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| 3 | $Id: NEWS 4109 2015-06-04 16:30:15Z chrfranke $
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| 5 | The most up-to-date version of this file is:
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| 6 | http://sourceforge.net/p/smartmontools/code/HEAD/tree/trunk/smartmontools/NEWS
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| 7 |
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| 8 | Date 2015-06-04
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| 9 | Summary: smartmontools release 6.4
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| 10 | -----------------------------------------------------------
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| 11 | - Device type '-d usbprolific' for Prolific PL2571/277x USB bridges.
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| 12 | - SAT: Support for ATA registers returned in fixed format sense data.
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| 13 | - smartctl '-i' and '--identify': ATA ACS-4 and SATA 3.2 enhancements.
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| 14 | - smartctl '-l xerror': Support for logs with more than 255 pages.
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| 15 | - smartctl '-l devstat': Prints ACS-3 DSN flags.
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| 16 | - smartctl '-l devstat': Read via SMART command if GP log is not
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| 17 | available.
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| 18 | - smartctl '-l scttempsts': Prints SCT SMART STATUS (ACS-4) and
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| 19 | vendor specific SCT bytes.
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| 20 | - configure option '--with-systemdenvfile=auto' as new default.
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| 21 | - configure options '--disable-drivedb', '--enable-savestates'
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| 22 | and '--enable-attributelog' are deprecated.
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| 23 | - Corresponding '--with-*' options are enhanced accordingly.
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| 24 | - Configure option '--with-docdir' is deprecated.
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| 25 | - autoconf < 2.60 and automake < 1.10 are deprecated.
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| 26 | (all of the above still work but a warning is printed if used)
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| 27 | - HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database.
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| 28 | - Linux: AACRAID fixes, SMART STATUS should work now.
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| 29 | - Linux: '/dev/megaraid_sas_ioctl_node' fd leak fix.
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| 30 | - Darwin: '-S' command implemented, '-l devstat' should work now.
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| 31 | - Cygwin: Compile fix.
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| 32 | - Windows: Device type '-d aacraid' for AACRAID controllers.
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| 33 | - Windows: SAT autodetection based on IOCTL_STORAGE_QUERY_PROPERTY.
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| 34 | - Windows installer: Fix possible loss of user PATH environment variable.
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| 35 |
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| 36 | Date 2014-07-26
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| 37 | Summary: smartmontools release 6.3
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| 38 | -----------------------------------------------------------
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| 39 | - smartctl: Fixed bogus error messages from '-g/-s wcreorder'.
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| 40 | - smartctl prints ATA form factor.
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| 41 | - SCSI: Improved support of modern disks (SAS SSDs).
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| 42 | - SCSI: Fixed sense data noise from old disks.
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| 43 | - update-smart-drivedb man page.
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| 44 | - configure option '--with-smartdscriptdir'.
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| 45 | - configure option '--with-smartdplugindir'.
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| 46 | - configure option '--with-systemdenvfile'.
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| 47 | - configure option '--with-working-snprintf'.
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| 48 | - Removed build time stamps to support reproducible builds.
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| 49 | - Compile fixes for C++11.
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| 50 | - HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database.
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| 51 | - Linux: Support for controllers behind AACRAID driver.
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| 52 | - Linux: Fixed DEVICESCAN max path count.
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| 53 | - FreeBSD: Fixed possible crash caused by wrong SCSI error handling.
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| 54 | - FreeBSD: Compile fix for kFreeBSD.
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| 55 | - Windows: Reworked CSMI port scanning.
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| 56 | - QNX: Compile fix.
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| 57 |
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| 58 | Date 2013-07-26
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| 59 | Summary: smartmontools release 6.2
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| 60 | -----------------------------------------------------------
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| 61 | - smartctl: Added ATA write cache reordering control using
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| 62 | '-g wcreorder' and '-s wcreorder,[on|off]' options.
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| 63 | - update-smart-drivedb: Updated for new SVN repository.
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| 64 | - HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database.
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| 65 | - Areca RAID support: Fixed possible segfault on empty port.
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| 66 | - HPT RAID support: Maximum disk number increased to 128.
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| 67 | - Linux: RHEL 9 compile fixes.
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| 68 | - FreeBSD: Device scanning now skips port multipliers.
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| 69 | - Cygwin: 64-bit compile fixes.
