  45   (already included in smartmontools-6.1-2.win32-setup.exe).
  46 - Windows: smartd service is no longer installed as interactive.
  47
  48 Date 2013-03-16
  49 Summary: smartmontools release 6.1
  50 -----------------------------------------------------------
  51 - smartctl '-l directory': improved output format.
  52 - smartctl: Fix parsing of '-l select,cont+SIZE' option.
  53 - smartctl prints ATA Additional Product Id (OEM Id).
  54 - smartctl '-s/-g wcache' for SCSI devices to control write cache.
  55 - smartctl '-s/-g rcache' for SCSI devices to control read cache.
  56 - smartctl prints more info for SCSI devices: media rotation rate,
  57   form factor, physical block size, lowest LBA alignement,
  58   logical block provisioning, disk protection type
  59   and selftest progress status.
  60 - smartctl '--identify' updated for latest ATA ACS-3 spec.
  61 - smartd runs /etc/smartd_warning.sh to generate warning emails
  62   (Windows: smartd_warning.cmd).
  63 - smartd '-w PATH' option to specify this executable.
  64 - smartd '-d ignore' directive.
  65 - smartd DEVICESCAN ignores devices already specified.
  66 - smartd: added support for state persistence ('-s') and attribute logging
  67   ('-A') for SCSI devices.
  68 - smartd '-W' directive uses ATA attribute 190 if 194 is missing.
  69 - Support of larger SCSI defect lists via READ DEFECT(12).
  70 - Device type '-d usbjmicron,p' for Prolific USB bridges.
  71 - Many HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database.
  72 - Linux: Support for SAS disks behind Areca controllers.
  73 - Linux: Improved support for SATA disks on LSI/Megaraid controllers
  74 - Linux: disks on MegaRaid controllers are automatically scanned
  75 - FreeBSD: Support for SAS disks behind Areca controllers.
  76 - FreeBSD: Enhanced ATA command support for 3ware.
  77 - FreeBSD: Support for 3ware 9750 (/dev/twsX).
  78 - FreeBSD: Fixed support for 48-bit ATA commands on legacy controllers
  79   with ATACAM driver.
  80 - FreeBSD: Improved support for SAS/SCSI disks on LSI/Megaraid controllers.
  81 - Windows: smartd.conf '-M exec' supports path names with spaces.
  82 - Windows: Tool wtssendmsg.exe to handle smartd.conf '-m console'.
  83 - Windows: DEVICESCAN now supports up to 128 drives.
  84 - Windows: smartctl.exe and smartd.exe include VERSIONINFO resource.
  85 - Windows: smartd.exe includes MESSAGETABLE resource.
  86 - Windows: syslogevt.exe is no longer provided.
  87
  88 Date 2012-10-10
  89 Summary: smartmontools release 6.0
  90 -----------------------------------------------------------
  91 - option/directive '-F nologdir' and '-F xerrorlba'.
  92 - smartctl '--identify' option.
  93 - smartctl prints nominal media rotation rate (ATA).
  94 - smartctl prints SATA version and speed.
  95 - smartctl '-l sataphy' works for CD/DVD drives also.
  96 - smartctl '-x' includes ATA Device Statistics.
  97 - smartd warning emails include device identify info.
  98 - smartd '-d' output is flushed to support redirection.
  99 - HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database.
 100 - Windows smartd: smartd.conf directives '-m console',
 101   '-m active', '-m connected'.
 102 - Windows: Support for SAS disks behind Areca controllers.
 103 - Windows: Win9x/ME and NT4 are no longer supported.
 104
 105 Date 2012-06-30
 106 Summary: smartmontools release 5.43
 107 -----------------------------------------------------------
 108 - smartctl options '-g, --get' and '-s, --set' to get/set
 109   various ATA settings: AAM, APM, Read look-ahead, Write
 110   cache, Security (freeze), Standby mode/timer.
 111 - smartd directive '-e' to set (most of) the above settings
 112   on startup.
 113 - smartctl options '-f hex' and '-f hex,[id|val]'.
 114 - smartctl does not start ATA self-test if another test is
 115   already running.  Override with new option '-t force'.
 116 - smartctl supports extended self-test polling times
 117   greater than 255 minutes.
 118 - Controller-independent SAT detection: '-d sat,auto[+TYPE]'.
 119 - smartd.conf DEFAULT directive.
 120 - Many HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database.
