NEWS

   1 smartmontools NEWS
   2 ------------------
   3 $Id: NEWS 2844 2009-07-18 12:59:21Z 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 5.39 (UNSTABLE/EXPERIMENTAL)
  10 -----------------------------------------------------------
  11 - Sourcecode repository moved from CVS to SVN
  12 - Support for USB devices with Cypress, JMicron and Sunplus USB bridges
  13 - USB device type autodetection for some devices on Linux and Windows
  14   (http://smartmontools.wiki.sourceforge.net/overview_USB-Support)
  15 - Support for Areca controllers on Linux
  16 - Support for MegaRAID controllers on Linux
  17 - Support for HighPoint RocketRAID controllers on FreeBSD
  18 - Support RAID controllers using /dev/pass devices on FreeBSD
  19 - Support CHECK_POWER_MODE and WRITE_LOG on FreeBSD
  20 - Support for up to 128 devices on 3ware controllers
  21 - smartctl option '-l xerror' to print ATA SMART Extended Comprehensive
  22   Error Log
  23 - smartctl option '-l xselftest' to print ATA SMART Extended Self-test Log
  24 - smartctl option '-l sataphy' to print SATA Phy Event Counters
  25 - smartctl options '-l gplog,...' and '-l smartlog,...' to print any log page
  26 - smartctl prints SCSI load/unload cycle counts
  27 - Improve display of huge raw values of some SMART attributes
  28 - Option '-d sat+TYPE' to use SAT with controllers which require '-d TYPE'
  29 - Many additions to drive database
  30 - New simplified syntax for drive database
  31 - Option '-B FILE' to read drive database from a file
  32 - Configure option to add drive database file to distribution
  33 - smartd can now handle attributes 197 and 198 with increasing raw values
  34 - smartd logs changes of self-test execution status
  35 - smartd directive '-n powermode,N' to limit the number of skipped checks
  36 - smartd supports scheduled Selective Self-Tests
  37 - Self-tests scheduled during downtime are run after next startup
  38 - Option '-s PREFIX' to store smartd internal state until next startup
  39 - Configure option to enable the above by default
  40 - Change to an object oriented interface to access ATA and SCSI devices
  41 - Linux and Win32 modules migrated to new interface
  42 - Rework of smartd data structures
  43 - Checkin date and SVN revision and optional BUILD_INFO printed in version info
  44 - Better support for gSmartControl on Windows
  45 - SELinux fixes to 3ware device node creation
  46 - Fix CCISS file descriptor leak on FreeBSD
  47 - Compile fixes for Solaris and FreeBSD
  48 - Use getaddrinfo() instead of gethostbyname() to support IPv6
  49 - C++ Support for QNX Target, already tested for QNX 6.3.2 on x86 and
  50   armle target
  51 - Additional support for Samsung MLC flash drives
  52
  53
  54 Date 2008-03-10
  55 Summary: smartmontools release 5.38 (STABLE)
  56 --------------------------------------------
  57 This is a stable release of smartmontools.  In addition to changes
  58 below, it includes:
  59  - Libata/Marvell driver devices no longer need explicit '-d' switch
  60  - DEVICESCAN automatically detects libata/marvell driver SATA devices
  61  - Fixed auto-offline/autosave support in FreeBSD
  62  - SAT device type + SCSI generic devices work properly with smartd under Linux
  63  - Many additions to drive database
  64  - More portable autogen/autoconf/automake script set
  65  - Additional Windows IOCTL route to access SMART data
  66  - Some ATA-8 updates
  67  - Smoother CCISS compilation support in Linux
  68  - Dragonfly support
  69  - Fixed some ATA identity byte swap problems on big endian CPUs
  70  - Added support for the QNX operating system
  71  - No-fork option added to smartd
  72  - Improved device scanning and drive type recognition in Windows
  73  - 3ware support for controllers with more disks (32 max)
  74  - Improved Windows installer
  75  - Improved SMART Attribute list and descriptions
  76  - Fix to smartctl return codes
  77  - Fix to scheduled tests on Highpoint RAID controllers
  78  - New samsung firmware bug workaround option
  79  - Auto-offline and Auto-save fixed in Linux + libata
  80  - Solaris: better SCSI support and support for Sun compilers AND gcc
  81  - Fixed and improvements to CCISS support
  82  - More options for SCSI temperature monitoring and history
  83  - Additional command line options for selective self-tests
  84  - Compilation fixes for various platforms.
  85
  86 See CHANGELOG for more details, or smartmontools SVN for still further
  87 details.
