3 $Id: NEWS 4109 2015-06-04 16:30:15Z chrfranke $
5 The most up-to-date version of this file is:
6 http://sourceforge.net/p/smartmontools/code/HEAD/tree/trunk/smartmontools/NEWS
9 Summary: smartmontools release 6.4
10 -----------------------------------------------------------
11 - Device type '-d usbprolific' for Prolific PL2571/277x USB bridges.
12 - SAT: Support for ATA registers returned in fixed format sense data.
13 - smartctl '-i' and '--identify': ATA ACS-4 and SATA 3.2 enhancements.
14 - smartctl '-l xerror': Support for logs with more than 255 pages.
15 - smartctl '-l devstat': Prints ACS-3 DSN flags.
16 - smartctl '-l devstat': Read via SMART command if GP log is not
18 - smartctl '-l scttempsts': Prints SCT SMART STATUS (ACS-4) and
19 vendor specific SCT bytes.
20 - configure option '--with-systemdenvfile=auto' as new default.
21 - configure options '--disable-drivedb', '--enable-savestates'
22 and '--enable-attributelog' are deprecated.
23 - Corresponding '--with-*' options are enhanced accordingly.
24 - Configure option '--with-docdir' is deprecated.
25 - autoconf < 2.60 and automake < 1.10 are deprecated.
26 (all of the above still work but a warning is printed if used)
27 - HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database.
28 - Linux: AACRAID fixes, SMART STATUS should work now.
29 - Linux: '/dev/megaraid_sas_ioctl_node' fd leak fix.
30 - Darwin: '-S' command implemented, '-l devstat' should work now.
31 - Cygwin: Compile fix.
32 - Windows: Device type '-d aacraid' for AACRAID controllers.
33 - Windows: SAT autodetection based on IOCTL_STORAGE_QUERY_PROPERTY.
34 - Windows installer: Fix possible loss of user PATH environment variable.
37 Summary: smartmontools release 6.3
38 -----------------------------------------------------------
39 - smartctl: Fixed bogus error messages from '-g/-s wcreorder'.
40 - smartctl prints ATA form factor.
41 - SCSI: Improved support of modern disks (SAS SSDs).
42 - SCSI: Fixed sense data noise from old disks.
43 - update-smart-drivedb man page.
44 - configure option '--with-smartdscriptdir'.
45 - configure option '--with-smartdplugindir'.
46 - configure option '--with-systemdenvfile'.
47 - configure option '--with-working-snprintf'.
48 - Removed build time stamps to support reproducible builds.
49 - Compile fixes for C++11.
50 - HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database.
51 - Linux: Support for controllers behind AACRAID driver.
52 - Linux: Fixed DEVICESCAN max path count.
53 - FreeBSD: Fixed possible crash caused by wrong SCSI error handling.
54 - FreeBSD: Compile fix for kFreeBSD.
55 - Windows: Reworked CSMI port scanning.
59 Summary: smartmontools release 6.2
60 -----------------------------------------------------------
61 - smartctl: Added ATA write cache reordering control using
62 '-g wcreorder' and '-s wcreorder,[on|off]' options.
63 - update-smart-drivedb: Updated for new SVN repository.
64 - HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database.
65 - Areca RAID support: Fixed possible segfault on empty port.
66 - HPT RAID support: Maximum disk number increased to 128.
67 - Linux: RHEL 9 compile fixes.
68 - FreeBSD: Device scanning now skips port multipliers.
69 - Cygwin: 64-bit compile fixes.
70 - Windows: Fixed bogus temp file name in smartd_warning.cmd
71 (already included in smartmontools-6.1-2.win32-setup.exe).
72 - Windows: smartd service is no longer installed as interactive.
75 Summary: smartmontools release 6.1
76 -----------------------------------------------------------
77 - smartctl '-l directory': improved output format.
78 - smartctl: Fix parsing of '-l select,cont+SIZE' option.
79 - smartctl prints ATA Additional Product Id (OEM Id).
80 - smartctl '-s/-g wcache' for SCSI devices to control write cache.
81 - smartctl '-s/-g rcache' for SCSI devices to control read cache.
82 - smartctl prints more info for SCSI devices: media rotation rate,
83 form factor, physical block size, lowest LBA alignement,
84 logical block provisioning, disk protection type
85 and selftest progress status.
86 - smartctl '--identify' updated for latest ATA ACS-3 spec.
87 - smartd runs /etc/smartd_warning.sh to generate warning emails
88 (Windows: smartd_warning.cmd).