 121 - Linux and FreeBSD: Support for SATA disks behind Areca SAS
 122   RAID controllers and HP Smart Array controllers.
 123 - Windows: Support for SATA disks behind Areca controllers.
 124 - Windows smartd: directives '-l offlinests,ns' and
 125   '-l selfteststs,ns'.
 126 - Windows installer: Combined 32-/64-bit support.
 127 - FreeBSD: fixed crash on SCSI devices with FreeBSD9-RC1
 128
 129 Date 2011-10-20
 130 Summary: smartmontools release 5.42
 131 -----------------------------------------------------------
 132 - smartctl option '-l devstat' (Device Statistics).
 133 - smartctl option '-l ssd' (SSD endurance indicator).
 134 - smartd logs identify information of each SCSI/SAS device.
 135 - smartd resends warning emails if problem reappears.
 136 - smartd directives '-l offlinests' and '-l selfteststs'.
 137 - Many HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database.
 138 - Platform-specific man pages.
 139 - smartd.8 man page no longer includes smartd.conf.5.
 140 - FreeBSD: Compilation fixes.
 141 - FreeBSD: Support for Areca controllers.
 142 - FreeBSD: Fix '-l scterc' support.
 143 - FreeBSD: Support for 48-bit ATA commands.
 144 - Linux: Support for Areca controllers enhanced.
 145 - Windows installer: UAC support.
 146 - Windows: update-smart-drivedb /S(ilent) option.
 147 - Windows: improved USB ID detection.
 148
 149 Date 2011-06-09
 150 Summary: smartmontools release 5.41
 151 -----------------------------------------------------------
 152 - Failed self-tests outdated by a newer successful extended
 153   self-test are no longer reported as errors.
 154 - Support for ATA Long Logical/Physical Sectors (LLS/LPS).
 155 - 'smartctl --scan-open' can create a draft smartd.conf.
 156 - smartctl prints World Wide Name (WWN) of ATA device.
 157 - smartctl option '-f brief' to select new attribute output
 158   format which includes more flags and fits in 80 columns.
 159 - smartd logs identify information and WWN of each ATA device.
 160 - smartd logs warning from drive database if present.
 161 - smartd logs changes of offline data collection status.
 162 - smartd directive '-l scterc,READTIME,WRITETIME'.
 163 - smartd preserves last scheduled selective self-tests span.
 164 - 'smartd.service' file for systemd.
 165 - configure option '--with-systemdsystemunitdir'
 166 - configure option '--with-exampledir'.
 167 - configure searches for init.d or rc.d directory.
 168 - 'make install' does no longer overwrite an existing
 169   smartd.conf file.
 170 - 'update-smart-drivedb' does no longer require GNU sed.
 171 - Many HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database.
 172 - Linux USB autodetection: Enable '-d sat,16' for newer kernels.
 173 - Linux megaraid: Fix segfault on non-data SCSI commands.
 174 - Linux megaraid: Fix pass-through of non-data ATA commands.
 175 - FreeBSD: Use 'fetch' in 'update-smart-drivedb'.
 176 - OpenBSD: Use 'ftp' in 'update-smart-drivedb'.
 177 - OpenBSD: Workaround for shell bug.
 178 - OpenBSD: Fix DEVICESCAN for OpenBSD >= 4.8.
 179 - Windows: Experimental support for Intel ICHxR RAID.
 180 - Windows: DEVICESCAN includes USB devices.
 181 - Windows: Faster USB ID detection.
 182 - Windows: update-smart-drivedb tool.
 183 - Windows installer: Option '/SO component,...'.
 184 - Windows: Fix smartd warning email truncation on Win7.
 185 - Windows installer: Fix shortcut removal on Vista/Win7.
 186 - Windows: Add missing quotes in smartctl-run.bat and
 187   smartd-run.bat
 188
 189 Date 2010-10-16
 190 Summary: smartmontools release 5.40
 191 -----------------------------------------------------------
 192 - Other config entries may precede smartd DEVICESCAN.
 193 - Option '-v' allows to specify byte order of attribute raw value
 194 - configure: New default value for '--with-docdir'.
 195 - configure: '--enable-drivedb' is now the default.
 196 - Improved support for Intel SSDs.
 197 - Improved support for SandForce based SSDs.
 198 - Drive database is in a separate source file 'drivedb.h'
 199   which can be downloaded from SVN.
 200 - USB ID info is now included in 'drivedb.h'.
 201 - Many additions to drive database.
