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@@ -0,0 +1,962 @@ +smartmontools NEWS +------------------ +$Id: NEWS 5530 2023-08-01 11:00:21Z chrfranke $ + +The most up-to-date version of this file is: +https://www.smartmontools.org/browser/trunk/smartmontools/NEWS + +Date 2023-08-01 +Summary: smartmontools release 7.4 +----------------------------------------------------------- +- The docker image used for CI and release builds is now based on + Debian 12 instead of Ubuntu 18.04. +- macOS: CI and release builds are now generated for the x86_64 and arm64 + targets. 32 bit platforms will require to be compiled from the source. +- smartctl '-t short', '-t long' and '-X': NVMe support. +- smartctl '-l selftest': NVMe support. +- smartctl '-l farm': Prints Seagate's vendor-specific Field Access + Reliability Metrics (FARM) log for ATA and SCSI drives. +- smartctl '-l error': Now also prints an error message for each entry + of NVMe error information log. +- smartctl '-l genstats': Prints SCSI General statistics and performance + log page. +- smartctl '-i' and '--identify': ACS-4/5/6 enhancements. +- smartctl '-c': Added NVMe 2.0 capability flags. +- smartctl '-g security': Added 'ata_security.master_password_id' + to JSON output. Plaintext output shows Master Password ID if set + to a non-default value. +- smartctl '-q noserial': Now also suppresses the output of NVMe Namespace + IEEE EUI-64. +- smartctl '-j': '-l error -l selftest' JSON output for NVMe devices. +- smartctl '-j': Avoid invalid UTF-8 sequences in JSON/YAML strings. +- smartctl '-j': Fixed a bogus exception during SCSI JSON output. +- smartctl '-j': Renamed JSON element 'scsi_temperature' back to + 'temperature' (regression). +- smartctl '-a': Now suggests '-x' for ATA devices because '-a' only + provides legacy SMART information. +- smartd: No longer issues LOG_CRIT warnings if new entries of NVMe error + information log do not indicate device problems. +- smartd: Now detects accidental use of smartd_warning script as + '-M exec' parameter. +- smartd: No longer writes the 'Copyright...' line to syslog. +- smartd.conf '-M always': Sends reminder emails without any delay. +- smartd.conf '-M diminishing': Limited email delay to 32 days. +- ATA: Fixed decoding of extended self-test log on big endian hosts. +- ATA: Enhanced LBA range for device types '-d jmb39x-q,...' and + '-d jms56x,...' from 33-62 to 1-255. +- ATA: Device type '-d intelliprop,N' now fails with a deprecation message. + Added '-d intelliprop,N,force' flag to use it anyway. +- ATA/USB: Device type '-d usbasm1352r,N' for ASMedia ASM1352R USB to SATA + RAID bridges +- SCSI: Fixed possible corruption issue with the Error Counter and + Non medium Error log pages. +- SCSI: Added more "Informational Exceptions" strings. +- SCSI: Added initial support for REPORT SUPPORTED OPERATION command. +- SCSI: Initial rework of SCSI debug output. +- NVMe: Added error messages for NVMe status values. +- NVMe: Fixed crash after read of error information log on big endian hosts. +- HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database. +- update-smart-drivedb: Fixed syntax for 'sed' versions which require + ';' before '}' or do not support ';' at all. +- update-smart-drivedb: Replaced a usually not executed bashism. +- configure: Default for '--with-nvme-devicescan' is now 'yes' also on + Darwin and FreeBSD. It is still 'no' on NetBSD only. +- configure: Defines '_FORTIFY_SOURCE=3' if supported and not predefined. +- configure: No longer fails if libsystemd-dev is installed and + 'LDFLAGS=-static' is used. +- Compile fix for systems without legacy 'getdtablesize()'. +- Pre-releases from SVN snapshots now show "pre-VERSION" in version + information and 'smartctl.pre_release=true' in JSON output. +- Linux: Device type '-d sssraid' for 3SNIC RAID controllers. +- Linux: Device type '-d marvell' now fails with a deprecation message. + Added '-d marvell,force' flag to use it anyway. +- Linux: The generic SCSI code now defaults to SG_IO_V3 and does no + longer fall back to the deprecated SCSI_IOCTL_SEND_COMMAND + (but this ioctl is still used for '-d 3ware' and '-d marvell,force'). +- Linux smartd: Now prevents