89 - smartd '-w PATH' option to specify this executable.
90 - smartd '-d ignore' directive.
91 - smartd DEVICESCAN ignores devices already specified.
92 - smartd: added support for state persistence ('-s') and attribute logging
93 ('-A') for SCSI devices.
94 - smartd '-W' directive uses ATA attribute 190 if 194 is missing.
95 - Support of larger SCSI defect lists via READ DEFECT(12).
96 - Device type '-d usbjmicron,p' for Prolific USB bridges.
97 - Many HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database.
98 - Linux: Support for SAS disks behind Areca controllers.
99 - Linux: Improved support for SATA disks on LSI/Megaraid controllers
100 - Linux: disks on MegaRaid controllers are automatically scanned
101 - FreeBSD: Support for SAS disks behind Areca controllers.
102 - FreeBSD: Enhanced ATA command support for 3ware.
103 - FreeBSD: Support for 3ware 9750 (/dev/twsX).
104 - FreeBSD: Fixed support for 48-bit ATA commands on legacy controllers
106 - FreeBSD: Improved support for SAS/SCSI disks on LSI/Megaraid controllers.
107 - Windows: smartd.conf '-M exec' supports path names with spaces.
108 - Windows: Tool wtssendmsg.exe to handle smartd.conf '-m console'.
109 - Windows: DEVICESCAN now supports up to 128 drives.
110 - Windows: smartctl.exe and smartd.exe include VERSIONINFO resource.
111 - Windows: smartd.exe includes MESSAGETABLE resource.
112 - Windows: syslogevt.exe is no longer provided.
115 Summary: smartmontools release 6.0
116 -----------------------------------------------------------
117 - option/directive '-F nologdir' and '-F xerrorlba'.
118 - smartctl '--identify' option.
119 - smartctl prints nominal media rotation rate (ATA).
120 - smartctl prints SATA version and speed.
121 - smartctl '-l sataphy' works for CD/DVD drives also.
122 - smartctl '-x' includes ATA Device Statistics.
123 - smartd warning emails include device identify info.
124 - smartd '-d' output is flushed to support redirection.
125 - HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database.
126 - Windows smartd: smartd.conf directives '-m console',
127 '-m active', '-m connected'.
128 - Windows: Support for SAS disks behind Areca controllers.
129 - Windows: Win9x/ME and NT4 are no longer supported.
132 Summary: smartmontools release 5.43
133 -----------------------------------------------------------
134 - smartctl options '-g, --get' and '-s, --set' to get/set
135 various ATA settings: AAM, APM, Read look-ahead, Write
136 cache, Security (freeze), Standby mode/timer.
137 - smartd directive '-e' to set (most of) the above settings
139 - smartctl options '-f hex' and '-f hex,[id|val]'.
140 - smartctl does not start ATA self-test if another test is
141 already running. Override with new option '-t force'.
142 - smartctl supports extended self-test polling times
143 greater than 255 minutes.
144 - Controller-independent SAT detection: '-d sat,auto[+TYPE]'.
145 - smartd.conf DEFAULT directive.
146 - Many HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database.
147 - Linux and FreeBSD: Support for SATA disks behind Areca SAS
148 RAID controllers and HP Smart Array controllers.
149 - Windows: Support for SATA disks behind Areca controllers.
150 - Windows smartd: directives '-l offlinests,ns' and
152 - Windows installer: Combined 32-/64-bit support.
153 - FreeBSD: fixed crash on SCSI devices with FreeBSD9-RC1
156 Summary: smartmontools release 5.42
157 -----------------------------------------------------------
158 - smartctl option '-l devstat' (Device Statistics).
159 - smartctl option '-l ssd' (SSD endurance indicator).
160 - smartd logs identify information of each SCSI/SAS device.
161 - smartd resends warning emails if problem reappears.
162 - smartd directives '-l offlinests' and '-l selfteststs'.
163 - Many HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database.
164 - Platform-specific man pages.
165 - smartd.8 man page no longer includes smartd.conf.5.
166 - FreeBSD: Compilation fixes.
167 - FreeBSD: Support for Areca controllers.
168 - FreeBSD: Fix '-l scterc' support.
169 - FreeBSD: Support for 48-bit ATA commands.
170 - Linux: Support for Areca controllers enhanced.
171 - Windows installer: UAC support.
172 - Windows: update-smart-drivedb /S(ilent) option.
173 - Windows: improved USB ID detection.