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| 70 | - Windows: Fixed bogus temp file name in smartd_warning.cmd
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| 71 | (already included in smartmontools-6.1-2.win32-setup.exe).
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| 72 | - Windows: smartd service is no longer installed as interactive.
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| 73 |
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| 74 | Date 2013-03-16
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| 75 | Summary: smartmontools release 6.1
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| 76 | -----------------------------------------------------------
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| 77 | - smartctl '-l directory': improved output format.
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| 78 | - smartctl: Fix parsing of '-l select,cont+SIZE' option.
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| 79 | - smartctl prints ATA Additional Product Id (OEM Id).
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| 80 | - smartctl '-s/-g wcache' for SCSI devices to control write cache.
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| 81 | - smartctl '-s/-g rcache' for SCSI devices to control read cache.
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| 82 | - smartctl prints more info for SCSI devices: media rotation rate,
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| 83 | form factor, physical block size, lowest LBA alignement,
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| 84 | logical block provisioning, disk protection type
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| 85 | and selftest progress status.
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| 86 | - smartctl '--identify' updated for latest ATA ACS-3 spec.
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| 87 | - smartd runs /etc/smartd_warning.sh to generate warning emails
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| 88 | (Windows: smartd_warning.cmd).
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| 89 | - smartd '-w PATH' option to specify this executable.
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| 90 | - smartd '-d ignore' directive.
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| 91 | - smartd DEVICESCAN ignores devices already specified.
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| 92 | - smartd: added support for state persistence ('-s') and attribute logging
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| 93 | ('-A') for SCSI devices.
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| 94 | - smartd '-W' directive uses ATA attribute 190 if 194 is missing.
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| 95 | - Support of larger SCSI defect lists via READ DEFECT(12).
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| 96 | - Device type '-d usbjmicron,p' for Prolific USB bridges.
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| 97 | - Many HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database.
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| 98 | - Linux: Support for SAS disks behind Areca controllers.
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| 99 | - Linux: Improved support for SATA disks on LSI/Megaraid controllers
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| 100 | - Linux: disks on MegaRaid controllers are automatically scanned
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| 101 | - FreeBSD: Support for SAS disks behind Areca controllers.
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| 102 | - FreeBSD: Enhanced ATA command support for 3ware.
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| 103 | - FreeBSD: Support for 3ware 9750 (/dev/twsX).
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| 104 | - FreeBSD: Fixed support for 48-bit ATA commands on legacy controllers
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| 105 | with ATACAM driver.
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| 106 | - FreeBSD: Improved support for SAS/SCSI disks on LSI/Megaraid controllers.
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| 107 | - Windows: smartd.conf '-M exec' supports path names with spaces.
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| 108 | - Windows: Tool wtssendmsg.exe to handle smartd.conf '-m console'.
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| 109 | - Windows: DEVICESCAN now supports up to 128 drives.
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| 110 | - Windows: smartctl.exe and smartd.exe include VERSIONINFO resource.
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| 111 | - Windows: smartd.exe includes MESSAGETABLE resource.
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| 112 | - Windows: syslogevt.exe is no longer provided.
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| 113 |
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| 114 | Date 2012-10-10
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| 115 | Summary: smartmontools release 6.0
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| 116 | -----------------------------------------------------------
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| 117 | - option/directive '-F nologdir' and '-F xerrorlba'.
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| 118 | - smartctl '--identify' option.
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| 119 | - smartctl prints nominal media rotation rate (ATA).
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| 120 | - smartctl prints SATA version and speed.
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| 121 | - smartctl '-l sataphy' works for CD/DVD drives also.
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| 122 | - smartctl '-x' includes ATA Device Statistics.
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| 123 | - smartd warning emails include device identify info.
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| 124 | - smartd '-d' output is flushed to support redirection.
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| 125 | - HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database.
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| 126 | - Windows smartd: smartd.conf directives '-m console',
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| 127 | '-m active', '-m connected'.
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| 128 | - Windows: Support for SAS disks behind Areca controllers.
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| 129 | - Windows: Win9x/ME and NT4 are no longer supported.
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| 130 |
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| 131 | Date 2012-06-30
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| 132 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.43
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| 133 | -----------------------------------------------------------
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| 134 | - smartctl options '-g, --get' and '-s, --set' to get/set
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| 135 | various ATA settings: AAM, APM, Read look-ahead, Write
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| 136 | cache, Security (freeze), Standby mode/timer.
