smartmontools NEWS
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-$Id: NEWS 2844 2009-07-18 12:59:21Z chrfranke $
+$Id: NEWS 4883 2018-12-30 14:48:54Z chrfranke $
The most up-to-date version of this file is:
-http://smartmontools.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/smartmontools/trunk/smartmontools/NEWS?view=markup
+https://sourceforge.net/p/smartmontools/code/HEAD/tree/trunk/smartmontools/NEWS
-Date <Not released yet, please try current SVN>
+Date 2018-12-30
+Summary: smartmontools release 7.0
+-----------------------------------------------------------
+- smartctl: New options '-j' and '--json[=giosu]' to enable experimental
+ JSON output mode. Also supports an alternative flat format suitable
+ for grep ('--json=g').
+- smartctl '-l devstat': Fix for logs with 256 sectors.
+- smartctl '-l error': Prints SCSI Pending Defects log page if supported.
+- smartctl '-H': Prints SCSI Format Status log page if supported.
+- smartctl '-x': Now includes '-l defects'.
+- NVMe/USB: Device type '-d sntjmicron' for NVMe drives behind JMicron USB
+ to NVMe bridges.
+- NVMe: SMART/Health Information and Error Information are always read with
+ broadcast NSID.
+- SCSI: Various improvements for the decoding of log pages.
+- SCSI: Improved handling of READ CAPACITY command.
+- SCSI: Support for SAS host managed drives.
+- New option '-d scsi+TYPE' to disable SAT auto detection for 'aacraid'
+ and 'cciss'.
+- update-smart-drivedb: New option '-u github'.
+- update-smart-drivedb: New signing key.
+- configure: New options '--with-cxx11-regex' and '--with-libsystemd'.
+- configure: Default for '--with-nvme-devicescan' is now 'yes' on Linux
+ and Windows.
+- configure: Default for '--with-scriptpath' now includes '/usr/local/bin'.
+- configure: Options '-with-initscriptdir=[auto|yes]' are no longer
+ supported.
+- Reworked handling of unaligned LE and BE integers.
+- Dropped various backward compatibility fixes for very old compilers.
+- Replaced GPL header with 'SPDX-License-Identifier' in all source files.
+- HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database.
+- Always use '-d sat' for USB vendor IDs with known SAT support.
+- Linux: Device scan with '-d by-id' scans '/dev/disk/by-id/*' symlinks.
+- Linux: Dropped device scan support for devfs.
+- Linux: Fixed device scan with multiple '-d TYPE' options.
+- Linux: Fixed device scan crash on missing '/proc/devices'.
+- Linux: USB ID detection also for '/dev/sgN'.
+- Linux: Compile fix for systems with musl libc.
+- Linux smartd: Could now run as systemd service with 'Type=notify' set.
+- FreeBSD: NVMe device scanning.
+- FreeBSD: Various compile fixes.
+- NetBSD: Fixed regression in name based device type detection.
+- NetBSD big endian: Fixed regression in ATA code.
+- NetBSD big endian: Fixed byte ordering of ATA IDENTIFY data from USB/SAT
+ drives.
+- Windows: Improved search for actual CSMI port number.
+- Windows: Installer includes VERSIONINFO resource.
+
+Date 2017-11-05
+Summary: smartmontools release 6.6
+-----------------------------------------------------------
+- smartctl '-i' and '--identify': ATA ACS-4 and SATA 3.3 enhancements.
+- smartctl: Control ATA write cache through SCT Feature Control
+ with '-s wcache-sct,ata|on|off[,p]' and '-g wcache-sct'.
+- smartctl: Print ATA Pending Defects log with '-l defects'.
+- smartctl '-s wcreorder,on|off': New persistent flag ',p'.
+- smartctl '-s standby': Prevent temporary drive spinup.
+- smartctl '-n POWERMODE': New parameter to set exit status.
+- smartctl '-g security': ATA Security Level check fixed.
+- smartctl '-l scttemp*': Print minimum supported ERC Time Limit.
+- smartctl '-q noserial': Now also suppresses "SAS address" output.
+- smartctl '-i': Print IEEE EUI-64 of NVMe namespace.
+- smartctl '-c': Print NVMe 1.3 feature flags.
+- smartctl '-A': Print NVMe 1.3 thermal temperature transition
+ statistic.
+- smartctl '-g/s dsn': Get/set ATA DSN.
+- smartd: Uses also device identify information to detect for duplicate
+ devices.
+- smartd '-e dsn' directive: Set ATA DSN.
+- smartd: Improved SCSI/SAS temperature logging.