176 Summary: smartmontools release 5.41
177 -----------------------------------------------------------
178 - Failed self-tests outdated by a newer successful extended
179 self-test are no longer reported as errors.
180 - Support for ATA Long Logical/Physical Sectors (LLS/LPS).
181 - 'smartctl --scan-open' can create a draft smartd.conf.
182 - smartctl prints World Wide Name (WWN) of ATA device.
183 - smartctl option '-f brief' to select new attribute output
184 format which includes more flags and fits in 80 columns.
185 - smartd logs identify information and WWN of each ATA device.
186 - smartd logs warning from drive database if present.
187 - smartd logs changes of offline data collection status.
188 - smartd directive '-l scterc,READTIME,WRITETIME'.
189 - smartd preserves last scheduled selective self-tests span.
190 - 'smartd.service' file for systemd.
191 - configure option '--with-systemdsystemunitdir'
192 - configure option '--with-exampledir'.
193 - configure searches for init.d or rc.d directory.
194 - 'make install' does no longer overwrite an existing
196 - 'update-smart-drivedb' does no longer require GNU sed.
197 - Many HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database.
198 - Linux USB autodetection: Enable '-d sat,16' for newer kernels.
199 - Linux megaraid: Fix segfault on non-data SCSI commands.
200 - Linux megaraid: Fix pass-through of non-data ATA commands.
201 - FreeBSD: Use 'fetch' in 'update-smart-drivedb'.
202 - OpenBSD: Use 'ftp' in 'update-smart-drivedb'.
203 - OpenBSD: Workaround for shell bug.
204 - OpenBSD: Fix DEVICESCAN for OpenBSD >= 4.8.
205 - Windows: Experimental support for Intel ICHxR RAID.
206 - Windows: DEVICESCAN includes USB devices.
207 - Windows: Faster USB ID detection.
208 - Windows: update-smart-drivedb tool.
209 - Windows installer: Option '/SO component,...'.
210 - Windows: Fix smartd warning email truncation on Win7.
211 - Windows installer: Fix shortcut removal on Vista/Win7.
212 - Windows: Add missing quotes in smartctl-run.bat and
216 Summary: smartmontools release 5.40
217 -----------------------------------------------------------
218 - Other config entries may precede smartd DEVICESCAN.
219 - Option '-v' allows to specify byte order of attribute raw value
220 - configure: New default value for '--with-docdir'.
221 - configure: '--enable-drivedb' is now the default.
222 - Improved support for Intel SSDs.
223 - Improved support for SandForce based SSDs.
224 - Drive database is in a separate source file 'drivedb.h'
225 which can be downloaded from SVN.
226 - USB ID info is now included in 'drivedb.h'.
227 - Many additions to drive database.
228 - New script 'update-smart-drivedb'.
229 - smartd libcap-ng support, option '-C, --capabilities'.
230 - smartd directive '-l xerror' to check Extended Comprehensive
232 - smartctl option '-l scterc[,...]' to get/set the
233 SCT Error Recovery Control time limit.
234 - smartctl option '-t vendor,N'.
235 - smartctl options '--scan, --scan-open'.
236 - Linux: Add '/dev/sd[a-c][a-z]' to smartd DEVICESCAN.
237 - Linux: Support SATA drives on LSI 3ware 9750 controllers.
238 - Windows: Read 'drivedb.h' and 'smartd.conf' from exe directory.
239 - Windows: Support for 64-bit executables.
240 - Windows: Support for cross compilation on Linux.
241 - Fix regression in smartctl option '-t select,M-N'.
242 - Fix SCT temperature table commands on big endian CPUs.
243 - Fix regression in smartd SMARTD_DEVICE and SMARTD_DEVICETYPE
244 environment variables.
247 Summary: smartmontools release 5.39.1
248 -----------------------------------------------------------
249 - Fix crash on kFreeBSD.
250 - Fix regression in smartctl option '-q, --quietmode'.
251 - Fix regression in smartd directive '-l selftest'.
252 - Linux: Allow smartd 'DEVICESCAN -d sat'.
253 - Linux: Fix spin-up of SATA drive if '-n standby' is used.
254 - Windows: Fix parsing of 3ware 'tw_cli' output.