systemd unit startup timeout when many + devices are registered and then initially checked. +- Linux smartd: Systemd no longer reports a service failure if no device + is present and a '-q *nodev0*' option is used. +- Solaris SPARC: Dropped legacy ATA support. Dropped configure option + '--with-solaris-sparc-ata'. +- Windows: IOCTL_STORAGE_PROTOCOL_COMMAND variant for NVMe self-tests. +- Windows: Installer now defaults to 64-bit executables. +- Windows: No longer prints bogus 'Local Time' if enhanced TZ syntax is used. +- Windows: Workaround to keep backward compatibility with old versions + of Windows if some versions of MinGW-w64 are used. + +Date 2022-02-28 +Summary: smartmontools release 7.3 +----------------------------------------------------------- +- smartctl '-j': Many additions to the JSON output for SCSI/SAS devices. +- smartctl '-j': JSON output always includes timestamp, regardless of '-i'. +- smartctl '-i' and '--identify': ATA ACS-5 enhancements. +- smartctl '-l defects': additionally works for SCSI Pending Defects log + subpage. +- smartctl '-l envrep': Prints SCSI Environmental Reporting log subpage. +- smartctl '-l scterc[,R,W],p': Gets/sets the persistent power-on values. +- smartctl '-l scterc,reset': Restores to manufacturer's default values. +- smartctl '-l tapedevstat': Prints SCSI Tape Device Statistics log page. +- smartctl '-l tapealert': Prints SCSI Tape Alert log page. +- smartctl '-l zdevstat': Prints SCSI Zoned Block Device Statistics log + subpage. +- smartctl '-H': No longer checks and clears the SCSI Tape Alert log page + unless the option is given twice. +- smartctl '-H': No longer sets bit 2 of exit status if ATA attributes are + available. +- smartctl '-H': Checks new NVME 1.4 status bit. +- smartctl '-n POWERMODE': ATA: Optionally exits immediately if unsupported. +- smartctl: Support for Zoned block device characteristics and statistics. +- smartctl: Various fixes related to SCSI supported log pages and subpages. +- smartd: Fixed code execution vulnerability in conjunction with + GNU mailutils < 3.13. +- smartd '-u USER[:GROUP]': Runs the warning script as a non-privileged user. +- smartd '--capabilities': No longer suppresses mail notification. +- smartd '--capabilities=mail': Adds capabilities required for exim MTA. +- smartd '-q *nodev0*': Three new options to change the exit status to 0 if + there are no devices to monitor. +- smartd '-s' and '-A': Allows one to disable preconfigured files with '-'. +- smartd: Fixed handling of multiple email addresses in conjunction with + plugin scripts. Added new environment variable SMARTD_ADDRESS_ORIG. +- smartd: No longer writes 'smartd -D' output to syslog on syntax error. +- smartd.conf '-c i=N': Allows one to specify device specific check intervals. +- SCSI: Retry on UNIT ATTENTION when fetching capacity. +- NVMe/USB: Device type '-d sntasmedia' for ASMedia ASM2362 USB to + NVMe bridges. +- VERSION information in drive database files of all branches. +- smartctl and smartd print drive database VERSION information. +- HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database. +- update-smart-drivedb: Now checks VERSION information to prevent downgrades. +- update-smart-drivedb '--force': Overrides the VERSION check. +- update-smart-drivedb '--file' and '--url': Updates from local files or + other URLs. +- update-smart-drivedb '-q': Suppresses info messages. +- update-smart-drivedb: Added long option variants for all short options. +- update-smart-drivedb: Prevents dangling gpg-agents and temp directories. +- update-smart-drivedb '--install': Installs runtime drivedb.h from location + specified by ... +- configure '--with-drivedbinstdir: drivedb.h package install location. +- configure: SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH prevents inclusion of configure arguments + in executables. +- configure: Check for '-fstack-protector' now includes the required libs. +- Dropped restriction to C++98, a C++11 compiler is now required. +- Linux: Device scan range enhanced to '/dev/sdzz'. +- Linux: Fixed access to '-d aacraid' and '-d megaraid' devices from smartd + if '--capabilities' is used. +- Linux: '-d cciss,N' is no longer