+- smartd: Silence emails and log messages on open errors of
+ '-d removable' devices.
+- smartd: Exit on device open error unless '-q never' or '-d removable'
+ is specified (regression).
+- update-smart-drivedb: Now authenticates downloaded file with GnuPG.
+- update-smart-drivedb: New options '--trunk', '--no-verify' and
+ '--export-key'.
+- Device type '-d intelliprop,N' for IntelliProp controllers.
+- SCSI: Default timeout increased to 1 minute.
+- configure: New options '--with-gnupg', '--with-scriptpath' and
+ '--with-update-smart-drivedb=X.Y'
+- configure: Checks for C++11 support option and requires
+ '--with[out]-cxx11-option' if option unknown or no C++11 support.
+- HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database.
+- New smartmontools-* mailing list addresses.
+- Man page formatting reworked.
+- Linux: Uses SG_IO V4 API if supported.
+- Linux: Devices behind hpsa driver are no longer detected as regular
+ SCSI devices.
+- Darwin: Initial NVMe support based on undocumented API.
+- FreeBSD: Fix panic on INVARIANTS enabled kernel.
+- FreeBSD: Improve ATA SMART STATUS check for legacy controllers.
+- FreeBSD: Compile fix for FreeBSD-11 and newer.
+- NetBSD: NVMe support.
+- NetBSD: Full 28-bit ATA support.
+- NetBSD: Compile fix.
+- NetBSD: Use a raw disk device file.
+- OpenBSD: Compile fix.
+- OS/2: Support for the OS2AHCI driver, updating source code,
+ adding autoscan support, adding self-test support.
+- Windows: Support for Windows 10 NVMe driver (stornvme.sys).
+- Windows: Fix CSMI access for IRST driver 15.2.
+- Windows smartd: Ability to run PowerShell scripts with '-M exec'.
+- Windows smartd: New PowerShell script to send smartd warning emails
+ without external tools.
+- Windows package: Now provides PDF man pages.
+
+Date 2016-05-07
+Summary: smartmontools release 6.5
+-----------------------------------------------------------
+- Experimental support for NVMe devices on FreeBSD, Linux and Windows.
+- smartctl '-i', '-c', '-H' and '-l error': NVMe support.
+- smartctl '-l nvmelog': New option for NVMe.
+- smartd.conf '-H', '-l error' and '-W': NVMe support.
+- Optional NVMe device scanning support on Linux and Windows.
+- configure option '--with-nvme-devicescan' to include NVMe in
+ default device scanning result.
+- Device scanning now allows to specify multiple '-d TYPE' options.
+- ATA: Added new POWER MODE values introduced in ATA ACS-2.
+- ATA: SCT commands are no longer issued if ATA Security is locked.
+- SCSI: LB provisioning improvements.
+- SCSI: Fixed GLTSD bit set/cleared info messages.
+- SCSI: Solid State media log page is no longer checked for tapes.
+- SCSI: Improved handling when no tape cartridge in drive.
+- SCSI: Workaround for buggy Seagate firmware.
+- SAT: Improved heuristics to detect bogus sense data from SAT layer.
+- smartd: Fixed crash on missing argument to '-s' directive.
+- update-smart-drivedb: Now uses HTTPS for download by default.
+- update-smart-drivedb: New options to select URL and download tool.
+- update-smart-drivedb: New download tool 'svn'.
+- configure option '--without-update-smart-drivedb' to disable
+ update-smart-drivedb script.
+- configure options '--disable-drivedb', '--enable-savestates',
+ '--enable-attributelog' and '--with-docdir' are no longer supported.
+- autoconf < 2.60 and automake < 1.10 are no longer supported.
+- Drive database file now also includes the DEFAULT setting
+ for each attribute.
+- HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database.
+- Darwin: New support files for package installer.
+ New makefile target 'install-darwin' builds DMG image.
+- Solaris: Auto detection of SATA devices behind SAT layer.
+- Solaris SPARC: Legacy ATA support disabled by default.
+ New configure option '--with-solaris-sparc-ata' enables it.
+ File os_solaris_ata.s is no longer included in source tarball.
+- Windows: Auto detection of USB devices specified by drive letter.
+- Windows: Device scanning does no longer ignore unknown USB devices.
+- Windows: Prevent drive spin up by '-n standby' check.
+- Windows: New application manifests indicating Win 10 support.
+- Windows smartd: '-m [sys]msgbox' is no longer supported.
+- Windows installer: Defaults to 64-bit version on 64-bit Windows.
+- Various code changes suggested by Clang Static Analyser and Cppcheck.