 202 - New script 'update-smart-drivedb'.
 203 - smartd libcap-ng support, option '-C, --capabilities'.
 204 - smartd directive '-l xerror' to check Extended Comprehensive
 205   SMART Error Log.
 206 - smartctl option '-l scterc[,...]' to get/set the
 207   SCT Error Recovery Control time limit.
 208 - smartctl option '-t vendor,N'.
 209 - smartctl options '--scan, --scan-open'.
 210 - Linux: Add '/dev/sd[a-c][a-z]' to smartd DEVICESCAN.
 211 - Linux: Support SATA drives on LSI 3ware 9750 controllers.
 212 - Windows: Read 'drivedb.h' and 'smartd.conf' from exe directory.
 213 - Windows: Support for 64-bit executables.
 214 - Windows: Support for cross compilation on Linux.
 215 - Fix regression in smartctl option '-t select,M-N'.
 216 - Fix SCT temperature table commands on big endian CPUs.
 217 - Fix regression in smartd SMARTD_DEVICE and SMARTD_DEVICETYPE
 218   environment variables.
 219
 220 Date 2010-01-28
 221 Summary: smartmontools release 5.39.1
 222 -----------------------------------------------------------
 223 - Fix crash on kFreeBSD.
 224 - Fix regression in smartctl option '-q, --quietmode'.
 225 - Fix regression in smartd directive '-l selftest'.
 226 - Linux: Allow smartd 'DEVICESCAN -d sat'.
 227 - Linux: Fix spin-up of SATA drive if '-n standby' is used.
 228 - Windows: Fix parsing of 3ware 'tw_cli' output.
 229
 230 Date 2009-12-09
 231 Summary: smartmontools release 5.39 (UNSTABLE/EXPERIMENTAL)
 232 -----------------------------------------------------------
 233 - Sourcecode repository moved from CVS to SVN
 234 - Support for USB devices with Cypress, JMicron and Sunplus USB bridges
 235 - USB device type autodetection for some devices on Linux, Windows and FreeBSD
 236   (http://www.smartmontools.org/wiki/Supported_USB-Devices)
 237 - Support for Areca controllers on Linux
 238 - Support for MegaRAID controllers on Linux
 239 - Support for HighPoint RocketRAID controllers on FreeBSD
 240 - Support RAID controllers using /dev/pass devices on FreeBSD
 241 - Support CHECK_POWER_MODE and WRITE_LOG on FreeBSD
 242 - Support for up to 128 devices on 3ware controllers
 243 - smartctl option '-l xerror' to print ATA SMART Extended Comprehensive
 244   Error Log
 245 - smartctl option '-l xselftest' to print ATA SMART Extended Self-test Log
 246 - smartctl option '-l sataphy' to print SATA Phy Event Counters
 247 - smartctl option '-l sasphy' to print SAS device phy information
 248 - smartctl options '-l gplog,...' and '-l smartlog,...' to print any log page
 249 - smartctl option '-x' to print all extended info if available
 250 - smartctl prints SCSI load/unload cycle counts
 251 - Improve display of huge raw values of some SMART attributes
 252 - Option '-d sat+TYPE' to use SAT with controllers which require '-d TYPE'
 253 - Option '-v ID,RAW_FORMAT,ATTR_NAME' to add new vendor specific attributes
 254 - Support for SSD drives using 64-bit raw attributes
 255 - Many additions to drive database
 256 - New simplified syntax for drive database
 257 - Option '-B FILE' to read drive database from a file
 258 - Configure option to add drive database file to distribution
 259 - smartd can now handle attributes 197 and 198 with increasing raw values
 260 - smartd logs changes of self-test execution status
 261 - smartd directive '-n powermode,N' to limit the number of skipped checks
 262 - smartd flag '!' for '-r' and '-R' directives to log changes as critical
 263 - smartd supports scheduled Selective Self-Tests
 264 - Self-tests scheduled during system downtime or disk standby are run after
 265   next startup
 266 - smartd option '-s PREFIX' to store smartd internal state until next startup
 267 - smartd option '-A PREFIX' to log attributes at each check cycle
 268 - Configure options to enable the above by default
 269 - Change to an object oriented interface to access ATA and SCSI devices
 270 - Linux, Win32 and FreeBSD modules migrated to new interface
 271 - Rework of smartd data structures
 272 - Checkin date and SVN revision and optional BUILD_INFO printed in version info
 273 - Better support for GSmartControl on Windows
 274 - SELinux fixes to 3ware device node creation
 275 - Fix CCISS file descriptor leak on FreeBSD
 276 - Compile fixes for Solaris and FreeBSD