required for non-RAID hpsa devices. +- Darwin: smartctl '-s apm,N' is now supported. +- OpenBSD: Fixed too short command timeouts. +- OpenBSD: Fixed device name used for autodetection. +- OpenBSD: Fixed SAT autodetection of sd* devices. +- FreeBSD: Added direct access ('-d megaraid,N') and scanning for LSI RAID on + 'mfi' and 'mrsas' controllers. +- Windows: smartd '-u restricted': Runs the warning script with a restricted + access token. +- Windows: New script 'update-smartd-drivedb.ps1' provides gpg verification + and replaces 'update-smartd-drivedb.exe'. +- Windows: Disabled '-d aacraid' support due to unresolved bugs. + Added '-d accraid,...,force' flag to try anyway. + +Date 2020-12-30 +Summary: smartmontools release 7.2 +----------------------------------------------------------- +- smartctl: New option '--json=y[c]' selects YAML output. +- smartctl '-i': Prints ATA TRIM and Zoned Device capabilities. +- smartctl '-j': Fixed 'scsi_grown_defect_list' value. +- smartctl '-a': Prints SCSI 'Accumulated power on time'. +- smartctl '-n POWERMODE': SCSI support. +- smartctl '-s standby,now' and '-s standby,off': SCSI support. +- smartctl '-c': NVMe 1.4 additions. +- smartd: Support for staggered self-tests. +- smartd: No longer writes attribute log if no attributes were read + due to standby mode or other error. +- smartd: Now resolves symlinks before device names are checked for + duplicates. +- smartd: Fixed SMARTD_DEVICETYPE environment variable if DEVICESCAN is + used without '-d TYPE'. +- ATA: Device type '-d jmb39x-q,N' for JMB39x protocol variant used by + some QNAP NAS devices. +- ATA: Device type '-d jms56x,N' for JMS562 USB to SATA RAID bridges. +- SCSI: Improved heuristics for log subpages of new and very old disks. +- NVMe: Log transfer size limited to avoid device or kernel crashes. +- NVMe/USB: Device type '-d sntrealtek' for Realtek RTL9210 USB to + NVMe bridges. +- update-smart-drivedb: New option '--branch X.Y'. +- HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database. +- Dropped support for pre-C99 snprintf(). +- configure: Dropped option '--without-working-snprintf'. +- configure: Fixed '-fstack-protector*' detection. +- Linux: Various fixes of smartd.service file. +- Darwin: NVMe log support. +- FreeBSD: Device scan does no longer include T_ENCLOSURE devices. +- NetBSD: Fixed timeout handling. +- NetBSD big endian: Fixed ATA register handling. +- OpenBSD: Fixed timeout handling. +- Windows: Dropped backward compatibility fixes for very old compilers. + +Date 2019-12-30 +Summary: smartmontools release 7.1 +----------------------------------------------------------- +- smartctl: Fixed bogus exception on unknown form factor value (regression). +- smartctl '--json=cg': Suppresses extra spaces also in 'g' format. +- smartctl '-i': ATA ACS-4 and ACS-5 enhancements. +- smartd: No longer truncates very long device names in warning emails. +- smartd: No longer skips scheduled tests if system clock has been adjusted + to the past. +- smartd '-A': Attribute logs now use local time instead of UTC. +- ATA: Device type '-d jmb39x,N' for drives behind JMicron JMB39x RAID port + multipliers. +- SCSI: Workaround for incomplete Log subpages response from some SAS SSDs. +- HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database. +- Autodetection of '-d sntjmicron' type for JMicron USB to NVMe bridges. +- configure: Defines '_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2' if supported and not defined. +- Linux/FreeBSD: Fixed segfault on CCISS transfer sizes > 512 bytes. +- Linux: Fixed smartd.service 'Type' if libsystemd-dev is not available. +- Linux: Fixed '/dev/megaraid_sas_ioctl_node' fd leak. +- Linux: Fixed GPL licensing problem of 'linux_nvme_ioctl.h'. +- FreeBSD update-smart-drivedb: Now uses 'fetch' as default download tool. +- FreeBSD big endian: Fixed NVMe access. +- FreeBSD: Compile fix for FreeBSD 12. +- NetBSD: Fixed device scan crash on empty name list. +- NetBSD: Fixed memory leak in device scan. +- Windows: Fixed log page access via Windows 10 NVMe driver for NVMe 1.2.1+. +- Windows: Allow drive letters as device names for Windows 10 NVMe driver. +- Windows: Workround to allow CSMI