257 Summary: smartmontools release 5.39 (UNSTABLE/EXPERIMENTAL)
258 -----------------------------------------------------------
259 - Sourcecode repository moved from CVS to SVN
260 - Support for USB devices with Cypress, JMicron and Sunplus USB bridges
261 - USB device type autodetection for some devices on Linux, Windows and FreeBSD
262 (http://www.smartmontools.org/wiki/Supported_USB-Devices)
263 - Support for Areca controllers on Linux
264 - Support for MegaRAID controllers on Linux
265 - Support for HighPoint RocketRAID controllers on FreeBSD
266 - Support RAID controllers using /dev/pass devices on FreeBSD
267 - Support CHECK_POWER_MODE and WRITE_LOG on FreeBSD
268 - Support for up to 128 devices on 3ware controllers
269 - smartctl option '-l xerror' to print ATA SMART Extended Comprehensive
271 - smartctl option '-l xselftest' to print ATA SMART Extended Self-test Log
272 - smartctl option '-l sataphy' to print SATA Phy Event Counters
273 - smartctl option '-l sasphy' to print SAS device phy information
274 - smartctl options '-l gplog,...' and '-l smartlog,...' to print any log page
275 - smartctl option '-x' to print all extended info if available
276 - smartctl prints SCSI load/unload cycle counts
277 - Improve display of huge raw values of some SMART attributes
278 - Option '-d sat+TYPE' to use SAT with controllers which require '-d TYPE'
279 - Option '-v ID,RAW_FORMAT,ATTR_NAME' to add new vendor specific attributes
280 - Support for SSD drives using 64-bit raw attributes
281 - Many additions to drive database
282 - New simplified syntax for drive database
283 - Option '-B FILE' to read drive database from a file
284 - Configure option to add drive database file to distribution
285 - smartd can now handle attributes 197 and 198 with increasing raw values
286 - smartd logs changes of self-test execution status
287 - smartd directive '-n powermode,N' to limit the number of skipped checks
288 - smartd flag '!' for '-r' and '-R' directives to log changes as critical
289 - smartd supports scheduled Selective Self-Tests
290 - Self-tests scheduled during system downtime or disk standby are run after
292 - smartd option '-s PREFIX' to store smartd internal state until next startup
293 - smartd option '-A PREFIX' to log attributes at each check cycle
294 - Configure options to enable the above by default
295 - Change to an object oriented interface to access ATA and SCSI devices
296 - Linux, Win32 and FreeBSD modules migrated to new interface
297 - Rework of smartd data structures
298 - Checkin date and SVN revision and optional BUILD_INFO printed in version info
299 - Better support for GSmartControl on Windows
300 - SELinux fixes to 3ware device node creation
301 - Fix CCISS file descriptor leak on FreeBSD
302 - Compile fixes for Solaris and FreeBSD
303 - Use getaddrinfo() instead of gethostbyname() to support IPv6
304 - C++ Support for QNX Target, already tested for QNX 6.3.2 on x86 and
306 - Additional support for Samsung MLC flash drives
307 - New device type detection algorithm on FreeBSD, not based on filename
308 - Support for the adaX (ATA on CAM bus) devices on FreeBSD 8.0 and higher
311 Summary: smartmontools release 5.38 (STABLE)
312 --------------------------------------------
313 This is a stable release of smartmontools. In addition to changes
315 - Libata/Marvell driver devices no longer need explicit '-d' switch
316 - DEVICESCAN automatically detects libata/marvell driver SATA devices
317 - Fixed auto-offline/autosave support in FreeBSD
318 - SAT device type + SCSI generic devices work properly with smartd under Linux
319 - Many additions to drive database
320 - More portable autogen/autoconf/automake script set
321 - Additional Windows IOCTL route to access SMART data
323 - Smoother CCISS compilation support in Linux
325 - Fixed some ATA identity byte swap problems on big endian CPUs
326 - Added support for the QNX operating system
327 - No-fork option added to smartd
328 - Improved device scanning and drive type recognition in Windows
329 - 3ware support for controllers with more disks (32 max)
330 - Improved Windows installer
331 - Improved SMART Attribute list and descriptions
332 - Fix to smartctl return codes
333 - Fix to scheduled tests on Highpoint RAID controllers
334 - New samsung firmware bug workaround option
335 - Auto-offline and Auto-save fixed in Linux + libata
336 - Solaris: better SCSI support and support for Sun compilers AND gcc
337 - Fixed and improvements to CCISS support
338 - More options for SCSI temperature monitoring and history
339 - Additional command line options for selective self-tests
340 - Compilation fixes for various platforms.