+
+Date 2015-06-04
+Summary: smartmontools release 6.4
+-----------------------------------------------------------
+- Device type '-d usbprolific' for Prolific PL2571/277x USB bridges.
+- SAT: Support for ATA registers returned in fixed format sense data.
+- smartctl '-i' and '--identify': ATA ACS-4 and SATA 3.2 enhancements.
+- smartctl '-l xerror': Support for logs with more than 255 pages.
+- smartctl '-l devstat': Prints ACS-3 DSN flags.
+- smartctl '-l devstat': Read via SMART command if GP log is not
+ available.
+- smartctl '-l scttempsts': Prints SCT SMART STATUS (ACS-4) and
+ vendor specific SCT bytes.
+- configure option '--with-systemdenvfile=auto' as new default.
+- configure options '--disable-drivedb', '--enable-savestates'
+ and '--enable-attributelog' are deprecated.
+- Corresponding '--with-*' options are enhanced accordingly.
+- Configure option '--with-docdir' is deprecated.
+- autoconf < 2.60 and automake < 1.10 are deprecated.
+ (all of the above still work but a warning is printed if used)
+- HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database.
+- Linux: AACRAID fixes, SMART STATUS should work now.
+- Linux: '/dev/megaraid_sas_ioctl_node' fd leak fix.
+- Darwin: '-S' command implemented, '-l devstat' should work now.
+- Cygwin: Compile fix.
+- Windows: Device type '-d aacraid' for AACRAID controllers.
+- Windows: SAT autodetection based on IOCTL_STORAGE_QUERY_PROPERTY.
+- Windows installer: Fix possible loss of user PATH environment variable.
+
+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
+-----------------------------------------------------------
+- 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
+-----------------------------------------------------------
+- smartctl '-l directory': improved output format.
+- smartctl: Fix parsing of '-l select,cont+SIZE' option.
+- smartctl prints ATA Additional Product Id (OEM Id).
+- smartctl '-s/-g wcache' for SCSI devices to control write cache.
+- smartctl '-s/-g rcache' for SCSI devices to control read cache.
+- smartctl prints more info for SCSI devices: media rotation rate,
+ form factor, physical block size, lowest LBA alignement,
+ logical block provisioning, disk protection type
+ and selftest progress status.
+- smartctl '--identify' updated for latest ATA ACS-3 spec.
+- smartd runs /etc/smartd_warning.sh to generate warning emails
+ (Windows: smartd_warning.cmd).
+- smartd '-w PATH' option to specify this executable.
+- smartd '-d ignore' directive.
+- smartd DEVICESCAN ignores devices already specified.
+- smartd: added support for state persistence ('-s') and attribute logging
+ ('-A') for SCSI devices.
+- smartd '-W' directive uses ATA attribute 190 if 194 is missing.
+- Support of larger SCSI defect lists via READ DEFECT(12).
+- Device type '-d usbjmicron,p' for Prolific USB bridges.
+- Many HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database.
+- Linux: Support for SAS disks behind Areca controllers.
+- Linux: Improved support for SATA disks on LSI/Megaraid controllers
+- Linux: disks on MegaRaid controllers are automatically scanned
+- FreeBSD: Support for SAS disks behind Areca controllers.
+- FreeBSD: Enhanced ATA command support for 3ware.
+- FreeBSD: Support for 3ware 9750 (/dev/twsX).
+- FreeBSD: Fixed support for 48-bit ATA commands on legacy controllers
+ with ATACAM driver.
+- FreeBSD: Improved support for SAS/SCSI disks on LSI/Megaraid controllers.
+- Windows: smartd.conf '-M exec' supports path names with spaces.
+- Windows: Tool wtssendmsg.exe to handle smartd.conf '-m console'.
+- Windows: DEVICESCAN now supports up to 128 drives.
+- Windows: smartctl.exe and smartd.exe include VERSIONINFO resource.
+- Windows: smartd.exe includes MESSAGETABLE resource.
+- Windows: syslogevt.exe is no longer provided.
+
+Date 2012-10-10
+Summary: smartmontools release 6.0
+-----------------------------------------------------------
+- option/directive '-F nologdir' and '-F xerrorlba'.
+- smartctl '--identify' option.
+- smartctl prints nominal media rotation rate (ATA).
+- smartctl prints SATA version and speed.
+- smartctl '-l sataphy' works for CD/DVD drives also.
+- smartctl '-x' includes ATA Device Statistics.
+- smartd warning emails include device identify info.
+- smartd '-d' output is flushed to support redirection.
+- HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database.
+- Windows smartd: smartd.conf directives '-m console',
+ '-m active', '-m connected'.
