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