342 See CHANGELOG for more details, or smartmontools SVN for still further
346 Summary: smartmontools release 5.37 (UNSTABLE/EXPERIMENTAL)
347 -----------------------------------------------------------
348 This is an unstable/experimental release of smartmontools.
351 - Many additions to the table of known drives
352 - SAT (SCSI/ATA Translation) support
353 - SCSI background scan results log
354 - smartd -W directive for temperature tracking and warning
355 - smartctl -n option to check power state
356 - improved smartd power state logging
357 - CCISS support under Linux
358 - HighPoint RocketRAID support under Linux
359 - 3ware RAID support under Windows
360 - SPT interface for SCSI devices under Windows
361 - ATA selective self test under Windows XP/2003
362 - NSIS installer support for Windows version
363 - Started move from C to C++
364 - Various other improvements
368 Summary: smartmontools release 5.36 (STABLE)
369 -----------------------------------------------------------
370 This is a stable smartmontools release. The 5.34 version
371 described just below was never officially released because
372 Bruce Allen decided to wait until Linux support for
373 accessing SATA devices through libata was in the official
374 kernel.org sources. Changes include:
376 - Win 2000/XP:ability to cancel drive self-tests
377 - Additions to the table of known drives
378 - FreeBSD support for 3ware char device interface and
380 - Various cygwin improvements for running as service
381 - Works 'out of the box' with Linux SATA libata
382 - smartd option added to list test schedules
383 - smartctl option added to list part of drive database
384 - various improvements for SCSI disks and logs
388 Summary: smartmontools release 5.34 (STABLE)
389 -----------------------------------------------------------
390 This is a stable smartmontools release. It includes:
391 - OS/2 and eComStation support
393 - Printing of drive family info
394 - SCSI disks: output size of grown defect list
395 - Added info about drive family to 'smartctl -i' output.
396 - Added option ',q' for smartd '-n' directive to suppress
397 'skipping checks' message which may spin up laptop disk.
398 - Added message if smartd '-n' check power mode spins up disk.
400 - Added info about Windows version and service pack to banner line.
401 - Added support for smartd '-n' directive for Win2000/XP.
402 - Added support for READ_LOG for WinNT4 also.
403 - Fixed bug that prevents display of empty logs on Win2000/XP
404 - Fixed use of cached smart enabled state in 'smartctl -i' output.
406 - Fixed bug that prevents running smartd as service on WinNT4.
410 Summary: smartmontools release 5.33 (UNSTABLE/EXPERIMENTAL)
411 -----------------------------------------------------------
412 This is an unstable/experimental release of smartmontools. It includes
413 - support for Darwin/Mac OSX
414 - support for OpenBSD
415 - support for 3ware ATA RAID controllers under FreeBSD
416 - support for 3ware 9500 series SATA RAID controllers under
417 Linux. Use /dev/twa[0-15] devices to access these.
418 - support for 3ware character device interfaces /dev/twe[0-15]
419 under Linux. This allows (for example) Selective Self-tests.
420 - support for Marvell chip-set based SATA controllers under Linux.
421 - smartd mail now works also under Windows (using "Blat" mailer).
422 - smartd can now be run as a Windows service.
423 Please report sucess/failure with these items to the
424 smartmontools-support mailing list.
428 Summary: smartmontools release 5.32 (STABLE)
429 -----------------------------------------------------------
430 This is an stable release of smartmontools.
431 Note added 2004/7/7: users building a Solaris/Intel version of the code should
432 modify the 'configure' file, changing "pc-*-solaris*" on line 106
433 to read "*-pc-solaris*". Reference:
434 http://smartmontools.cvs.sourceforge.net/smartmontools/sm5/configure.in?r1=1.83&r2=1.84
438 Summary: smartmontools release 5.31 (UNSTABLE/EXPERIMENTAL)
439 -----------------------------------------------------------
440 This is an unstable/experimental release of smartmontools. It includes
441 several new features:
442 - Windows smartd daemon
443 - smartd now monitors current and pending sector counts
444 - Support for ATA-7 selective self-test features (Linux/NetBSD only)
445 Please report sucess/failure with this option to the smartmontools-support
449 Summary: smartmontools release 5.30 (STABLE)
450 --------------------------------------------
451 This is a stable release of smartmontools: the first stable release
453 - KNOWN BUG (identified/fixed by CF): smartd will segv and crash if
454 the configuration file /etc/smartd.conf contains NO valid entries.