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| 137 | - smartd directive '-e' to set (most of) the above settings
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| 138 | on startup.
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| 139 | - smartctl options '-f hex' and '-f hex,[id|val]'.
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| 140 | - smartctl does not start ATA self-test if another test is
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| 141 | already running. Override with new option '-t force'.
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| 142 | - smartctl supports extended self-test polling times
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| 143 | greater than 255 minutes.
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| 144 | - Controller-independent SAT detection: '-d sat,auto[+TYPE]'.
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| 145 | - smartd.conf DEFAULT directive.
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| 146 | - Many HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database.
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| 147 | - Linux and FreeBSD: Support for SATA disks behind Areca SAS
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| 148 | RAID controllers and HP Smart Array controllers.
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| 149 | - Windows: Support for SATA disks behind Areca controllers.
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| 150 | - Windows smartd: directives '-l offlinests,ns' and
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| 151 | '-l selfteststs,ns'.
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| 152 | - Windows installer: Combined 32-/64-bit support.
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| 153 | - FreeBSD: fixed crash on SCSI devices with FreeBSD9-RC1
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| 154 |
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| 155 | Date 2011-10-20
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| 156 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.42
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| 157 | -----------------------------------------------------------
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| 158 | - smartctl option '-l devstat' (Device Statistics).
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| 159 | - smartctl option '-l ssd' (SSD endurance indicator).
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| 160 | - smartd logs identify information of each SCSI/SAS device.
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| 161 | - smartd resends warning emails if problem reappears.
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| 162 | - smartd directives '-l offlinests' and '-l selfteststs'.
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| 163 | - Many HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database.
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| 164 | - Platform-specific man pages.
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| 165 | - smartd.8 man page no longer includes smartd.conf.5.
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| 166 | - FreeBSD: Compilation fixes.
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| 167 | - FreeBSD: Support for Areca controllers.
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| 168 | - FreeBSD: Fix '-l scterc' support.
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| 169 | - FreeBSD: Support for 48-bit ATA commands.
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| 170 | - Linux: Support for Areca controllers enhanced.
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| 171 | - Windows installer: UAC support.
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| 172 | - Windows: update-smart-drivedb /S(ilent) option.
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| 173 | - Windows: improved USB ID detection.
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| 174 |
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| 175 | Date 2011-06-09
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| 176 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.41
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| 177 | -----------------------------------------------------------
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| 178 | - Failed self-tests outdated by a newer successful extended
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| 179 | self-test are no longer reported as errors.
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| 180 | - Support for ATA Long Logical/Physical Sectors (LLS/LPS).
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| 181 | - 'smartctl --scan-open' can create a draft smartd.conf.
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| 182 | - smartctl prints World Wide Name (WWN) of ATA device.
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| 183 | - smartctl option '-f brief' to select new attribute output
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| 184 | format which includes more flags and fits in 80 columns.
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| 185 | - smartd logs identify information and WWN of each ATA device.
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| 186 | - smartd logs warning from drive database if present.
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| 187 | - smartd logs changes of offline data collection status.
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| 188 | - smartd directive '-l scterc,READTIME,WRITETIME'.
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| 189 | - smartd preserves last scheduled selective self-tests span.
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| 190 | - 'smartd.service' file for systemd.
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| 191 | - configure option '--with-systemdsystemunitdir'
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| 192 | - configure option '--with-exampledir'.
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| 193 | - configure searches for init.d or rc.d directory.
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| 194 | - 'make install' does no longer overwrite an existing
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| 195 | smartd.conf file.
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| 196 | - 'update-smart-drivedb' does no longer require GNU sed.
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| 197 | - Many HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database.
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| 198 | - Linux USB autodetection: Enable '-d sat,16' for newer kernels.
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| 199 | - Linux megaraid: Fix segfault on non-data SCSI commands.
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| 200 | - Linux megaraid: Fix pass-through of non-data ATA commands.
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| 201 | - FreeBSD: Use 'fetch' in 'update-smart-drivedb'.
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| 202 | - OpenBSD: Use 'ftp' in 'update-smart-drivedb'.
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| 203 | - OpenBSD: Workaround for shell bug.