access to devices behind AMD RAID drivers. +- Windows: Fixed MinGW options to add relocation info if ASLR is enabled. +- Windows wtssendmsg: No longer writes '\n' line endings to event log. +- Windows wtssendmsg: New options '-t' and '-w'. + +Date 2018-12-30 +Summary: smartmontools release 7.0 +----------------------------------------------------------- +- smartctl: New options '-j' and '--json[=giosu]' to enable experimental + JSON output mode. Also supports an alternative flat format suitable + for grep ('--json=g'). +- smartctl '-l devstat': Fix for logs with 256 sectors. +- smartctl '-l error': Prints SCSI Pending Defects log page if supported. +- smartctl '-H': Prints SCSI Format Status log page if supported. +- smartctl '-x': Now includes '-l defects'. +- NVMe/USB: Device type '-d sntjmicron' for NVMe drives behind JMicron USB + to NVMe bridges. +- NVMe: SMART/Health Information and Error Information are always read with + broadcast NSID. +- SCSI: Various improvements for the decoding of log pages. +- SCSI: Improved handling of READ CAPACITY command. +- SCSI: Support for SAS host managed drives. +- New option '-d scsi+TYPE' to disable SAT auto detection for 'aacraid' + and 'cciss'. +- update-smart-drivedb: New option '-u github'. +- update-smart-drivedb: New signing key. +- configure: New options '--with-cxx11-regex' and '--with-libsystemd'. +- configure: Default for '--with-nvme-devicescan' is now 'yes' on Linux + and Windows. +- configure: Default for '--with-scriptpath' now includes '/usr/local/bin'. +- configure: Options '-with-initscriptdir=[auto|yes]' are no longer + supported. +- Reworked handling of unaligned LE and BE integers. +- Dropped various backward compatibility fixes for very old compilers. +- Replaced GPL header with 'SPDX-License-Identifier' in all source files. +- HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database. +- Always use '-d sat' for USB vendor IDs with known SAT support. +- Linux: Device scan with '-d by-id' scans '/dev/disk/by-id/*' symlinks. +- Linux: Dropped device scan support for devfs. +- Linux: Fixed device scan with multiple '-d TYPE' options. +- Linux: Fixed device scan crash on missing '/proc/devices'. +- Linux: USB ID detection also for '/dev/sgN'. +- Linux: Compile fix for systems with musl libc. +- Linux smartd: Could now run as systemd service with 'Type=notify' set. +- FreeBSD: NVMe device scanning. +- FreeBSD: Various compile fixes. +- NetBSD: Fixed regression in name based device type detection. +- NetBSD big endian: Fixed regression in ATA code. +- NetBSD big endian: Fixed byte ordering of ATA IDENTIFY data from USB/SAT + drives. +- Windows: Improved search for actual CSMI port number. +- Windows: Installer includes VERSIONINFO resource. + +Date 2017-11-05 +Summary: smartmontools release 6.6 +----------------------------------------------------------- +- smartctl '-i' and '--identify': ATA ACS-4 and SATA 3.3 enhancements. +- smartctl: Control ATA write cache through SCT Feature Control + with '-s wcache-sct,ata|on|off[,p]' and '-g wcache-sct'. +- smartctl: Print ATA Pending Defects log with '-l defects'. +- smartctl '-s wcreorder,on|off': New persistent flag ',p'. +- smartctl '-s standby': Prevent temporary drive spinup. +- smartctl '-n POWERMODE': New parameter to set exit status. +- smartctl '-g security': ATA Security Level check fixed. +- smartctl '-l scttemp*': Print minimum supported ERC Time Limit. +- smartctl '-q noserial': Now also suppresses "SAS address" output. +- smartctl '-i': Print IEEE EUI-64 of NVMe namespace. +- smartctl '-c': Print NVMe 1.3 feature flags. +- smartctl '-A': Print NVMe 1.3 thermal temperature transition + statistic. +- smartctl '-g/s dsn': Get/set ATA DSN. +- smartd: Uses also device identify information to detect for duplicate + devices. +- smartd '-e dsn' directive: Set ATA DSN. +- smartd: Improved SCSI/SAS temperature logging. +- smartd: Silence emails and log messages on open errors of + '-d removable' devices. +- smartd: Exit on device open error unless '-q never' or '-d removable' + is specified (regression). +- update-smart-drivedb: Now authenticates downloaded file with GnuPG. +- update-smart-drivedb: New options '--trunk', '--no-verify' and + '--export-key'. +- Device type '-d intelliprop,N' for IntelliProp controllers. +- SCSI: Default timeout increased to 1 minute. +- configure: New options '--with-gnupg', '--with-scriptpath' and + '--with-update-smart-drivedb=X.Y' +- configure: Checks for C++11 support option and requires + '--with[out]-cxx11-option' if option unknown or no C++11 support. +- HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database. +- New smartmontools-* mailing list addresses. +- Man page formatting reworked. +- Linux: Uses SG_IO V4 API if supported. +- Linux: Devices behind hpsa driver are no longer detected as regular + SCSI devices. +- Darwin: Initial NVMe support based on undocumented API. +- FreeBSD: Fix panic on INVARIANTS enabled kernel. +- FreeBSD: Improve ATA SMART STATUS check for legacy controllers. +- FreeBSD: Compile fix for FreeBSD-11 and newer. +- NetBSD: NVMe support. +- NetBSD: Full 28-bit ATA support. +- NetBSD: Compile fix. +- NetBSD: Use a raw disk device file. +- OpenBSD: Compile fix. +- OS/2: Support for the OS2AHCI driver, updating source code, + adding autoscan support, adding self-test support. +- Windows: Support for Windows 10 NVMe driver (stornvme.sys). +- Windows: Fix CSMI access for IRST driver 15.2. +- Windows smartd: Ability to run PowerShell scripts with '-M exec'. +- Windows smartd: New PowerShell script to send smartd warning emails + without external tools. +- Windows package: Now provides PDF man pages. + +Date 2016-05-07 +Summary: smartmontools release 6.5 +----------------------------------------------------------- +- Experimental support for NVMe devices on FreeBSD, Linux and Windows. +- smartctl '-i', '-c', '-H' and '-l error': NVMe support. +- smartctl '-l nvmelog': New option for NVMe. +- smartd.conf '-H', '-l error' and '-W': NVMe support. +- Optional NVMe device scanning support on Linux and Windows. +- configure option '--with-nvme-devicescan' to include NVMe in + default device scanning result. +- Device scanning now allows one to specify multiple '-d TYPE' options. +- ATA: Added new POWER MODE values introduced in ATA ACS-2. +- ATA: SCT commands are no longer issued if ATA Security is locked. +- SCSI: LB provisioning improvements. +- SCSI: Fixed GLTSD bit set/cleared info messages. +- SCSI: Solid State media log page is no longer checked for tapes. +- SCSI: Improved handling when no tape cartridge in drive. +- SCSI: Workaround for buggy Seagate firmware. +- SAT: Improved heuristics to detect bogus sense data from SAT layer. +- smartd: Fixed crash on missing argument to '-s' directive. +- update-smart-drivedb: Now uses HTTPS for download by default. +- update-smart-drivedb: New options to select URL and download tool. +- update-smart-drivedb: New download tool 'svn'. +- configure option '--without-update-smart-drivedb' to disable + update-smart-drivedb script. +- configure options '--disable-drivedb', '--enable-savestates', + '--enable-attributelog' and '--with-docdir' are no longer supported. +- autoconf < 2.60 and automake < 1.10 are no longer supported. +- Drive database file now also includes the DEFAULT setting + for each attribute. +- HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database. +- Darwin: New support files for package installer. + New makefile target 'install-darwin' builds DMG image. +- Solaris: Auto detection of SATA devices behind SAT layer. +- Solaris SPARC: Legacy ATA support disabled by default. + New configure option '--with-solaris-sparc-ata' enables it. + File os_solaris_ata.s is no longer included in source tarball. +- Windows: Auto detection of USB devices specified by drive letter. +- Windows: Device scanning does no longer ignore unknown USB devices. +- Windows: Prevent drive spin up by '-n standby' check. +- Windows: New application manifests indicating Win 10 support. +- Windows smartd: '-m [sys]msgbox' is no longer supported. +- Windows installer: Defaults to 64-bit version on 64-bit Windows. +- Various code changes suggested by Clang Static Analyser and Cppcheck. + +Date 2015-06-04 +Summary: smartmontools release 6.4 +----------------------------------------------------------- +- Device type '-d usbprolific' for