 277 - Use getaddrinfo() instead of gethostbyname() to support IPv6
 278 - C++ Support for QNX Target, already tested for QNX 6.3.2 on x86 and
 279   armle target
 280 - Additional support for Samsung MLC flash drives
 281 - New device type detection algorithm on FreeBSD, not based on filename
 282 - Support for the adaX (ATA on CAM bus) devices on FreeBSD 8.0 and higher
 283
 284 Date 2008-03-10
 285 Summary: smartmontools release 5.38 (STABLE)
 286 --------------------------------------------
 287 This is a stable release of smartmontools.  In addition to changes
 288 below, it includes:
 289  - Libata/Marvell driver devices no longer need explicit '-d' switch
 290  - DEVICESCAN automatically detects libata/marvell driver SATA devices
 291  - Fixed auto-offline/autosave support in FreeBSD
 292  - SAT device type + SCSI generic devices work properly with smartd under Linux
 293  - Many additions to drive database
 294  - More portable autogen/autoconf/automake script set
 295  - Additional Windows IOCTL route to access SMART data
 296  - Some ATA-8 updates
 297  - Smoother CCISS compilation support in Linux
 298  - Dragonfly support
 299  - Fixed some ATA identity byte swap problems on big endian CPUs
 300  - Added support for the QNX operating system
 301  - No-fork option added to smartd
 302  - Improved device scanning and drive type recognition in Windows
 303  - 3ware support for controllers with more disks (32 max)
 304  - Improved Windows installer
 305  - Improved SMART Attribute list and descriptions
 306  - Fix to smartctl return codes
 307  - Fix to scheduled tests on Highpoint RAID controllers
 308  - New samsung firmware bug workaround option
 309  - Auto-offline and Auto-save fixed in Linux + libata
 310  - Solaris: better SCSI support and support for Sun compilers AND gcc
 311  - Fixed and improvements to CCISS support
 312  - More options for SCSI temperature monitoring and history
 313  - Additional command line options for selective self-tests
 314  - Compilation fixes for various platforms.
 315
 316 See CHANGELOG for more details, or smartmontools SVN for still further
 317 details.
 318
 319 Date 2006-12-20
 320 Summary: smartmontools release 5.37 (UNSTABLE/EXPERIMENTAL)
 321 -----------------------------------------------------------
 322 This is an unstable/experimental release of smartmontools.
 323 It includes:
 324
 325 - Many additions to the table of known drives
 326 - SAT (SCSI/ATA Translation) support
 327 - SCSI background scan results log
 328 - smartd -W directive for temperature tracking and warning
 329 - smartctl -n option to check power state
 330 - improved smartd power state logging
 331 - CCISS support under Linux
 332 - HighPoint RocketRAID support under Linux
 333 - 3ware RAID support under Windows
 334 - SPT interface for SCSI devices under Windows
 335 - ATA selective self test under Windows XP/2003
 336 - NSIS installer support for Windows version
 337 - Started move from C to C++
 338 - Various other improvements
 339
 340
 341 Date 2006-04-12
 342 Summary: smartmontools release 5.36 (STABLE)
 343 -----------------------------------------------------------
 344 This is a stable smartmontools release.  The 5.34 version
 345 described just below was never officially released because
 346 Bruce Allen decided to wait until Linux support for
 347 accessing SATA devices through libata was in the official
 348 kernel.org sources.  Changes include:
 349
 350 - Win 2000/XP:ability to cancel drive self-tests
 351 - Additions to the table of known drives
 352 - FreeBSD support for 3ware char device interface and
 353   multiple 3ware cards
 354 - Various cygwin improvements for running as service
 355 - Works 'out of the box' with Linux SATA libata
 356 - smartd option added to list test schedules
 357 - smartctl option added to list part of drive database
 358 - various improvements for SCSI disks and logs
 359
 360
 361 Date 2005-04-19
 362 Summary: smartmontools release 5.34 (STABLE)
 363 -----------------------------------------------------------
 364 This is a stable smartmontools release.  It includes:
 365 - OS/2 and eComStation support
 366 All Platforms:
 367  - Printing of drive family info
 368  - SCSI disks: output size of grown defect list
 369  - Added info about drive family to 'smartctl -i' output.