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| 204 | - OpenBSD: Fix DEVICESCAN for OpenBSD >= 4.8.
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| 205 | - Windows: Experimental support for Intel ICHxR RAID.
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| 206 | - Windows: DEVICESCAN includes USB devices.
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| 207 | - Windows: Faster USB ID detection.
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| 208 | - Windows: update-smart-drivedb tool.
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| 209 | - Windows installer: Option '/SO component,...'.
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| 210 | - Windows: Fix smartd warning email truncation on Win7.
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| 211 | - Windows installer: Fix shortcut removal on Vista/Win7.
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| 212 | - Windows: Add missing quotes in smartctl-run.bat and
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| 213 | smartd-run.bat
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| 214 |
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| 215 | Date 2010-10-16
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| 216 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.40
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| 217 | -----------------------------------------------------------
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| 218 | - Other config entries may precede smartd DEVICESCAN.
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| 219 | - Option '-v' allows to specify byte order of attribute raw value
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| 220 | - configure: New default value for '--with-docdir'.
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| 221 | - configure: '--enable-drivedb' is now the default.
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| 222 | - Improved support for Intel SSDs.
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| 223 | - Improved support for SandForce based SSDs.
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| 224 | - Drive database is in a separate source file 'drivedb.h'
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| 225 | which can be downloaded from SVN.
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| 226 | - USB ID info is now included in 'drivedb.h'.
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| 227 | - Many additions to drive database.
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| 228 | - New script 'update-smart-drivedb'.
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| 229 | - smartd libcap-ng support, option '-C, --capabilities'.
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| 230 | - smartd directive '-l xerror' to check Extended Comprehensive
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| 231 | SMART Error Log.
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| 232 | - smartctl option '-l scterc[,...]' to get/set the
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| 233 | SCT Error Recovery Control time limit.
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| 234 | - smartctl option '-t vendor,N'.
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| 235 | - smartctl options '--scan, --scan-open'.
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| 236 | - Linux: Add '/dev/sd[a-c][a-z]' to smartd DEVICESCAN.
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| 237 | - Linux: Support SATA drives on LSI 3ware 9750 controllers.
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| 238 | - Windows: Read 'drivedb.h' and 'smartd.conf' from exe directory.
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| 239 | - Windows: Support for 64-bit executables.
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| 240 | - Windows: Support for cross compilation on Linux.
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| 241 | - Fix regression in smartctl option '-t select,M-N'.
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| 242 | - Fix SCT temperature table commands on big endian CPUs.
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| 243 | - Fix regression in smartd SMARTD_DEVICE and SMARTD_DEVICETYPE
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| 244 | environment variables.
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| 245 |
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| 246 | Date 2010-01-28
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| 247 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.39.1
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| 248 | -----------------------------------------------------------
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| 249 | - Fix crash on kFreeBSD.
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| 250 | - Fix regression in smartctl option '-q, --quietmode'.
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| 251 | - Fix regression in smartd directive '-l selftest'.
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| 252 | - Linux: Allow smartd 'DEVICESCAN -d sat'.
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| 253 | - Linux: Fix spin-up of SATA drive if '-n standby' is used.
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| 254 | - Windows: Fix parsing of 3ware 'tw_cli' output.
