NEWS

   1 smartmontools NEWS
   2 ------------------
   3 $Id: NEWS 3054 2010-01-28 20:48:28Z 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 2010-01-28
   9 Summary: smartmontools release 5.39.1
  10 -----------------------------------------------------------
  11 - Fix crash on kFreeBSD.
  12 - Fix regression in smartctl option '-q, --quietmode'.
  13 - Fix regression in smartd directive '-l selftest'.
  14 - Linux: Allow smartd 'DEVICESCAN -d sat'.
  15 - Linux: Fix spin-up of SATA drive if '-n standby' is used.
  16 - Windows: Fix parsing of 3ware 'tw_cli' output.
  17
  18 Date 2009-12-09
  19 Summary: smartmontools release 5.39 (UNSTABLE/EXPERIMENTAL)
  20 -----------------------------------------------------------
  21 - Sourcecode repository moved from CVS to SVN
  22 - Support for USB devices with Cypress, JMicron and Sunplus USB bridges
  23 - USB device type autodetection for some devices on Linux, Windows and FreeBSD
  24   (http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/smartmontools/wiki/Supported_USB-Devices)
  25 - Support for Areca controllers on Linux
  26 - Support for MegaRAID controllers on Linux
  27 - Support for HighPoint RocketRAID controllers on FreeBSD
  28 - Support RAID controllers using /dev/pass devices on FreeBSD
  29 - Support CHECK_POWER_MODE and WRITE_LOG on FreeBSD
  30 - Support for up to 128 devices on 3ware controllers
  31 - smartctl option '-l xerror' to print ATA SMART Extended Comprehensive
  32   Error Log
  33 - smartctl option '-l xselftest' to print ATA SMART Extended Self-test Log
  34 - smartctl option '-l sataphy' to print SATA Phy Event Counters
  35 - smartctl option '-l sasphy' to print SAS device phy information
  36 - smartctl options '-l gplog,...' and '-l smartlog,...' to print any log page
  37 - smartctl option '-x' to print all extended info if available
  38 - smartctl prints SCSI load/unload cycle counts
  39 - Improve display of huge raw values of some SMART attributes
  40 - Option '-d sat+TYPE' to use SAT with controllers which require '-d TYPE'
  41 - Option '-v ID,RAW_FORMAT,ATTR_NAME' to add new vendor specific attributes
  42 - Support for SSD drives using 64-bit raw attributes
  43 - Many additions to drive database
  44 - New simplified syntax for drive database
  45 - Option '-B FILE' to read drive database from a file
  46 - Configure option to add drive database file to distribution
  47 - smartd can now handle attributes 197 and 198 with increasing raw values
  48 - smartd logs changes of self-test execution status
  49 - smartd directive '-n powermode,N' to limit the number of skipped checks
  50 - smartd flag '!' for '-r' and '-R' directives to log changes as critical
  51 - smartd supports scheduled Selective Self-Tests
  52 - Self-tests scheduled during system downtime or disk standby are run after
  53   next startup
  54 - smartd option '-s PREFIX' to store smartd internal state until next startup
  55 - smartd option '-A PREFIX' to log attributes at each check cycle
  56 - Configure options to enable the above by default
  57 - Change to an object oriented interface to access ATA and SCSI devices
  58 - Linux, Win32 and FreeBSD modules migrated to new interface
  59 - Rework of smartd data structures
  60 - Checkin date and SVN revision and optional BUILD_INFO printed in version info
  61 - Better support for GSmartControl on Windows
  62 - SELinux fixes to 3ware device node creation
  63 - Fix CCISS file descriptor leak on FreeBSD
  64 - Compile fixes for Solaris and FreeBSD
  65 - Use getaddrinfo() instead of gethostbyname() to support IPv6
  66 - C++ Support for QNX Target, already tested for QNX 6.3.2 on x86 and
  67   armle target
  68 - Additional support for Samsung MLC flash drives
  69 - New device type detection algorithm on FreeBSD, not based on filename
  70 - Support for the adaX (ATA on CAM bus) devices on FreeBSD 8.0 and higher
  71
  72 Date 2008-03-10
  73 Summary: smartmontools release 5.38 (STABLE)
  74 --------------------------------------------
  75 This is a stable release of smartmontools.  In addition to changes
  76 below, it includes:
