1: smartmontools NEWS
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3: $Id: NEWS,v 1.1.1.1 2012/02/21 16:32:16 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 2011-10-20
9: Summary: smartmontools release 5.42
10: -----------------------------------------------------------
11: - smartctl option '-l devstat' (Device Statistics).
12: - smartctl option '-l ssd' (SSD endurance indicator).
13: - smartd logs identify information of each SCSI/SAS device.
14: - smartd resends warning emails if problem reappears.
15: - smartd directives '-l offlinests' and '-l selfteststs'.
16: - Many HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database.
17: - Platform-specific man pages.
18: - smartd.8 man page no longer includes smartd.conf.5.
19: - FreeBSD: Compilation fixes.
20: - FreeBSD: Support for Areca controllers.
21: - FreeBSD: Fix '-l scterc' support.
22: - FreeBSD: Support for 48-bit ATA commands.
23: - Linux: Support for Areca controllers enhanced.
24: - Windows installer: UAC support.
25: - Windows: update-smart-drivedb /S(ilent) option.
26: - Windows: improved USB ID detection.
27:
28: Date 2011-06-09
29: Summary: smartmontools release 5.41
30: -----------------------------------------------------------
31: - Failed self-tests outdated by a newer successful extended
32: self-test are no longer reported as errors.
33: - Support for ATA Long Logical/Physical Sectors (LLS/LPS).
34: - 'smartctl --scan-open' can create a draft smartd.conf.
35: - smartctl prints World Wide Name (WWN) of ATA device.
36: - smartctl option '-f brief' to select new attribute output
37: format which includes more flags and fits in 80 columns.
38: - smartd logs identify information and WWN of each ATA device.
39: - smartd logs warning from drive database if present.
40: - smartd logs changes of offline data collection status.
41: - smartd directive '-l scterc,READTIME,WRITETIME'.
42: - smartd preserves last scheduled selective self-tests span.
43: - 'smartd.service' file for systemd.
44: - configure option '--with-systemdsystemunitdir'
45: - configure option '--with-exampledir'.
46: - configure searches for init.d or rc.d directory.
47: - 'make install' does no longer overwrite an existing
48: smartd.conf file.
49: - 'update-smart-drivedb' does no longer require GNU sed.
50: - Many HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database.
51: - Linux USB autodetection: Enable '-d sat,16' for newer kernels.
52: - Linux megaraid: Fix segfault on non-data SCSI commands.
53: - Linux megaraid: Fix pass-through of non-data ATA commands.
54: - FreeBSD: Use 'fetch' in 'update-smart-drivedb'.
55: - OpenBSD: Use 'ftp' in 'update-smart-drivedb'.
56: - OpenBSD: Workaround for shell bug.
57: - OpenBSD: Fix DEVICESCAN for OpenBSD >= 4.8.
58: - Windows: Experimental support for Intel ICHxR RAID.
59: - Windows: DEVICESCAN includes USB devices.
60: - Windows: Faster USB ID detection.
61: - Windows: update-smart-drivedb tool.
62: - Windows installer: Option '/SO component,...'.
63: - Windows: Fix smartd warning email truncation on Win7.
64: - Windows installer: Fix shortcut removal on Vista/Win7.
65: - Windows: Add missing quotes in smartctl-run.bat and
66: smartd-run.bat
67:
68: Date 2010-10-16
69: Summary: smartmontools release 5.40
70: -----------------------------------------------------------
71: - Other config entries may precede smartd DEVICESCAN.
72: - Option '-v' allows to specify byte order of attribute raw value
73: - configure: New default value for '--with-docdir'.
74: - configure: '--enable-drivedb' is now the default.
75: - Improved support for Intel SSDs.
76: - Improved support for SandForce based SSDs.
77: - Drive database is in a separate source file 'drivedb.h'
78: which can be downloaded from SVN.
79: - USB ID info is now included in 'drivedb.h'.
80: - Many additions to drive database.
81: - New script 'update-smart-drivedb'.
82: - smartd libcap-ng support, option '-C, --capabilities'.
83: - smartd directive '-l xerror' to check Extended Comprehensive
84: SMART Error Log.