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| 255 |
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| 256 | Date 2009-12-09
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| 257 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.39 (UNSTABLE/EXPERIMENTAL)
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| 258 | -----------------------------------------------------------
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| 259 | - Sourcecode repository moved from CVS to SVN
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| 260 | - Support for USB devices with Cypress, JMicron and Sunplus USB bridges
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| 261 | - USB device type autodetection for some devices on Linux, Windows and FreeBSD
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| 262 | (http://www.smartmontools.org/wiki/Supported_USB-Devices)
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| 263 | - Support for Areca controllers on Linux
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| 264 | - Support for MegaRAID controllers on Linux
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| 265 | - Support for HighPoint RocketRAID controllers on FreeBSD
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| 266 | - Support RAID controllers using /dev/pass devices on FreeBSD
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| 267 | - Support CHECK_POWER_MODE and WRITE_LOG on FreeBSD
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| 268 | - Support for up to 128 devices on 3ware controllers
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| 269 | - smartctl option '-l xerror' to print ATA SMART Extended Comprehensive
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| 270 | Error Log
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| 271 | - smartctl option '-l xselftest' to print ATA SMART Extended Self-test Log
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| 272 | - smartctl option '-l sataphy' to print SATA Phy Event Counters
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| 273 | - smartctl option '-l sasphy' to print SAS device phy information
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| 274 | - smartctl options '-l gplog,...' and '-l smartlog,...' to print any log page
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| 275 | - smartctl option '-x' to print all extended info if available
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| 276 | - smartctl prints SCSI load/unload cycle counts
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| 277 | - Improve display of huge raw values of some SMART attributes
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| 278 | - Option '-d sat+TYPE' to use SAT with controllers which require '-d TYPE'
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| 279 | - Option '-v ID,RAW_FORMAT,ATTR_NAME' to add new vendor specific attributes
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| 280 | - Support for SSD drives using 64-bit raw attributes
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| 281 | - Many additions to drive database
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| 282 | - New simplified syntax for drive database
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| 283 | - Option '-B FILE' to read drive database from a file
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| 284 | - Configure option to add drive database file to distribution
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| 285 | - smartd can now handle attributes 197 and 198 with increasing raw values
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| 286 | - smartd logs changes of self-test execution status
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| 287 | - smartd directive '-n powermode,N' to limit the number of skipped checks
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| 288 | - smartd flag '!' for '-r' and '-R' directives to log changes as critical
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| 289 | - smartd supports scheduled Selective Self-Tests
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| 290 | - Self-tests scheduled during system downtime or disk standby are run after
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| 291 | next startup
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| 292 | - smartd option '-s PREFIX' to store smartd internal state until next startup
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| 293 | - smartd option '-A PREFIX' to log attributes at each check cycle
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| 294 | - Configure options to enable the above by default
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| 295 | - Change to an object oriented interface to access ATA and SCSI devices
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| 296 | - Linux, Win32 and FreeBSD modules migrated to new interface
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| 297 | - Rework of smartd data structures
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| 298 | - Checkin date and SVN revision and optional BUILD_INFO printed in version info
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| 299 | - Better support for GSmartControl on Windows
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| 300 | - SELinux fixes to 3ware device node creation
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| 301 | - Fix CCISS file descriptor leak on FreeBSD
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| 302 | - Compile fixes for Solaris and FreeBSD
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| 303 | - Use getaddrinfo() instead of gethostbyname() to support IPv6
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| 304 | - C++ Support for QNX Target, already tested for QNX 6.3.2 on x86 and
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| 305 | armle target
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| 306 | - Additional support for Samsung MLC flash drives
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| 307 | - New device type detection algorithm on FreeBSD, not based on filename
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| 308 | - Support for the adaX (ATA on CAM bus) devices on FreeBSD 8.0 and higher
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| 309 |
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| 310 | Date 2008-03-10
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| 311 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.38 (STABLE)
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| 312 | --------------------------------------------
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| 313 | This is a stable release of smartmontools. In addition to changes
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| 314 | below, it includes:
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| 315 | - Libata/Marvell driver devices no longer need explicit '-d' switch
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| 316 | - DEVICESCAN automatically detects libata/marvell driver SATA devices
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| 317 | - Fixed auto-offline/autosave support in FreeBSD
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| 318 | - SAT device type + SCSI generic devices work properly with smartd under Linux
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| 319 | - Many additions to drive database
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| 320 | - More portable autogen/autoconf/automake script set
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| 321 | - Additional Windows IOCTL route to access SMART data
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| 322 | - Some ATA-8 updates
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| 323 | - Smoother CCISS compilation support in Linux
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| 324 | - Dragonfly support
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| 325 | - Fixed some ATA identity byte swap problems on big endian CPUs
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| 326 | - Added support for the QNX operating system
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| 327 | - No-fork option added to smartd
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| 328 | - Improved device scanning and drive type recognition in Windows
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| 329 | - 3ware support for controllers with more disks (32 max)
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| 330 | - Improved Windows installer
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| 331 | - Improved SMART Attribute list and descriptions
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| 332 | - Fix to smartctl return codes
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| 333 | - Fix to scheduled tests on Highpoint RAID controllers
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| 334 | - New samsung firmware bug workaround option
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| 335 | - Auto-offline and Auto-save fixed in Linux + libata
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| 336 | - Solaris: better SCSI support and support for Sun compilers AND gcc
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| 337 | - Fixed and improvements to CCISS support
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| 338 | - More options for SCSI temperature monitoring and history
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| 339 | - Additional command line options for selective self-tests
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| 340 | - Compilation fixes for various platforms.