  88
  89 Date 2006-12-20
  90 Summary: smartmontools release 5.37 (UNSTABLE/EXPERIMENTAL)
  91 -----------------------------------------------------------
  92 This is an unstable/experimental release of smartmontools.
  93 It includes:
  94
  95 - Many additions to the table of known drives
  96 - SAT (SCSI/ATA Translation) support
  97 - SCSI background scan results log
  98 - smartd -W directive for temperature tracking and warning
  99 - smartctl -n option to check power state
 100 - improved smartd power state logging
 101 - CCISS support under Linux
 102 - HighPoint RocketRAID support under Linux
 103 - 3ware RAID support under Windows
 104 - SPT interface for SCSI devices under Windows
 105 - ATA selective self test under Windows XP/2003
 106 - NSIS installer support for Windows version
 107 - Started move from C to C++
 108 - Various other improvements
 109
 110
 111 Date 2006-04-12
 112 Summary: smartmontools release 5.36 (STABLE)
 113 -----------------------------------------------------------
 114 This is a stable smartmontools release.  The 5.34 version
 115 described just below was never officially released because
 116 Bruce Allen decided to wait until Linux support for
 117 accessing SATA devices through libata was in the official
 118 kernel.org sources.  Changes include:
 119
 120 - Win 2000/XP:ability to cancel drive self-tests
 121 - Additions to the table of known drives
 122 - FreeBSD support for 3ware char device interface and
 123   multiple 3ware cards
 124 - Various cygwin improvements for running as service
 125 - Works 'out of the box' with Linux SATA libata
 126 - smartd option added to list test schedules
 127 - smartctl option added to list part of drive database
 128 - various improvements for SCSI disks and logs
 129
 130
 131 Date 2005-04-19
 132 Summary: smartmontools release 5.34 (STABLE)
 133 -----------------------------------------------------------
 134 This is a stable smartmontools release.  It includes:
 135 - OS/2 and eComStation support
 136 All Platforms:
 137  - Printing of drive family info
 138  - SCSI disks: output size of grown defect list
 139  - Added info about drive family to 'smartctl -i' output.
 140  - Added option ',q' for smartd '-n' directive to suppress
 141    'skipping checks' message which may spin up laptop disk.
 142  - Added message if smartd '-n' check power mode spins up disk.
 143 Cygwin and Windows:
 144  - Added info about Windows version and service pack to banner line.
 145  - Added support for smartd '-n' directive for Win2000/XP.
 146  - Added support for READ_LOG for WinNT4 also.
 147  - Fixed bug that prevents display of empty logs on Win2000/XP
 148  - Fixed use of cached smart enabled state in 'smartctl -i' output.
 149 Windows:
 150  - Fixed bug that prevents running smartd as service on WinNT4.
 151
 152
 153 Date 2004-9-5
 154 Summary: smartmontools release 5.33 (UNSTABLE/EXPERIMENTAL)
 155 -----------------------------------------------------------
 156 This is an unstable/experimental release of smartmontools.  It includes
 157  - support for Darwin/Mac OSX
 158  - support for OpenBSD
 159  - support for 3ware ATA RAID controllers under FreeBSD
 160  - support for 3ware 9500 series SATA RAID controllers under
 161    Linux.  Use /dev/twa[0-15] devices to access these.
 162  - support for 3ware character device interfaces /dev/twe[0-15]
 163    under Linux.  This allows (for example) Selective Self-tests.
 164  - support for Marvell chip-set based SATA controllers under Linux.
 165  - smartd mail now works also under Windows (using "Blat" mailer).
 166  - smartd can now be run as a Windows service.
 167 Please report sucess/failure with these items to the
 168 smartmontools-support mailing list.
 169
 170
 171 Date 2004-7-5
 172 Summary: smartmontools release 5.32 (STABLE)
 173 -----------------------------------------------------------
 174 This is an stable release of smartmontools.
 175 Note added 2004/7/7: users building a Solaris/Intel version of the code should
 176 modify the 'configure' file, changing "pc-*-solaris*" on line 106
 177 to read "*-pc-solaris*".  Reference:
 178 http://smartmontools.cvs.sourceforge.net/smartmontools/sm5/configure.in?r1=1.83&r2=1.84
 179
 180
 181 Date: 2004-5-4
 182 Summary: smartmontools release 5.31 (UNSTABLE/EXPERIMENTAL)
 183 -----------------------------------------------------------
 184 This is an unstable/experimental release of smartmontools.  It includes
 185 several new features:
 186 - Windows smartd daemon
 187 - smartd now monitors current and pending sector counts
 188 - Support for ATA-7 selective self-test features (Linux/NetBSD only)
 189   Please report sucess/failure with this option to the smartmontools-support
 190   mailing list.
 191
 192 Date: 2004-3-6
 193 Summary: smartmontools release 5.30 (STABLE)
 194 --------------------------------------------
 195 This is a stable release of smartmontools: the first stable release
 196 since 5.26.
 197 - KNOWN BUG (identified/fixed by CF): smartd will segv and crash if
 198   the configuration file /etc/smartd.conf contains NO valid entries.
 199   This bug was introduced in version 1.259 of smartd.c by BA and
 200   is present in smartmontools releases 5.27-5.30 inclusive. This can
 201   be fixed by editing line 3165 of smartd.c, and changing:
 202   "else if (cfgentries[0]) {"
 203   to read:
 204   "else if (cfgentries && cfgentries[0]) {"
 205
 206
 207 Date: 2004-2-24
 208 Summary: smartmontools release 5.29 (Experimental, not STABLE)
 209 --------------------------------------------------------------
 210 This is another experimental release, to replace the 5.27 release that
 211 had a damaged configure script.  The next stable release will be 5.30
 212 - This release has SCSI support for NetBSD
 213
 214
 215 Date: 2004-2-12
 216 Summary: smartmontools release 5.27 (Experimental, not STABLE)
 217 --------------------------------------------------------------
 218 - WARNING: this release has a broken --prefix=/a/path option to the
 219   configure script.  The consequence is that smartd will not look for the
 220   configuration file (smartd.conf) at the desired location.