+- Windows: Support for SAS disks behind Areca controllers.
+- Windows: Win9x/ME and NT4 are no longer supported.
+
+Date 2012-06-30
+Summary: smartmontools release 5.43
+-----------------------------------------------------------
+- smartctl options '-g, --get' and '-s, --set' to get/set
+ various ATA settings: AAM, APM, Read look-ahead, Write
+ cache, Security (freeze), Standby mode/timer.
+- smartd directive '-e' to set (most of) the above settings
+ on startup.
+- smartctl options '-f hex' and '-f hex,[id|val]'.
+- smartctl does not start ATA self-test if another test is
+ already running. Override with new option '-t force'.
+- smartctl supports extended self-test polling times
+ greater than 255 minutes.
+- Controller-independent SAT detection: '-d sat,auto[+TYPE]'.
+- smartd.conf DEFAULT directive.
+- Many HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database.
+- Linux and FreeBSD: Support for SATA disks behind Areca SAS
+ RAID controllers and HP Smart Array controllers.
+- Windows: Support for SATA disks behind Areca controllers.
+- Windows smartd: directives '-l offlinests,ns' and
+ '-l selfteststs,ns'.
+- Windows installer: Combined 32-/64-bit support.
+- FreeBSD: fixed crash on SCSI devices with FreeBSD9-RC1
+
+Date 2011-10-20
+Summary: smartmontools release 5.42
+-----------------------------------------------------------
+- smartctl option '-l devstat' (Device Statistics).
+- smartctl option '-l ssd' (SSD endurance indicator).
+- smartd logs identify information of each SCSI/SAS device.
+- smartd resends warning emails if problem reappears.
+- smartd directives '-l offlinests' and '-l selfteststs'.
+- Many HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database.
+- Platform-specific man pages.
+- smartd.8 man page no longer includes smartd.conf.5.
+- FreeBSD: Compilation fixes.
+- FreeBSD: Support for Areca controllers.
+- FreeBSD: Fix '-l scterc' support.
+- FreeBSD: Support for 48-bit ATA commands.
+- Linux: Support for Areca controllers enhanced.
+- Windows installer: UAC support.
+- Windows: update-smart-drivedb /S(ilent) option.
+- Windows: improved USB ID detection.
+
+Date 2011-06-09
+Summary: smartmontools release 5.41
+-----------------------------------------------------------
+- Failed self-tests outdated by a newer successful extended
+ self-test are no longer reported as errors.
+- Support for ATA Long Logical/Physical Sectors (LLS/LPS).
+- 'smartctl --scan-open' can create a draft smartd.conf.
+- smartctl prints World Wide Name (WWN) of ATA device.
+- smartctl option '-f brief' to select new attribute output
+ format which includes more flags and fits in 80 columns.
+- smartd logs identify information and WWN of each ATA device.
+- smartd logs warning from drive database if present.
+- smartd logs changes of offline data collection status.
+- smartd directive '-l scterc,READTIME,WRITETIME'.
+- smartd preserves last scheduled selective self-tests span.
+- 'smartd.service' file for systemd.
+- configure option '--with-systemdsystemunitdir'
+- configure option '--with-exampledir'.
+- configure searches for init.d or rc.d directory.
+- 'make install' does no longer overwrite an existing
+ smartd.conf file.
+- 'update-smart-drivedb' does no longer require GNU sed.
+- Many HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database.
+- Linux USB autodetection: Enable '-d sat,16' for newer kernels.
+- Linux megaraid: Fix segfault on non-data SCSI commands.
+- Linux megaraid: Fix pass-through of non-data ATA commands.
+- FreeBSD: Use 'fetch' in 'update-smart-drivedb'.
+- OpenBSD: Use 'ftp' in 'update-smart-drivedb'.
+- OpenBSD: Workaround for shell bug.
+- OpenBSD: Fix DEVICESCAN for OpenBSD >= 4.8.
+- Windows: Experimental support for Intel ICHxR RAID.
+- Windows: DEVICESCAN includes USB devices.
+- Windows: Faster USB ID detection.
+- Windows: update-smart-drivedb tool.
+- Windows installer: Option '/SO component,...'.
+- Windows: Fix smartd warning email truncation on Win7.
+- Windows installer: Fix shortcut removal on Vista/Win7.
+- Windows: Add missing quotes in smartctl-run.bat and
+ smartd-run.bat
+
+Date 2010-10-16
+Summary: smartmontools release 5.40
+-----------------------------------------------------------
+- Other config entries may precede smartd DEVICESCAN.
+- Option '-v' allows to specify byte order of attribute raw value
+- configure: New default value for '--with-docdir'.