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| 341 |
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| 342 | See CHANGELOG for more details, or smartmontools SVN for still further
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| 343 | details.
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| 344 |
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| 345 | Date 2006-12-20
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| 346 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.37 (UNSTABLE/EXPERIMENTAL)
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| 347 | -----------------------------------------------------------
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| 348 | This is an unstable/experimental release of smartmontools.
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| 349 | It includes:
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| 350 |
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| 351 | - Many additions to the table of known drives
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| 352 | - SAT (SCSI/ATA Translation) support
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| 353 | - SCSI background scan results log
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| 354 | - smartd -W directive for temperature tracking and warning
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| 355 | - smartctl -n option to check power state
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| 356 | - improved smartd power state logging
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| 357 | - CCISS support under Linux
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| 358 | - HighPoint RocketRAID support under Linux
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| 359 | - 3ware RAID support under Windows
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| 360 | - SPT interface for SCSI devices under Windows
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| 361 | - ATA selective self test under Windows XP/2003
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| 362 | - NSIS installer support for Windows version
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| 363 | - Started move from C to C++
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| 364 | - Various other improvements
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| 365 |
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| 366 |
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| 367 | Date 2006-04-12
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| 368 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.36 (STABLE)
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| 369 | -----------------------------------------------------------
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| 370 | This is a stable smartmontools release. The 5.34 version
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| 371 | described just below was never officially released because
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| 372 | Bruce Allen decided to wait until Linux support for
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| 373 | accessing SATA devices through libata was in the official
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| 374 | kernel.org sources. Changes include:
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| 375 |
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| 376 | - Win 2000/XP:ability to cancel drive self-tests
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| 377 | - Additions to the table of known drives
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| 378 | - FreeBSD support for 3ware char device interface and
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| 379 | multiple 3ware cards
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| 380 | - Various cygwin improvements for running as service
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| 381 | - Works 'out of the box' with Linux SATA libata
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| 382 | - smartd option added to list test schedules
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| 383 | - smartctl option added to list part of drive database
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| 384 | - various improvements for SCSI disks and logs
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| 385 |
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| 386 |
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| 387 | Date 2005-04-19
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| 388 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.34 (STABLE)
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| 389 | -----------------------------------------------------------
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| 390 | This is a stable smartmontools release. It includes:
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| 391 | - OS/2 and eComStation support
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| 392 | All Platforms:
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| 393 | - Printing of drive family info
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| 394 | - SCSI disks: output size of grown defect list
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| 395 | - Added info about drive family to 'smartctl -i' output.
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| 396 | - Added option ',q' for smartd '-n' directive to suppress
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| 397 | 'skipping checks' message which may spin up laptop disk.
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| 398 | - Added message if smartd '-n' check power mode spins up disk.
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| 399 | Cygwin and Windows:
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| 400 | - Added info about Windows version and service pack to banner line.
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| 401 | - Added support for smartd '-n' directive for Win2000/XP.
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| 402 | - Added support for READ_LOG for WinNT4 also.
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| 403 | - Fixed bug that prevents display of empty logs on Win2000/XP
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| 404 | - Fixed use of cached smart enabled state in 'smartctl -i' output.
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| 405 | Windows:
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| 406 | - Fixed bug that prevents running smartd as service on WinNT4.
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| 407 |
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| 408 |
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| 409 | Date 2004-9-5
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| 410 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.33 (UNSTABLE/EXPERIMENTAL)
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| 411 | -----------------------------------------------------------
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| 412 | This is an unstable/experimental release of smartmontools. It includes
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| 413 | - support for Darwin/Mac OSX
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| 414 | - support for OpenBSD
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| 415 | - support for 3ware ATA RAID controllers under FreeBSD
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| 416 | - support for 3ware 9500 series SATA RAID controllers under
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| 417 | Linux. Use /dev/twa[0-15] devices to access these.
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| 418 | - support for 3ware character device interfaces /dev/twe[0-15]
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| 419 | under Linux. This allows (for example) Selective Self-tests.
