NEWS

   1 smartmontools NEWS
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   3 $Id: NEWS 3808 2013-04-18 17:30:12Z chrfranke $
   4
   5 The most up-to-date version of this file is:
   6 http://smartmontools.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/smartmontools/trunk/smartmontools/NEWS?view=markup
   7
   8 Date <Not released yet, please try current SVN>
   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
  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.
  78 - smartctl options '-f hex' and '-f hex,[id|val]'.
  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.
  83 - Controller-independent SAT detection: '-d sat,auto[+TYPE]'.
  84 - smartd.conf DEFAULT directive.
  85 - Many HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database.
  86 - Linux and FreeBSD: Support for SATA disks behind Areca SAS
  87   RAID controllers and HP Smart Array controllers.
  88 - Windows: Support for SATA disks behind Areca controllers.
  89 - Windows smartd: directives '-l offlinests,ns' and
  90   '-l selfteststs,ns'.
  91 - Windows installer: Combined 32-/64-bit support.
  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
 114 Date 2011-06-09
 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.
 119 - Support for ATA Long Logical/Physical Sectors (LLS/LPS).
 120 - 'smartctl --scan-open' can create a draft smartd.conf.
 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.
 125 - smartd logs warning from drive database if present.
 126 - smartd logs changes of offline data collection status.
 127 - smartd directive '-l scterc,READTIME,WRITETIME'.
 128 - smartd preserves last scheduled selective self-tests span.
 129 - 'smartd.service' file for systemd.
 130 - configure option '--with-systemdsystemunitdir'
 131 - configure option '--with-exampledir'.
 132 - configure searches for init.d or rc.d directory.
 133 - 'make install' does no longer overwrite an existing
 134   smartd.conf file.
 135 - 'update-smart-drivedb' does no longer require GNU sed.
 136 - Many HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database.
 137 - Linux USB autodetection: Enable '-d sat,16' for newer kernels.
 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.
 144 - Windows: Experimental support for Intel ICHxR RAID.
 145 - Windows: DEVICESCAN includes USB devices.
 146 - Windows: Faster USB ID detection.
 147 - Windows: update-smart-drivedb tool.
 148 - Windows installer: Option '/SO component,...'.
 149 - Windows: Fix smartd warning email truncation on Win7.
 150 - Windows installer: Fix shortcut removal on Vista/Win7.
 151 - Windows: Add missing quotes in smartctl-run.bat and
 152   smartd-run.bat
 153
 154 Date 2010-10-16
 155 Summary: smartmontools release 5.40
 156 -----------------------------------------------------------
 157 - Other config entries may precede smartd DEVICESCAN.
 158 - Option '-v' allows to specify byte order of attribute raw value
 159 - configure: New default value for '--with-docdir'.
 160 - configure: '--enable-drivedb' is now the default.
 161 - Improved support for Intel SSDs.
 162 - Improved support for SandForce based SSDs.
 163 - Drive database is in a separate source file 'drivedb.h'
 164   which can be downloaded from SVN.
 165 - USB ID info is now included in 'drivedb.h'.
 166 - Many additions to drive database.
 167 - New script 'update-smart-drivedb'.
 168 - smartd libcap-ng support, option '-C, --capabilities'.
 169 - smartd directive '-l xerror' to check Extended Comprehensive
 170   SMART Error Log.
 171 - smartctl option '-l scterc[,...]' to get/set the
 172   SCT Error Recovery Control time limit.
 173 - smartctl option '-t vendor,N'.
 174 - smartctl options '--scan, --scan-open'.
 175 - Linux: Add '/dev/sd[a-c][a-z]' to smartd DEVICESCAN.
 176 - Linux: Support SATA drives on LSI 3ware 9750 controllers.
 177 - Windows: Read 'drivedb.h' and 'smartd.conf' from exe directory.
 178 - Windows: Support for 64-bit executables.
 179 - Windows: Support for cross compilation on Linux.
 180 - Fix regression in smartctl option '-t select,M-N'.
 181 - Fix SCT temperature table commands on big endian CPUs.
 182 - Fix regression in smartd SMARTD_DEVICE and SMARTD_DEVICETYPE
 183   environment variables.
 184
 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
 195 Date 2009-12-09
 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
 200 - USB device type autodetection for some devices on Linux, Windows and FreeBSD
 201   (http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/smartmontools/wiki/Supported_USB-Devices)
 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
 212 - smartctl option '-l sasphy' to print SAS device phy information
 213 - smartctl options '-l gplog,...' and '-l smartlog,...' to print any log page
 214 - smartctl option '-x' to print all extended info if available
 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'
 218 - Option '-v ID,RAW_FORMAT,ATTR_NAME' to add new vendor specific attributes
 219 - Support for SSD drives using 64-bit raw attributes
 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
 227 - smartd flag '!' for '-r' and '-R' directives to log changes as critical
 228 - smartd supports scheduled Selective Self-Tests
 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
 234 - Change to an object oriented interface to access ATA and SCSI devices
 235 - Linux, Win32 and FreeBSD modules migrated to new interface
 236 - Rework of smartd data structures
 237 - Checkin date and SVN revision and optional BUILD_INFO printed in version info
 238 - Better support for GSmartControl on Windows
 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
 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
 248
 249 Date 2008-03-10
 250 Summary: smartmontools release 5.38 (STABLE)
 251 --------------------------------------------
 252 This is a stable release of smartmontools.  In addition to changes
 253 below, it includes:
 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
 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
 275  - Solaris: better SCSI support and support for Sun compilers AND gcc
 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
 281 See CHANGELOG for more details, or smartmontools SVN for still further
 282 details.
 283
 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
 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:
 373 http://smartmontools.cvs.sourceforge.net/smartmontools/sm5/configure.in?r1=1.83&r2=1.84
 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.