85: - smartctl option '-l scterc[,...]' to get/set the
86: SCT Error Recovery Control time limit.
87: - smartctl option '-t vendor,N'.
88: - smartctl options '--scan, --scan-open'.
89: - Linux: Add '/dev/sd[a-c][a-z]' to smartd DEVICESCAN.
90: - Linux: Support SATA drives on LSI 3ware 9750 controllers.
91: - Windows: Read 'drivedb.h' and 'smartd.conf' from exe directory.
92: - Windows: Support for 64-bit executables.
93: - Windows: Support for cross compilation on Linux.
94: - Fix regression in smartctl option '-t select,M-N'.
95: - Fix SCT temperature table commands on big endian CPUs.
96: - Fix regression in smartd SMARTD_DEVICE and SMARTD_DEVICETYPE
97: environment variables.
98:
99: Date 2010-01-28
100: Summary: smartmontools release 5.39.1
101: -----------------------------------------------------------
102: - Fix crash on kFreeBSD.
103: - Fix regression in smartctl option '-q, --quietmode'.
104: - Fix regression in smartd directive '-l selftest'.
105: - Linux: Allow smartd 'DEVICESCAN -d sat'.
106: - Linux: Fix spin-up of SATA drive if '-n standby' is used.
107: - Windows: Fix parsing of 3ware 'tw_cli' output.
108:
109: Date 2009-12-09
110: Summary: smartmontools release 5.39 (UNSTABLE/EXPERIMENTAL)
111: -----------------------------------------------------------
112: - Sourcecode repository moved from CVS to SVN
113: - Support for USB devices with Cypress, JMicron and Sunplus USB bridges
114: - USB device type autodetection for some devices on Linux, Windows and FreeBSD
115: (http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/smartmontools/wiki/Supported_USB-Devices)
116: - Support for Areca controllers on Linux
117: - Support for MegaRAID controllers on Linux
118: - Support for HighPoint RocketRAID controllers on FreeBSD
119: - Support RAID controllers using /dev/pass devices on FreeBSD
120: - Support CHECK_POWER_MODE and WRITE_LOG on FreeBSD
121: - Support for up to 128 devices on 3ware controllers
122: - smartctl option '-l xerror' to print ATA SMART Extended Comprehensive
123: Error Log
124: - smartctl option '-l xselftest' to print ATA SMART Extended Self-test Log
125: - smartctl option '-l sataphy' to print SATA Phy Event Counters
126: - smartctl option '-l sasphy' to print SAS device phy information
127: - smartctl options '-l gplog,...' and '-l smartlog,...' to print any log page
128: - smartctl option '-x' to print all extended info if available
129: - smartctl prints SCSI load/unload cycle counts
130: - Improve display of huge raw values of some SMART attributes
131: - Option '-d sat+TYPE' to use SAT with controllers which require '-d TYPE'
132: - Option '-v ID,RAW_FORMAT,ATTR_NAME' to add new vendor specific attributes
133: - Support for SSD drives using 64-bit raw attributes
134: - Many additions to drive database
135: - New simplified syntax for drive database
136: - Option '-B FILE' to read drive database from a file
137: - Configure option to add drive database file to distribution
138: - smartd can now handle attributes 197 and 198 with increasing raw values
139: - smartd logs changes of self-test execution status
140: - smartd directive '-n powermode,N' to limit the number of skipped checks
141: - smartd flag '!' for '-r' and '-R' directives to log changes as critical
142: - smartd supports scheduled Selective Self-Tests
143: - Self-tests scheduled during system downtime or disk standby are run after
144: next startup
145: - smartd option '-s PREFIX' to store smartd internal state until next startup
146: - smartd option '-A PREFIX' to log attributes at each check cycle
147: - Configure options to enable the above by default
148: - Change to an object oriented interface to access ATA and SCSI devices
149: - Linux, Win32 and FreeBSD modules migrated to new interface
150: - Rework of smartd data structures
151: - Checkin date and SVN revision and optional BUILD_INFO printed in version info
152: - Better support for GSmartControl on Windows
153: - SELinux fixes to 3ware device node creation
154: - Fix CCISS file descriptor leak on FreeBSD
155: - Compile fixes for Solaris and FreeBSD
156: - Use getaddrinfo() instead of gethostbyname() to support IPv6