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| 420 | - support for Marvell chip-set based SATA controllers under Linux.
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| 421 | - smartd mail now works also under Windows (using "Blat" mailer).
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| 422 | - smartd can now be run as a Windows service.
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| 423 | Please report sucess/failure with these items to the
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| 424 | smartmontools-support mailing list.
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| 425 |
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| 426 |
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| 427 | Date 2004-7-5
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| 428 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.32 (STABLE)
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| 429 | -----------------------------------------------------------
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| 430 | This is an stable release of smartmontools.
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| 431 | Note added 2004/7/7: users building a Solaris/Intel version of the code should
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| 432 | modify the 'configure' file, changing "pc-*-solaris*" on line 106
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| 433 | to read "*-pc-solaris*". Reference:
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| 434 | http://smartmontools.cvs.sourceforge.net/smartmontools/sm5/configure.in?r1=1.83&r2=1.84
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| 435 |
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| 436 |
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| 437 | Date: 2004-5-4
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| 438 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.31 (UNSTABLE/EXPERIMENTAL)
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| 439 | -----------------------------------------------------------
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| 440 | This is an unstable/experimental release of smartmontools. It includes
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| 441 | several new features:
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| 442 | - Windows smartd daemon
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| 443 | - smartd now monitors current and pending sector counts
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| 444 | - Support for ATA-7 selective self-test features (Linux/NetBSD only)
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| 445 | Please report sucess/failure with this option to the smartmontools-support
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| 446 | mailing list.
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| 447 |
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| 448 | Date: 2004-3-6
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| 449 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.30 (STABLE)
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| 450 | --------------------------------------------
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| 451 | This is a stable release of smartmontools: the first stable release
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| 452 | since 5.26.
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| 453 | - KNOWN BUG (identified/fixed by CF): smartd will segv and crash if
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| 454 | the configuration file /etc/smartd.conf contains NO valid entries.
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| 455 | This bug was introduced in version 1.259 of smartd.c by BA and
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| 456 | is present in smartmontools releases 5.27-5.30 inclusive. This can
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| 457 | be fixed by editing line 3165 of smartd.c, and changing:
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| 458 | "else if (cfgentries[0]) {"
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| 459 | to read:
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| 460 | "else if (cfgentries && cfgentries[0]) {"
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| 461 |
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| 462 |
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| 463 | Date: 2004-2-24
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| 464 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.29 (Experimental, not STABLE)
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| 465 | --------------------------------------------------------------
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| 466 | This is another experimental release, to replace the 5.27 release that
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| 467 | had a damaged configure script. The next stable release will be 5.30
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| 468 | - This release has SCSI support for NetBSD
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| 469 |
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| 470 |
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| 471 | Date: 2004-2-12
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| 472 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.27 (Experimental, not STABLE)
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| 473 | --------------------------------------------------------------
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| 474 | - WARNING: this release has a broken --prefix=/a/path option to the
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| 475 | configure script. The consequence is that smartd will not look for the
|
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| 476 | configuration file (smartd.conf) at the desired location.
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| 477 | - NetBSD support added
|
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| 478 | - A new Directive (-s) for smartd.conf now enables flexible automatic
|
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| 479 | scheduled self-testing for both ATA and SCSI devices.
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| 480 | - Solaris now has ATA device support (SPARC only)
|
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| 481 | - A new Directive (-n) for smartd.conf to avoid spinning up disks
|
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| 482 | - Errors when smartd sends mail are now logged to SYSLOG
|
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| 483 | - Solaris smartd mail now works correctly (uses mailx not mail)
|
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| 484 |
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| 485 |
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| 486 | Date: 2003-11-29
|
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| 487 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.26
|
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| 488 | -----------------------------------
|
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| 489 | This is a stable smartmontools release. The only known problem is
|
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| 490 | that under Solaris, the email features of smartd do not work 'out of
|
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| 491 | the box'. Three workarounds are:
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| 492 | [1] use '-M exec mailx' in /etc/smartd.conf
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| 493 | [2] in the start script for smartd, put /usr/ucb into PATH before
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| 494 | /bin
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| 495 | [3] upgrade to release 5.27 or later, or the latest CVS snapshot
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| 496 |
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| 497 |
|
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| 498 | Date: 2003-11-19
|
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| 499 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.25
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|---|
| 500 | -----------------------------------
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| 501 | This release should not hang when accessing USB devices. It provides
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| 502 | smartd SCSI self-test log monitoring for self-test errors, and a
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| 503 | larger table of known ATA drives. DEVICESCAN should work correctly
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| 504 | even on file systems containing XFS or JFS partitions, and on machines
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| 505 | that use devfs, even without traditional links.
