smartmontools NEWS
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-$Id: NEWS 3808 2013-04-18 17:30:12Z chrfranke $
+$Id: NEWS 3979 2014-08-15 11:09:41Z samm2 $
The most up-to-date version of this file is:
-http://smartmontools.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/smartmontools/trunk/smartmontools/NEWS?view=markup
+http://sourceforge.net/p/smartmontools/code/HEAD/tree/trunk/smartmontools/NEWS
-Date <Not released yet, please try current SVN>
+- darwin: '-S' command implemented, '-l devstat' should work now
+
+Date 2014-07-26
+Summary: smartmontools release 6.3
+-----------------------------------------------------------
+- smartctl: Fixed bogus error messages from '-g/-s wcreorder'.
+- smartctl prints ATA form factor.
+- SCSI: Improved support of modern disks (SAS SSDs).
+- SCSI: Fixed sense data noise from old disks.
+- update-smart-drivedb man page.
+- configure option '--with-smartdscriptdir'.
+- configure option '--with-smartdplugindir'.
+- configure option '--with-systemdenvfile'.
+- configure option '--with-working-snprintf'.
+- Removed build time stamps to support reproducible builds.
+- Compile fixes for C++11.
+- HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database.
+- Linux: Support for controllers behind AACRAID driver.
+- Linux: Fixed DEVICESCAN max path count.
+- FreeBSD: Fixed possible crash caused by wrong SCSI error handling.
+- FreeBSD: Compile fix for kFreeBSD.
+- Windows: Reworked CSMI port scanning.
+- QNX: Compile fix.
+
+Date 2013-07-26
Summary: smartmontools release 6.2
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+- smartctl: Added ATA write cache reordering control using
+ '-g wcreorder' and '-s wcreorder,[on|off]' options.
+- update-smart-drivedb: Updated for new SVN repository.
+- HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database.
+- Areca RAID support: Fixed possible segfault on empty port.
+- HPT RAID support: Maximum disk number increased to 128.
+- Linux: RHEL 9 compile fixes.
+- FreeBSD: Device scanning now skips port multipliers.
- Cygwin: 64-bit compile fixes.
+- Windows: Fixed bogus temp file name in smartd_warning.cmd
+ (already included in smartmontools-6.1-2.win32-setup.exe).
+- Windows: smartd service is no longer installed as interactive.
Date 2013-03-16
Summary: smartmontools release 6.1
- Sourcecode repository moved from CVS to SVN
- Support for USB devices with Cypress, JMicron and Sunplus USB bridges
- USB device type autodetection for some devices on Linux, Windows and FreeBSD
- (http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/smartmontools/wiki/Supported_USB-Devices)
+ (http://www.smartmontools.org/wiki/Supported_USB-Devices)
- Support for Areca controllers on Linux
- Support for MegaRAID controllers on Linux
- Support for HighPoint RocketRAID controllers on FreeBSD
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