Prolific PL2571/277x USB bridges. +- SAT: Support for ATA registers returned in fixed format sense data. +- smartctl '-i' and '--identify': ATA ACS-4 and SATA 3.2 enhancements. +- smartctl '-l xerror': Support for logs with more than 255 pages. +- smartctl '-l devstat': Prints ACS-3 DSN flags. +- smartctl '-l devstat': Read via SMART command if GP log is not + available. +- smartctl '-l scttempsts': Prints SCT SMART STATUS (ACS-4) and + vendor specific SCT bytes. +- configure option '--with-systemdenvfile=auto' as new default. +- configure options '--disable-drivedb', '--enable-savestates' + and '--enable-attributelog' are deprecated. +- Corresponding '--with-*' options are enhanced accordingly. +- Configure option '--with-docdir' is deprecated. +- autoconf < 2.60 and automake < 1.10 are deprecated. + (all of the above still work but a warning is printed if used) +- HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database. +- Linux: AACRAID fixes, SMART STATUS should work now. +- Linux: '/dev/megaraid_sas_ioctl_node' fd leak fix. +- Darwin: '-S' command implemented, '-l devstat' should work now. +- Cygwin: Compile fix. +- Windows: Device type '-d aacraid' for AACRAID controllers. +- Windows: SAT autodetection based on IOCTL_STORAGE_QUERY_PROPERTY. +- Windows installer: Fix possible loss of user PATH environment variable. + +Date 2014-07-26 +Summary: smartmontools release 6.3 +----------------------------------------------------------- +- smartctl: Fixed bogus error messages from '-g/-s wcreorder'. +- smartctl prints ATA form factor. +- SCSI: Improved support of modern disks (SAS SSDs). +- SCSI: Fixed sense data noise from old disks. +- update-smart-drivedb man page. +- configure option '--with-smartdscriptdir'. +- configure option '--with-smartdplugindir'. +- configure option '--with-systemdenvfile'. +- configure option '--with-working-snprintf'. +- Removed build time stamps to support reproducible builds. +- Compile fixes for C++11. +- HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database. +- Linux: Support for controllers behind AACRAID driver. +- Linux: Fixed DEVICESCAN max path count. +- FreeBSD: Fixed possible crash caused by wrong SCSI error handling. +- FreeBSD: Compile fix for kFreeBSD. +- Windows: Reworked CSMI port scanning. +- QNX: Compile fix. + +Date 2013-07-26 +Summary: smartmontools release 6.2 +----------------------------------------------------------- +- smartctl: Added ATA write cache reordering control using + '-g wcreorder' and '-s wcreorder,[on|off]' options. +- update-smart-drivedb: Updated for new SVN repository. +- HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database. +- Areca RAID support: Fixed possible segfault on empty port. +- HPT RAID support: Maximum disk number increased to 128. +- Linux: RHEL 9 compile fixes. +- FreeBSD: Device scanning now skips port multipliers. +- Cygwin: 64-bit compile fixes. +- Windows: Fixed bogus temp file name in smartd_warning.cmd + (already included in smartmontools-6.1-2.win32-setup.exe). +- Windows: smartd service is no longer installed as interactive. + +Date 2013-03-16 +Summary: smartmontools release 6.1 +----------------------------------------------------------- +- smartctl '-l directory': improved output format. +- smartctl: Fix parsing of '-l select,cont+SIZE' option. +- smartctl prints ATA Additional Product Id (OEM Id). +- smartctl '-s/-g wcache' for SCSI devices to control write cache. +- smartctl '-s/-g rcache' for SCSI devices to control read cache. +- smartctl prints more info for SCSI devices: media rotation rate, + form factor, physical block size, lowest LBA alignment, + logical block provisioning, disk protection type + and selftest progress status. +- smartctl '--identify' updated for latest ATA ACS-3 spec. +- smartd runs /etc/smartd_warning.sh to generate warning emails + (Windows: smartd_warning.cmd). +- smartd '-w PATH' option to specify this executable. +- smartd '-d ignore' directive. +- smartd DEVICESCAN ignores devices already specified. +- smartd: added support for state persistence ('-s') and attribute logging + ('-A') for SCSI devices. +- smartd '-W' directive uses ATA attribute 190 if 194 is missing. +- Support