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

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