157: - C++ Support for QNX Target, already tested for QNX 6.3.2 on x86 and
158: armle target
159: - Additional support for Samsung MLC flash drives
160: - New device type detection algorithm on FreeBSD, not based on filename
161: - Support for the adaX (ATA on CAM bus) devices on FreeBSD 8.0 and higher
162:
163: Date 2008-03-10
164: Summary: smartmontools release 5.38 (STABLE)
165: --------------------------------------------
166: This is a stable release of smartmontools. In addition to changes
167: below, it includes:
168: - Libata/Marvell driver devices no longer need explicit '-d' switch
169: - DEVICESCAN automatically detects libata/marvell driver SATA devices
170: - Fixed auto-offline/autosave support in FreeBSD
171: - SAT device type + SCSI generic devices work properly with smartd under Linux
172: - Many additions to drive database
173: - More portable autogen/autoconf/automake script set
174: - Additional Windows IOCTL route to access SMART data
175: - Some ATA-8 updates
176: - Smoother CCISS compilation support in Linux
177: - Dragonfly support
178: - Fixed some ATA identity byte swap problems on big endian CPUs
179: - Added support for the QNX operating system
180: - No-fork option added to smartd
181: - Improved device scanning and drive type recognition in Windows
182: - 3ware support for controllers with more disks (32 max)
183: - Improved Windows installer
184: - Improved SMART Attribute list and descriptions
185: - Fix to smartctl return codes
186: - Fix to scheduled tests on Highpoint RAID controllers
187: - New samsung firmware bug workaround option
188: - Auto-offline and Auto-save fixed in Linux + libata
189: - Solaris: better SCSI support and support for Sun compilers AND gcc
190: - Fixed and improvements to CCISS support
191: - More options for SCSI temperature monitoring and history
192: - Additional command line options for selective self-tests
193: - Compilation fixes for various platforms.
194:
195: See CHANGELOG for more details, or smartmontools SVN for still further
196: details.
197:
198: Date 2006-12-20
199: Summary: smartmontools release 5.37 (UNSTABLE/EXPERIMENTAL)
200: -----------------------------------------------------------
201: This is an unstable/experimental release of smartmontools.
202: It includes:
203:
204: - Many additions to the table of known drives
205: - SAT (SCSI/ATA Translation) support
206: - SCSI background scan results log
207: - smartd -W directive for temperature tracking and warning
208: - smartctl -n option to check power state
209: - improved smartd power state logging
210: - CCISS support under Linux
211: - HighPoint RocketRAID support under Linux
212: - 3ware RAID support under Windows
213: - SPT interface for SCSI devices under Windows
214: - ATA selective self test under Windows XP/2003
215: - NSIS installer support for Windows version
216: - Started move from C to C++
217: - Various other improvements
218:
219:
220: Date 2006-04-12
221: Summary: smartmontools release 5.36 (STABLE)
222: -----------------------------------------------------------
223: This is a stable smartmontools release. The 5.34 version
224: described just below was never officially released because
225: Bruce Allen decided to wait until Linux support for
226: accessing SATA devices through libata was in the official
227: kernel.org sources. Changes include:
228:
229: - Win 2000/XP:ability to cancel drive self-tests
230: - Additions to the table of known drives
231: - FreeBSD support for 3ware char device interface and
232: multiple 3ware cards
233: - Various cygwin improvements for running as service
234: - Works 'out of the box' with Linux SATA libata
235: - smartd option added to list test schedules
236: - smartctl option added to list part of drive database
237: - various improvements for SCSI disks and logs
238:
239:
240: Date 2005-04-19
241: Summary: smartmontools release 5.34 (STABLE)
242: -----------------------------------------------------------
243: This is a stable smartmontools release. It includes:
244: - OS/2 and eComStation support
245: All Platforms:
246: - Printing of drive family info
247: - SCSI disks: output size of grown defect list
248: - Added info about drive family to 'smartctl -i' output.