 370  - Added option ',q' for smartd '-n' directive to suppress
 371    'skipping checks' message which may spin up laptop disk.
 372  - Added message if smartd '-n' check power mode spins up disk.
 373 Cygwin and Windows:
 374  - Added info about Windows version and service pack to banner line.
 375  - Added support for smartd '-n' directive for Win2000/XP.
 376  - Added support for READ_LOG for WinNT4 also.
 377  - Fixed bug that prevents display of empty logs on Win2000/XP
 378  - Fixed use of cached smart enabled state in 'smartctl -i' output.
 379 Windows:
 380  - Fixed bug that prevents running smartd as service on WinNT4.
 381
 382
 383 Date 2004-9-5
 384 Summary: smartmontools release 5.33 (UNSTABLE/EXPERIMENTAL)
 385 -----------------------------------------------------------
 386 This is an unstable/experimental release of smartmontools.  It includes
 387  - support for Darwin/Mac OSX
 388  - support for OpenBSD
 389  - support for 3ware ATA RAID controllers under FreeBSD
 390  - support for 3ware 9500 series SATA RAID controllers under
 391    Linux.  Use /dev/twa[0-15] devices to access these.
 392  - support for 3ware character device interfaces /dev/twe[0-15]
 393    under Linux.  This allows (for example) Selective Self-tests.
 394  - support for Marvell chip-set based SATA controllers under Linux.
 395  - smartd mail now works also under Windows (using "Blat" mailer).
 396  - smartd can now be run as a Windows service.
 397 Please report sucess/failure with these items to the
 398 smartmontools-support mailing list.
 399
 400
 401 Date 2004-7-5
 402 Summary: smartmontools release 5.32 (STABLE)
 403 -----------------------------------------------------------
 404 This is an stable release of smartmontools.
 405 Note added 2004/7/7: users building a Solaris/Intel version of the code should
 406 modify the 'configure' file, changing "pc-*-solaris*" on line 106
 407 to read "*-pc-solaris*".  Reference:
 408 http://smartmontools.cvs.sourceforge.net/smartmontools/sm5/configure.in?r1=1.83&r2=1.84
 409
 410
 411 Date: 2004-5-4
 412 Summary: smartmontools release 5.31 (UNSTABLE/EXPERIMENTAL)
 413 -----------------------------------------------------------
 414 This is an unstable/experimental release of smartmontools.  It includes
 415 several new features:
 416 - Windows smartd daemon
 417 - smartd now monitors current and pending sector counts
 418 - Support for ATA-7 selective self-test features (Linux/NetBSD only)
 419   Please report sucess/failure with this option to the smartmontools-support
 420   mailing list.
 421
 422 Date: 2004-3-6
 423 Summary: smartmontools release 5.30 (STABLE)
 424 --------------------------------------------
 425 This is a stable release of smartmontools: the first stable release
 426 since 5.26.
 427 - KNOWN BUG (identified/fixed by CF): smartd will segv and crash if
 428   the configuration file /etc/smartd.conf contains NO valid entries.
 429   This bug was introduced in version 1.259 of smartd.c by BA and
 430   is present in smartmontools releases 5.27-5.30 inclusive. This can
 431   be fixed by editing line 3165 of smartd.c, and changing:
 432   "else if (cfgentries[0]) {"
 433   to read:
 434   "else if (cfgentries && cfgentries[0]) {"
 435
 436
 437 Date: 2004-2-24
 438 Summary: smartmontools release 5.29 (Experimental, not STABLE)
 439 --------------------------------------------------------------
 440 This is another experimental release, to replace the 5.27 release that
 441 had a damaged configure script.  The next stable release will be 5.30
 442 - This release has SCSI support for NetBSD
 443
 444
 445 Date: 2004-2-12
 446 Summary: smartmontools release 5.27 (Experimental, not STABLE)
 447 --------------------------------------------------------------
 448 - WARNING: this release has a broken --prefix=/a/path option to the
 449   configure script.  The consequence is that smartd will not look for the
 450   configuration file (smartd.conf) at the desired location.
 451 - NetBSD support added
 452 - A new Directive (-s) for smartd.conf now enables flexible automatic
 453   scheduled self-testing for both ATA and SCSI devices.