  77  - Libata/Marvell driver devices no longer need explicit '-d' switch
  78  - DEVICESCAN automatically detects libata/marvell driver SATA devices
  79  - Fixed auto-offline/autosave support in FreeBSD
  80  - SAT device type + SCSI generic devices work properly with smartd under Linux
  81  - Many additions to drive database
  82  - More portable autogen/autoconf/automake script set
  83  - Additional Windows IOCTL route to access SMART data
  84  - Some ATA-8 updates
  85  - Smoother CCISS compilation support in Linux
  86  - Dragonfly support
  87  - Fixed some ATA identity byte swap problems on big endian CPUs
  88  - Added support for the QNX operating system
  89  - No-fork option added to smartd
  90  - Improved device scanning and drive type recognition in Windows
  91  - 3ware support for controllers with more disks (32 max)
  92  - Improved Windows installer
  93  - Improved SMART Attribute list and descriptions
  94  - Fix to smartctl return codes
  95  - Fix to scheduled tests on Highpoint RAID controllers
  96  - New samsung firmware bug workaround option
  97  - Auto-offline and Auto-save fixed in Linux + libata
  98  - Solaris: better SCSI support and support for Sun compilers AND gcc
  99  - Fixed and improvements to CCISS support
 100  - More options for SCSI temperature monitoring and history
 101  - Additional command line options for selective self-tests
 102  - Compilation fixes for various platforms.
 103
 104 See CHANGELOG for more details, or smartmontools SVN for still further
 105 details.
 106
 107 Date 2006-12-20
 108 Summary: smartmontools release 5.37 (UNSTABLE/EXPERIMENTAL)
 109 -----------------------------------------------------------
 110 This is an unstable/experimental release of smartmontools.
 111 It includes:
 112
 113 - Many additions to the table of known drives
 114 - SAT (SCSI/ATA Translation) support
 115 - SCSI background scan results log
 116 - smartd -W directive for temperature tracking and warning
 117 - smartctl -n option to check power state
 118 - improved smartd power state logging
 119 - CCISS support under Linux
 120 - HighPoint RocketRAID support under Linux
 121 - 3ware RAID support under Windows
 122 - SPT interface for SCSI devices under Windows
 123 - ATA selective self test under Windows XP/2003
 124 - NSIS installer support for Windows version
 125 - Started move from C to C++
 126 - Various other improvements
 127
 128
 129 Date 2006-04-12
 130 Summary: smartmontools release 5.36 (STABLE)
 131 -----------------------------------------------------------
 132 This is a stable smartmontools release.  The 5.34 version
 133 described just below was never officially released because
 134 Bruce Allen decided to wait until Linux support for
 135 accessing SATA devices through libata was in the official
 136 kernel.org sources.  Changes include:
 137
 138 - Win 2000/XP:ability to cancel drive self-tests
 139 - Additions to the table of known drives
 140 - FreeBSD support for 3ware char device interface and
 141   multiple 3ware cards
 142 - Various cygwin improvements for running as service
 143 - Works 'out of the box' with Linux SATA libata
 144 - smartd option added to list test schedules
 145 - smartctl option added to list part of drive database
 146 - various improvements for SCSI disks and logs
 147
 148
 149 Date 2005-04-19
 150 Summary: smartmontools release 5.34 (STABLE)
 151 -----------------------------------------------------------
 152 This is a stable smartmontools release.  It includes:
 153 - OS/2 and eComStation support
 154 All Platforms:
 155  - Printing of drive family info
 156  - SCSI disks: output size of grown defect list
 157  - Added info about drive family to 'smartctl -i' output.
 158  - Added option ',q' for smartd '-n' directive to suppress
 159    'skipping checks' message which may spin up laptop disk.
 160  - Added message if smartd '-n' check power mode spins up disk.
 161 Cygwin and Windows:
 162  - Added info about Windows version and service pack to banner line.
 163  - Added support for smartd '-n' directive for Win2000/XP.
 164  - Added support for READ_LOG for WinNT4 also.