455 This bug was introduced in version 1.259 of smartd.c by BA and
456 is present in smartmontools releases 5.27-5.30 inclusive. This can
457 be fixed by editing line 3165 of smartd.c, and changing:
458 "else if (cfgentries[0]) {"
460 "else if (cfgentries && cfgentries[0]) {"
464 Summary: smartmontools release 5.29 (Experimental, not STABLE)
465 --------------------------------------------------------------
466 This is another experimental release, to replace the 5.27 release that
467 had a damaged configure script. The next stable release will be 5.30
468 - This release has SCSI support for NetBSD
472 Summary: smartmontools release 5.27 (Experimental, not STABLE)
473 --------------------------------------------------------------
474 - WARNING: this release has a broken --prefix=/a/path option to the
475 configure script. The consequence is that smartd will not look for the
476 configuration file (smartd.conf) at the desired location.
477 - NetBSD support added
478 - A new Directive (-s) for smartd.conf now enables flexible automatic
479 scheduled self-testing for both ATA and SCSI devices.
480 - Solaris now has ATA device support (SPARC only)
481 - A new Directive (-n) for smartd.conf to avoid spinning up disks
482 - Errors when smartd sends mail are now logged to SYSLOG
483 - Solaris smartd mail now works correctly (uses mailx not mail)
487 Summary: smartmontools release 5.26
488 -----------------------------------
489 This is a stable smartmontools release. The only known problem is
490 that under Solaris, the email features of smartd do not work 'out of
491 the box'. Three workarounds are:
492 [1] use '-M exec mailx' in /etc/smartd.conf
493 [2] in the start script for smartd, put /usr/ucb into PATH before
495 [3] upgrade to release 5.27 or later, or the latest CVS snapshot
499 Summary: smartmontools release 5.25
500 -----------------------------------
501 This release should not hang when accessing USB devices. It provides
502 smartd SCSI self-test log monitoring for self-test errors, and a
503 larger table of known ATA drives. DEVICESCAN should work correctly
504 even on file systems containing XFS or JFS partitions, and on machines
505 that use devfs, even without traditional links.
507 From this time on, even numbered releases will be 'stable' ones and
508 odd numbered releases (like 5.25) will be unstable/testing/development
513 Summary: smartmontools release 5.23
514 -----------------------------------
515 This release has one known problem: DEVICESCAN device scanning does
516 not work correctly if the disk with the /dev directory also has XFS
517 or JFS file systems on it.
521 Summary: smartmontools release 5.22
522 -----------------------------------
523 Replaces flawed 5.21 release: the -T verypermissive option had to be
524 entered as -T verpermissive. First experimental solaris support (SCSI
525 only). This release had a serious flaw: smartd left open file descriptors
526 for devices that it couldn't monitor.
530 Summary: smartmontools release 5.21
531 -----------------------------------
532 Preliminary support for FreeBSD added to smartmontools. For FreeBSD,
533 ATA support requires a 5.1-CURRENT kernel while SCSI support should
534 work across multiple versions (any that support CAM).
538 Summary: smartmontools release 5.20
539 -----------------------------------
540 Replaces flawed 5.19 release (which had a zero-length man page
545 Summary: smartmontools release 5.19
546 -----------------------------------
547 This is the first release of smartmontools based on autoconf/automake.
548 For this reason, it is a very experimental release. Please let us
549 know in particular about documenation errors/omissions, missing or
550 unneccesary files, and similar oversights. The major changes are:
551 [1] installation scripts based on autoconfig/automake
552 [2] ./configure [options] lets you set arbitrary paths
553 [3] supports FHS with ./configure --prefix=/usr/local
554 [4] correct paths are inserted into all man pages, binaries, etc.
555 [5] tarballs and RPMs are now GPG-signed
558 Date: 2003-10-02 11:35
561 Some versions of smartd, including smartmontools release 5.1-18, will
562 SEGV if the combination of Directives in /etc/smartd.conf contains
566 without any Attribute monitoring Directives. This is fixed in 5.19
569 A good workaround is to add:
573 to enable or disable automatic offline data collection.
576 Date: 2002-11-17 07:41
577 Summary: testunitready bug in smartd
578 ------------------------------------
579 A bug in smartd prevented functioning on scsi devices.
580 The bug in question only affects smartd users with scsi devices.
581 To see if your version of smartd has the testunitready() bug, do
583 If the version of the module smartd.c in a line like:
584 Module: smartd.c revision: 1.66 date: 2002/11/17
585 has a revision greater than or equal to 1.30, and less than or
586 equal to 1.64, then your version of the code has this problem.
588 This problem affected releases starting with RELEASE_5_0_16 up to and
589 including RELEASE_5_0_43.