249: - Added option ',q' for smartd '-n' directive to suppress
250: 'skipping checks' message which may spin up laptop disk.
251: - Added message if smartd '-n' check power mode spins up disk.
252: Cygwin and Windows:
253: - Added info about Windows version and service pack to banner line.
254: - Added support for smartd '-n' directive for Win2000/XP.
255: - Added support for READ_LOG for WinNT4 also.
256: - Fixed bug that prevents display of empty logs on Win2000/XP
257: - Fixed use of cached smart enabled state in 'smartctl -i' output.
258: Windows:
259: - Fixed bug that prevents running smartd as service on WinNT4.
260:
261:
262: Date 2004-9-5
263: Summary: smartmontools release 5.33 (UNSTABLE/EXPERIMENTAL)
264: -----------------------------------------------------------
265: This is an unstable/experimental release of smartmontools. It includes
266: - support for Darwin/Mac OSX
267: - support for OpenBSD
268: - support for 3ware ATA RAID controllers under FreeBSD
269: - support for 3ware 9500 series SATA RAID controllers under
270: Linux. Use /dev/twa[0-15] devices to access these.
271: - support for 3ware character device interfaces /dev/twe[0-15]
272: under Linux. This allows (for example) Selective Self-tests.
273: - support for Marvell chip-set based SATA controllers under Linux.
274: - smartd mail now works also under Windows (using "Blat" mailer).
275: - smartd can now be run as a Windows service.
276: Please report sucess/failure with these items to the
277: smartmontools-support mailing list.
278:
279:
280: Date 2004-7-5
281: Summary: smartmontools release 5.32 (STABLE)
282: -----------------------------------------------------------
283: This is an stable release of smartmontools.
284: Note added 2004/7/7: users building a Solaris/Intel version of the code should
285: modify the 'configure' file, changing "pc-*-solaris*" on line 106
286: to read "*-pc-solaris*". Reference:
287: http://smartmontools.cvs.sourceforge.net/smartmontools/sm5/configure.in?r1=1.83&r2=1.84
288:
289:
290: Date: 2004-5-4
291: Summary: smartmontools release 5.31 (UNSTABLE/EXPERIMENTAL)
292: -----------------------------------------------------------
293: This is an unstable/experimental release of smartmontools. It includes
294: several new features:
295: - Windows smartd daemon
296: - smartd now monitors current and pending sector counts
297: - Support for ATA-7 selective self-test features (Linux/NetBSD only)
298: Please report sucess/failure with this option to the smartmontools-support
299: mailing list.
300:
301: Date: 2004-3-6
302: Summary: smartmontools release 5.30 (STABLE)
303: --------------------------------------------
304: This is a stable release of smartmontools: the first stable release
305: since 5.26.
306: - KNOWN BUG (identified/fixed by CF): smartd will segv and crash if
307: the configuration file /etc/smartd.conf contains NO valid entries.
308: This bug was introduced in version 1.259 of smartd.c by BA and
309: is present in smartmontools releases 5.27-5.30 inclusive. This can
310: be fixed by editing line 3165 of smartd.c, and changing:
311: "else if (cfgentries[0]) {"
312: to read:
313: "else if (cfgentries && cfgentries[0]) {"
314:
315:
316: Date: 2004-2-24
317: Summary: smartmontools release 5.29 (Experimental, not STABLE)
318: --------------------------------------------------------------
319: This is another experimental release, to replace the 5.27 release that
320: had a damaged configure script. The next stable release will be 5.30
321: - This release has SCSI support for NetBSD
322:
323:
324: Date: 2004-2-12
325: Summary: smartmontools release 5.27 (Experimental, not STABLE)
326: --------------------------------------------------------------
327: - WARNING: this release has a broken --prefix=/a/path option to the
328: configure script. The consequence is that smartd will not look for the
329: configuration file (smartd.conf) at the desired location.
330: - NetBSD support added
331: - A new Directive (-s) for smartd.conf now enables flexible automatic
332: scheduled self-testing for both ATA and SCSI devices.