 165  - Fixed bug that prevents display of empty logs on Win2000/XP
 166  - Fixed use of cached smart enabled state in 'smartctl -i' output.
 167 Windows:
 168  - Fixed bug that prevents running smartd as service on WinNT4.
 169
 170
 171 Date 2004-9-5
 172 Summary: smartmontools release 5.33 (UNSTABLE/EXPERIMENTAL)
 173 -----------------------------------------------------------
 174 This is an unstable/experimental release of smartmontools.  It includes
 175  - support for Darwin/Mac OSX
 176  - support for OpenBSD
 177  - support for 3ware ATA RAID controllers under FreeBSD
 178  - support for 3ware 9500 series SATA RAID controllers under
 179    Linux.  Use /dev/twa[0-15] devices to access these.
 180  - support for 3ware character device interfaces /dev/twe[0-15]
 181    under Linux.  This allows (for example) Selective Self-tests.
 182  - support for Marvell chip-set based SATA controllers under Linux.
 183  - smartd mail now works also under Windows (using "Blat" mailer).
 184  - smartd can now be run as a Windows service.
 185 Please report sucess/failure with these items to the
 186 smartmontools-support mailing list.
 187
 188
 189 Date 2004-7-5
 190 Summary: smartmontools release 5.32 (STABLE)
 191 -----------------------------------------------------------
 192 This is an stable release of smartmontools.
 193 Note added 2004/7/7: users building a Solaris/Intel version of the code should
 194 modify the 'configure' file, changing "pc-*-solaris*" on line 106
 195 to read "*-pc-solaris*".  Reference:
 196 http://smartmontools.cvs.sourceforge.net/smartmontools/sm5/configure.in?r1=1.83&r2=1.84
 197
 198
 199 Date: 2004-5-4
 200 Summary: smartmontools release 5.31 (UNSTABLE/EXPERIMENTAL)
 201 -----------------------------------------------------------
 202 This is an unstable/experimental release of smartmontools.  It includes
 203 several new features:
 204 - Windows smartd daemon
 205 - smartd now monitors current and pending sector counts
 206 - Support for ATA-7 selective self-test features (Linux/NetBSD only)
 207   Please report sucess/failure with this option to the smartmontools-support
 208   mailing list.
 209
 210 Date: 2004-3-6
 211 Summary: smartmontools release 5.30 (STABLE)
 212 --------------------------------------------
 213 This is a stable release of smartmontools: the first stable release
 214 since 5.26.
 215 - KNOWN BUG (identified/fixed by CF): smartd will segv and crash if
 216   the configuration file /etc/smartd.conf contains NO valid entries.
 217   This bug was introduced in version 1.259 of smartd.c by BA and
 218   is present in smartmontools releases 5.27-5.30 inclusive. This can
 219   be fixed by editing line 3165 of smartd.c, and changing:
 220   "else if (cfgentries[0]) {"
 221   to read:
 222   "else if (cfgentries && cfgentries[0]) {"
 223
 224
 225 Date: 2004-2-24
 226 Summary: smartmontools release 5.29 (Experimental, not STABLE)
 227 --------------------------------------------------------------
 228 This is another experimental release, to replace the 5.27 release that
 229 had a damaged configure script.  The next stable release will be 5.30
 230 - This release has SCSI support for NetBSD
 231
 232
 233 Date: 2004-2-12
 234 Summary: smartmontools release 5.27 (Experimental, not STABLE)
 235 --------------------------------------------------------------
 236 - WARNING: this release has a broken --prefix=/a/path option to the
 237   configure script.  The consequence is that smartd will not look for the
 238   configuration file (smartd.conf) at the desired location.
 239 - NetBSD support added
 240 - A new Directive (-s) for smartd.conf now enables flexible automatic
 241   scheduled self-testing for both ATA and SCSI devices.