 221 - NetBSD support added
 222 - A new Directive (-s) for smartd.conf now enables flexible automatic
 223   scheduled self-testing for both ATA and SCSI devices.
 224 - Solaris now has ATA device support (SPARC only)
 225 - A new Directive (-n) for smartd.conf to avoid spinning up disks
 226 - Errors when smartd sends mail are now logged to SYSLOG
 227 - Solaris smartd mail now works correctly (uses mailx not mail)
 228
 229
 230 Date: 2003-11-29
 231 Summary: smartmontools release 5.26
 232 -----------------------------------
 233 This is a stable smartmontools release.  The only known problem is
 234 that under Solaris, the email features of smartd do not work 'out of
 235 the box'.  Three workarounds are:
 236   [1] use '-M exec mailx' in /etc/smartd.conf
 237   [2] in the start script for smartd, put /usr/ucb into PATH before
 238       /bin
 239   [3] upgrade to release 5.27 or later, or the latest CVS snapshot
 240
 241
 242 Date: 2003-11-19
 243 Summary: smartmontools release 5.25
 244 -----------------------------------
 245 This release should not hang when accessing USB devices. It provides
 246 smartd SCSI self-test log monitoring for self-test errors, and a
 247 larger table of known ATA drives.  DEVICESCAN should work correctly
 248 even on file systems containing XFS or JFS partitions, and on machines
 249 that use devfs, even without traditional links.
 250
 251 From this time on, even numbered releases will be 'stable' ones and
 252 odd numbered releases (like 5.25) will be unstable/testing/development
 253 releases.
 254
 255
 256 Date: 2003-10-30
 257 Summary: smartmontools release 5.23
 258 -----------------------------------
 259 This release has one known problem: DEVICESCAN device scanning does
 260 not work correctly if the disk with the /dev directory also has XFS
 261 or JFS file systems on it.
 262
 263
 264 Date: 2003-10-28
 265 Summary: smartmontools release 5.22
 266 -----------------------------------
 267 Replaces flawed 5.21 release: the -T verypermissive option had to be
 268 entered as -T verpermissive. First experimental solaris support (SCSI
 269 only).  This release had a serious flaw: smartd left open file descriptors
 270 for devices that it couldn't monitor.
 271
 272
 273 Date: 2003-10-14
 274 Summary: smartmontools release 5.21
 275 -----------------------------------
 276 Preliminary support for FreeBSD added to smartmontools.  For FreeBSD,
 277 ATA support requires a 5.1-CURRENT kernel while SCSI support should
 278 work across multiple versions (any that support CAM).
 279
 280
 281 Date: 2003-10-04
 282 Summary: smartmontools release 5.20
 283 -----------------------------------
 284 Replaces flawed 5.19 release (which had a zero-length man page
 285 smartd.conf.5).
 286
 287
 288 Date: 2003-10-03
 289 Summary: smartmontools release 5.19
 290 -----------------------------------
 291 This is the first release of smartmontools based on autoconf/automake.
 292 For this reason, it is a very experimental release.  Please let us
 293 know in particular about documenation errors/omissions, missing or
 294 unneccesary files, and similar oversights.  The major changes are:
 295  [1]  installation scripts based on autoconfig/automake
 296  [2] ./configure [options] lets you set arbitrary paths
 297  [3] supports FHS with ./configure --prefix=/usr/local
 298  [4] correct paths are inserted into all man pages, binaries, etc.
 299  [5] tarballs and RPMs are now GPG-signed
 300
 301
 302 Date: 2003-10-02 11:35
 303 Summary: smartd SEGV
 304 --------------------
 305 Some versions of smartd, including smartmontools release 5.1-18, will
 306 SEGV if the combination of Directives in /etc/smartd.conf contains
 307 -l error
 308 AND/OR
 309 -l selftest
 310 without any Attribute monitoring Directives.  This is fixed in 5.19
 311 and above.
 312
 313 A good workaround is to add:
 314 -o on
 315 OR
 316 -o off
 317 to enable or disable automatic offline data collection.
 318
 319
 320 Date: 2002-11-17 07:41
 321 Summary: testunitready bug in smartd
 322 ------------------------------------
 323 A bug in smartd prevented functioning on scsi devices.
 324 The bug in question only affects smartd users with scsi devices.
 325 To see if your version of smartd has the testunitready() bug, do
 326 smartd -V
 327 If the version of the module smartd.c in a line like:
 328 Module: smartd.c revision: 1.66 date: 2002/11/17
 329 has a revision greater than or equal to 1.30, and less than or
 330 equal to 1.64, then your version of the code has this problem.
 331
 332 This problem affected releases starting with RELEASE_5_0_16 up to and
 333 including RELEASE_5_0_43.