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    1: smartmontools NEWS
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    3: $Id: NEWS,v 1.1.1.4 2013/10/14 07:54:03 misho Exp $
    4: 
    5: The most up-to-date version of this file is:
    6: http://sourceforge.net/p/smartmontools/code/HEAD/tree/trunk/smartmontools/NEWS
    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.
   23: 
   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: 
   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: 
  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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