333: - Solaris now has ATA device support (SPARC only)
334: - A new Directive (-n) for smartd.conf to avoid spinning up disks
335: - Errors when smartd sends mail are now logged to SYSLOG
336: - Solaris smartd mail now works correctly (uses mailx not mail)
337:
338:
339: Date: 2003-11-29
340: Summary: smartmontools release 5.26
341: -----------------------------------
342: This is a stable smartmontools release. The only known problem is
343: that under Solaris, the email features of smartd do not work 'out of
344: the box'. Three workarounds are:
345: [1] use '-M exec mailx' in /etc/smartd.conf
346: [2] in the start script for smartd, put /usr/ucb into PATH before
347: /bin
348: [3] upgrade to release 5.27 or later, or the latest CVS snapshot
349:
350:
351: Date: 2003-11-19
352: Summary: smartmontools release 5.25
353: -----------------------------------
354: This release should not hang when accessing USB devices. It provides
355: smartd SCSI self-test log monitoring for self-test errors, and a
356: larger table of known ATA drives. DEVICESCAN should work correctly
357: even on file systems containing XFS or JFS partitions, and on machines
358: that use devfs, even without traditional links.
359:
360: From this time on, even numbered releases will be 'stable' ones and
361: odd numbered releases (like 5.25) will be unstable/testing/development
362: releases.
363:
364:
365: Date: 2003-10-30
366: Summary: smartmontools release 5.23
367: -----------------------------------
368: This release has one known problem: DEVICESCAN device scanning does
369: not work correctly if the disk with the /dev directory also has XFS
370: or JFS file systems on it.
371:
372:
373: Date: 2003-10-28
374: Summary: smartmontools release 5.22
375: -----------------------------------
376: Replaces flawed 5.21 release: the -T verypermissive option had to be
377: entered as -T verpermissive. First experimental solaris support (SCSI
378: only). This release had a serious flaw: smartd left open file descriptors
379: for devices that it couldn't monitor.
380:
381:
382: Date: 2003-10-14
383: Summary: smartmontools release 5.21
384: -----------------------------------
385: Preliminary support for FreeBSD added to smartmontools. For FreeBSD,
386: ATA support requires a 5.1-CURRENT kernel while SCSI support should
387: work across multiple versions (any that support CAM).
388:
389:
390: Date: 2003-10-04
391: Summary: smartmontools release 5.20
392: -----------------------------------
393: Replaces flawed 5.19 release (which had a zero-length man page
394: smartd.conf.5).
395:
396:
397: Date: 2003-10-03
398: Summary: smartmontools release 5.19
399: -----------------------------------
400: This is the first release of smartmontools based on autoconf/automake.
401: For this reason, it is a very experimental release. Please let us
402: know in particular about documenation errors/omissions, missing or
403: unneccesary files, and similar oversights. The major changes are:
404: [1] installation scripts based on autoconfig/automake
405: [2] ./configure [options] lets you set arbitrary paths
406: [3] supports FHS with ./configure --prefix=/usr/local
407: [4] correct paths are inserted into all man pages, binaries, etc.
408: [5] tarballs and RPMs are now GPG-signed
409:
410:
411: Date: 2003-10-02 11:35
412: Summary: smartd SEGV
413: --------------------
414: Some versions of smartd, including smartmontools release 5.1-18, will
415: SEGV if the combination of Directives in /etc/smartd.conf contains
416: -l error
417: AND/OR
418: -l selftest
419: without any Attribute monitoring Directives. This is fixed in 5.19
420: and above.
421:
422: A good workaround is to add:
423: -o on
424: OR
425: -o off
426: to enable or disable automatic offline data collection.
427:
428:
429: Date: 2002-11-17 07:41
430: Summary: testunitready bug in smartd
431: ------------------------------------
432: A bug in smartd prevented functioning on scsi devices.
433: The bug in question only affects smartd users with scsi devices.
434: To see if your version of smartd has the testunitready() bug, do
435: smartd -V
436: If the version of the module smartd.c in a line like:
437: Module: smartd.c revision: 1.66 date: 2002/11/17
438: has a revision greater than or equal to 1.30, and less than or
439: equal to 1.64, then your version of the code has this problem.
440:
441: This problem affected releases starting with RELEASE_5_0_16 up to and
442: including RELEASE_5_0_43.
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