 454 - Solaris now has ATA device support (SPARC only)
 455 - A new Directive (-n) for smartd.conf to avoid spinning up disks
 456 - Errors when smartd sends mail are now logged to SYSLOG
 457 - Solaris smartd mail now works correctly (uses mailx not mail)
 458
 459
 460 Date: 2003-11-29
 461 Summary: smartmontools release 5.26
 462 -----------------------------------
 463 This is a stable smartmontools release.  The only known problem is
 464 that under Solaris, the email features of smartd do not work 'out of
 465 the box'.  Three workarounds are:
 466   [1] use '-M exec mailx' in /etc/smartd.conf
 467   [2] in the start script for smartd, put /usr/ucb into PATH before
 468       /bin
 469   [3] upgrade to release 5.27 or later, or the latest CVS snapshot
 470
 471
 472 Date: 2003-11-19
 473 Summary: smartmontools release 5.25
 474 -----------------------------------
 475 This release should not hang when accessing USB devices. It provides
 476 smartd SCSI self-test log monitoring for self-test errors, and a
 477 larger table of known ATA drives.  DEVICESCAN should work correctly
 478 even on file systems containing XFS or JFS partitions, and on machines
 479 that use devfs, even without traditional links.
 480
 481 From this time on, even numbered releases will be 'stable' ones and
 482 odd numbered releases (like 5.25) will be unstable/testing/development
 483 releases.
 484
 485
 486 Date: 2003-10-30
 487 Summary: smartmontools release 5.23
 488 -----------------------------------
 489 This release has one known problem: DEVICESCAN device scanning does
 490 not work correctly if the disk with the /dev directory also has XFS
 491 or JFS file systems on it.
 492
 493
 494 Date: 2003-10-28
 495 Summary: smartmontools release 5.22
 496 -----------------------------------
 497 Replaces flawed 5.21 release: the -T verypermissive option had to be
 498 entered as -T verpermissive. First experimental solaris support (SCSI
 499 only).  This release had a serious flaw: smartd left open file descriptors
 500 for devices that it couldn't monitor.
 501
 502
 503 Date: 2003-10-14
 504 Summary: smartmontools release 5.21
 505 -----------------------------------
 506 Preliminary support for FreeBSD added to smartmontools.  For FreeBSD,
 507 ATA support requires a 5.1-CURRENT kernel while SCSI support should
 508 work across multiple versions (any that support CAM).
 509
 510
 511 Date: 2003-10-04
 512 Summary: smartmontools release 5.20
 513 -----------------------------------
 514 Replaces flawed 5.19 release (which had a zero-length man page
 515 smartd.conf.5).
 516
 517
 518 Date: 2003-10-03
 519 Summary: smartmontools release 5.19
 520 -----------------------------------
 521 This is the first release of smartmontools based on autoconf/automake.
 522 For this reason, it is a very experimental release.  Please let us
 523 know in particular about documenation errors/omissions, missing or
 524 unneccesary files, and similar oversights.  The major changes are:
 525  [1]  installation scripts based on autoconfig/automake
 526  [2] ./configure [options] lets you set arbitrary paths
 527  [3] supports FHS with ./configure --prefix=/usr/local
 528  [4] correct paths are inserted into all man pages, binaries, etc.
 529  [5] tarballs and RPMs are now GPG-signed
 530
 531
 532 Date: 2003-10-02 11:35
 533 Summary: smartd SEGV
 534 --------------------
 535 Some versions of smartd, including smartmontools release 5.1-18, will
 536 SEGV if the combination of Directives in /etc/smartd.conf contains
 537 -l error
 538 AND/OR
 539 -l selftest
 540 without any Attribute monitoring Directives.  This is fixed in 5.19
 541 and above.
 542
 543 A good workaround is to add:
 544 -o on
 545 OR
 546 -o off
 547 to enable or disable automatic offline data collection.
 548
 549
 550 Date: 2002-11-17 07:41
 551 Summary: testunitready bug in smartd
 552 ------------------------------------
 553 A bug in smartd prevented functioning on scsi devices.
 554 The bug in question only affects smartd users with scsi devices.
 555 To see if your version of smartd has the testunitready() bug, do
 556 smartd -V
 557 If the version of the module smartd.c in a line like:
 558 Module: smartd.c revision: 1.66 date: 2002/11/17
 559 has a revision greater than or equal to 1.30, and less than or
 560 equal to 1.64, then your version of the code has this problem.
 561
 562 This problem affected releases starting with RELEASE_5_0_16 up to and
 563 including RELEASE_5_0_43.