 242 - Solaris now has ATA device support (SPARC only)
 243 - A new Directive (-n) for smartd.conf to avoid spinning up disks
 244 - Errors when smartd sends mail are now logged to SYSLOG
 245 - Solaris smartd mail now works correctly (uses mailx not mail)
 246
 247
 248 Date: 2003-11-29
 249 Summary: smartmontools release 5.26
 250 -----------------------------------
 251 This is a stable smartmontools release.  The only known problem is
 252 that under Solaris, the email features of smartd do not work 'out of
 253 the box'.  Three workarounds are:
 254   [1] use '-M exec mailx' in /etc/smartd.conf
 255   [2] in the start script for smartd, put /usr/ucb into PATH before
 256       /bin
 257   [3] upgrade to release 5.27 or later, or the latest CVS snapshot
 258
 259
 260 Date: 2003-11-19
 261 Summary: smartmontools release 5.25
 262 -----------------------------------
 263 This release should not hang when accessing USB devices. It provides
 264 smartd SCSI self-test log monitoring for self-test errors, and a
 265 larger table of known ATA drives.  DEVICESCAN should work correctly
 266 even on file systems containing XFS or JFS partitions, and on machines
 267 that use devfs, even without traditional links.
 268
 269 From this time on, even numbered releases will be 'stable' ones and
 270 odd numbered releases (like 5.25) will be unstable/testing/development
 271 releases.
 272
 273
 274 Date: 2003-10-30
 275 Summary: smartmontools release 5.23
 276 -----------------------------------
 277 This release has one known problem: DEVICESCAN device scanning does
 278 not work correctly if the disk with the /dev directory also has XFS
 279 or JFS file systems on it.
 280
 281
 282 Date: 2003-10-28
 283 Summary: smartmontools release 5.22
 284 -----------------------------------
 285 Replaces flawed 5.21 release: the -T verypermissive option had to be
 286 entered as -T verpermissive. First experimental solaris support (SCSI
 287 only).  This release had a serious flaw: smartd left open file descriptors
 288 for devices that it couldn't monitor.
 289
 290
 291 Date: 2003-10-14
 292 Summary: smartmontools release 5.21
 293 -----------------------------------
 294 Preliminary support for FreeBSD added to smartmontools.  For FreeBSD,
 295 ATA support requires a 5.1-CURRENT kernel while SCSI support should
 296 work across multiple versions (any that support CAM).
 297
 298
 299 Date: 2003-10-04
 300 Summary: smartmontools release 5.20
 301 -----------------------------------
 302 Replaces flawed 5.19 release (which had a zero-length man page
 303 smartd.conf.5).
 304
 305
 306 Date: 2003-10-03
 307 Summary: smartmontools release 5.19
 308 -----------------------------------
 309 This is the first release of smartmontools based on autoconf/automake.
 310 For this reason, it is a very experimental release.  Please let us
 311 know in particular about documenation errors/omissions, missing or
 312 unneccesary files, and similar oversights.  The major changes are:
 313  [1]  installation scripts based on autoconfig/automake
 314  [2] ./configure [options] lets you set arbitrary paths
 315  [3] supports FHS with ./configure --prefix=/usr/local
 316  [4] correct paths are inserted into all man pages, binaries, etc.
 317  [5] tarballs and RPMs are now GPG-signed
 318
 319
 320 Date: 2003-10-02 11:35
 321 Summary: smartd SEGV
 322 --------------------
 323 Some versions of smartd, including smartmontools release 5.1-18, will
 324 SEGV if the combination of Directives in /etc/smartd.conf contains
 325 -l error
 326 AND/OR
 327 -l selftest
 328 without any Attribute monitoring Directives.  This is fixed in 5.19
 329 and above.
 330
 331 A good workaround is to add:
 332 -o on
 333 OR
 334 -o off
 335 to enable or disable automatic offline data collection.
 336
 337
 338 Date: 2002-11-17 07:41
 339 Summary: testunitready bug in smartd
 340 ------------------------------------
 341 A bug in smartd prevented functioning on scsi devices.
 342 The bug in question only affects smartd users with scsi devices.
 343 To see if your version of smartd has the testunitready() bug, do
 344 smartd -V
 345 If the version of the module smartd.c in a line like:
 346 Module: smartd.c revision: 1.66 date: 2002/11/17
 347 has a revision greater than or equal to 1.30, and less than or
 348 equal to 1.64, then your version of the code has this problem.
 349
 350 This problem affected releases starting with RELEASE_5_0_16 up to and
 351 including RELEASE_5_0_43.