+- configure: '--enable-drivedb' is now the default.
+- Improved support for Intel SSDs.
+- Improved support for SandForce based SSDs.
+- Drive database is in a separate source file 'drivedb.h'
+ which can be downloaded from SVN.
+- USB ID info is now included in 'drivedb.h'.
+- Many additions to drive database.
+- New script 'update-smart-drivedb'.
+- smartd libcap-ng support, option '-C, --capabilities'.
+- smartd directive '-l xerror' to check Extended Comprehensive
+ SMART Error Log.
+- smartctl option '-l scterc[,...]' to get/set the
+ SCT Error Recovery Control time limit.
+- smartctl option '-t vendor,N'.
+- smartctl options '--scan, --scan-open'.
+- Linux: Add '/dev/sd[a-c][a-z]' to smartd DEVICESCAN.
+- Linux: Support SATA drives on LSI 3ware 9750 controllers.
+- Windows: Read 'drivedb.h' and 'smartd.conf' from exe directory.
+- Windows: Support for 64-bit executables.
+- Windows: Support for cross compilation on Linux.
+- Fix regression in smartctl option '-t select,M-N'.
+- Fix SCT temperature table commands on big endian CPUs.
+- Fix regression in smartd SMARTD_DEVICE and SMARTD_DEVICETYPE
+ environment variables.
+
+Date 2010-01-28
+Summary: smartmontools release 5.39.1
+-----------------------------------------------------------
+- Fix crash on kFreeBSD.
+- Fix regression in smartctl option '-q, --quietmode'.
+- Fix regression in smartd directive '-l selftest'.
+- Linux: Allow smartd 'DEVICESCAN -d sat'.
+- Linux: Fix spin-up of SATA drive if '-n standby' is used.
+- Windows: Fix parsing of 3ware 'tw_cli' output.
+
+Date 2009-12-09
Summary: smartmontools release 5.39 (UNSTABLE/EXPERIMENTAL)
-----------------------------------------------------------
- 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 and Windows
- (http://smartmontools.wiki.sourceforge.net/overview_USB-Support)
+- USB device type autodetection for some devices on Linux, Windows and FreeBSD
+ (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
Error Log
- smartctl option '-l xselftest' to print ATA SMART Extended Self-test Log
- smartctl option '-l sataphy' to print SATA Phy Event Counters
+- smartctl option '-l sasphy' to print SAS device phy information
- smartctl options '-l gplog,...' and '-l smartlog,...' to print any log page
+- smartctl option '-x' to print all extended info if available
- smartctl prints SCSI load/unload cycle counts
- Improve display of huge raw values of some SMART attributes
- Option '-d sat+TYPE' to use SAT with controllers which require '-d TYPE'
+- Option '-v ID,RAW_FORMAT,ATTR_NAME' to add new vendor specific attributes
+- Support for SSD drives using 64-bit raw attributes
- Many additions to drive database
- New simplified syntax for drive database
- Option '-B FILE' to read drive database from a file
- smartd can now handle attributes 197 and 198 with increasing raw values
- smartd logs changes of self-test execution status
- smartd directive '-n powermode,N' to limit the number of skipped checks
+- smartd flag '!' for '-r' and '-R' directives to log changes as critical
- smartd supports scheduled Selective Self-Tests
-- Self-tests scheduled during downtime are run after next startup
-- Option '-s PREFIX' to store smartd internal state until next startup
-- Configure option to enable the above by default
+- Self-tests scheduled during system downtime or disk standby are run after
+ next startup
+- smartd option '-s PREFIX' to store smartd internal state until next startup
+- smartd option '-A PREFIX' to log attributes at each check cycle
+- Configure options to enable the above by default
- Change to an object oriented interface to access ATA and SCSI devices
-- Linux and Win32 modules migrated to new interface
+- Linux, Win32 and FreeBSD modules migrated to new interface
- Rework of smartd data structures
- Checkin date and SVN revision and optional BUILD_INFO printed in version info
-- Better support for gSmartControl on Windows
+- Better support for GSmartControl on Windows
- SELinux fixes to 3ware device node creation
- Fix CCISS file descriptor leak on FreeBSD
- Compile fixes for Solaris and FreeBSD
- C++ Support for QNX Target, already tested for QNX 6.3.2 on x86 and
armle target
- Additional support for Samsung MLC flash drives
-
+- New device type detection algorithm on FreeBSD, not based on filename
+- Support for the adaX (ATA on CAM bus) devices on FreeBSD 8.0 and higher
Date 2008-03-10
Summary: smartmontools release 5.38 (STABLE)
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