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| 506 |
|
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| 507 | From this time on, even numbered releases will be 'stable' ones and
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| 508 | odd numbered releases (like 5.25) will be unstable/testing/development
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| 509 | releases.
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| 510 |
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| 511 |
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| 512 | Date: 2003-10-30
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| 513 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.23
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| 514 | -----------------------------------
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| 515 | This release has one known problem: DEVICESCAN device scanning does
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| 516 | not work correctly if the disk with the /dev directory also has XFS
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| 517 | or JFS file systems on it.
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| 518 |
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| 519 |
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| 520 | Date: 2003-10-28
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| 521 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.22
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| 522 | -----------------------------------
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| 523 | Replaces flawed 5.21 release: the -T verypermissive option had to be
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| 524 | entered as -T verpermissive. First experimental solaris support (SCSI
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| 525 | only). This release had a serious flaw: smartd left open file descriptors
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| 526 | for devices that it couldn't monitor.
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| 527 |
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| 528 |
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| 529 | Date: 2003-10-14
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| 530 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.21
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| 531 | -----------------------------------
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| 532 | Preliminary support for FreeBSD added to smartmontools. For FreeBSD,
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| 533 | ATA support requires a 5.1-CURRENT kernel while SCSI support should
|
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| 534 | work across multiple versions (any that support CAM).
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| 535 |
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| 536 |
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| 537 | Date: 2003-10-04
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| 538 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.20
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|---|
| 539 | -----------------------------------
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| 540 | Replaces flawed 5.19 release (which had a zero-length man page
|
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| 541 | smartd.conf.5).
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| 542 |
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| 543 |
|
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| 544 | Date: 2003-10-03
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| 545 | Summary: smartmontools release 5.19
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| 546 | -----------------------------------
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| 547 | This is the first release of smartmontools based on autoconf/automake.
|
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| 548 | For this reason, it is a very experimental release. Please let us
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| 549 | know in particular about documenation errors/omissions, missing or
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| 550 | unneccesary files, and similar oversights. The major changes are:
|
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| 551 | [1] installation scripts based on autoconfig/automake
|
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| 552 | [2] ./configure [options] lets you set arbitrary paths
|
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| 553 | [3] supports FHS with ./configure --prefix=/usr/local
|
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| 554 | [4] correct paths are inserted into all man pages, binaries, etc.
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| 555 | [5] tarballs and RPMs are now GPG-signed
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| 556 |
|
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| 557 |
|
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| 558 | Date: 2003-10-02 11:35
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| 559 | Summary: smartd SEGV
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| 560 | --------------------
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| 561 | Some versions of smartd, including smartmontools release 5.1-18, will
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| 562 | SEGV if the combination of Directives in /etc/smartd.conf contains
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| 563 | -l error
|
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| 564 | AND/OR
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| 565 | -l selftest
|
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| 566 | without any Attribute monitoring Directives. This is fixed in 5.19
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| 567 | and above.
|
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| 568 |
|
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| 569 | A good workaround is to add:
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| 570 | -o on
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| 571 | OR
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| 572 | -o off
|
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| 573 | to enable or disable automatic offline data collection.
|
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| 574 |
|
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| 575 |
|
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| 576 | Date: 2002-11-17 07:41
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| 577 | Summary: testunitready bug in smartd
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| 578 | ------------------------------------
|
|---|
| 579 | A bug in smartd prevented functioning on scsi devices.
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|---|
| 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
|
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| 582 | smartd -V
|
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| 583 | If the version of the module smartd.c in a line like:
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| 584 | Module: smartd.c revision: 1.66 date: 2002/11/17
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| 585 | has a revision greater than or equal to 1.30, and less than or
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| 586 | equal to 1.64, then your version of the code has this problem.
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| 587 |
|
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| 588 | This problem affected releases starting with RELEASE_5_0_16 up to and
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| 589 | including RELEASE_5_0_43.
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