of larger SCSI defect lists via READ DEFECT(12). +- Device type '-d usbjmicron,p' for Prolific USB bridges. +- Many HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database. +- Linux: Support for SAS disks behind Areca controllers. +- Linux: Improved support for SATA disks on LSI/Megaraid controllers +- Linux: disks on MegaRaid controllers are automatically scanned +- FreeBSD: Support for SAS disks behind Areca controllers. +- FreeBSD: Enhanced ATA command support for 3ware. +- FreeBSD: Support for 3ware 9750 (/dev/twsX). +- FreeBSD: Fixed support for 48-bit ATA commands on legacy controllers + with ATACAM driver. +- FreeBSD: Improved support for SAS/SCSI disks on LSI/Megaraid controllers. +- Windows: smartd.conf '-M exec' supports path names with spaces. +- Windows: Tool wtssendmsg.exe to handle smartd.conf '-m console'. +- Windows: DEVICESCAN now supports up to 128 drives. +- Windows: smartctl.exe and smartd.exe include VERSIONINFO resource. +- Windows: smartd.exe includes MESSAGETABLE resource. +- Windows: syslogevt.exe is no longer provided. + +Date 2012-10-10 +Summary: smartmontools release 6.0 +----------------------------------------------------------- +- option/directive '-F nologdir' and '-F xerrorlba'. +- smartctl '--identify' option. +- smartctl prints nominal media rotation rate (ATA). +- smartctl prints SATA version and speed. +- smartctl '-l sataphy' works for CD/DVD drives also. +- smartctl '-x' includes ATA Device Statistics. +- smartd warning emails include device identify info. +- smartd '-d' output is flushed to support redirection. +- HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database. +- Windows smartd: smartd.conf directives '-m console', + '-m active', '-m connected'. +- Windows: Support for SAS disks behind Areca controllers. +- Windows: Win9x/ME and NT4 are no longer supported. + +Date 2012-06-30 +Summary: smartmontools release 5.43 +----------------------------------------------------------- +- smartctl options '-g, --get' and '-s, --set' to get/set + various ATA settings: AAM, APM, Read look-ahead, Write + cache, Security (freeze), Standby mode/timer. +- smartd directive '-e' to set (most of) the above settings + on startup. +- smartctl options '-f hex' and '-f hex,[id|val]'. +- smartctl does not start ATA self-test if another test is + already running. Override with new option '-t force'. +- smartctl supports extended self-test polling times + greater than 255 minutes. +- Controller-independent SAT detection: '-d sat,auto[+TYPE]'. +- smartd.conf DEFAULT directive. +- Many HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database. +- Linux and FreeBSD: Support for SATA disks behind Areca SAS + RAID controllers and HP Smart Array controllers. +- Windows: Support for SATA disks behind Areca controllers. +- Windows smartd: directives '-l offlinests,ns' and + '-l selfteststs,ns'. +- Windows installer: Combined 32-/64-bit support. +- FreeBSD: fixed crash on SCSI devices with FreeBSD9-RC1 + +Date 2011-10-20 +Summary: smartmontools release 5.42 +----------------------------------------------------------- +- smartctl option '-l devstat' (Device Statistics). +- smartctl option '-l ssd' (SSD endurance indicator). +- smartd logs identify information of each SCSI/SAS device. +- smartd resends warning emails if problem reappears. +- smartd directives '-l offlinests' and '-l selfteststs'. +- Many HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database. +- Platform-specific man pages. +- smartd.8 man page no longer includes smartd.conf.5. +- FreeBSD: Compilation fixes. +- FreeBSD: Support for Areca controllers. +- FreeBSD: Fix '-l scterc' support. +- FreeBSD: Support for 48-bit ATA commands. +- Linux: Support for Areca controllers enhanced. +- Windows installer: UAC support. +- Windows: update-smart-drivedb /S(ilent) option. +- Windows: improved USB ID detection. + +Date 2011-06-09 +Summary: smartmontools release 5.41 +----------------------------------------------------------- +- Failed self-tests outdated by a newer successful extended + self-test are no longer reported as errors. +- Support for ATA Long Logical/Physical Sectors (LLS/LPS). +- 'smartctl --scan-open' can create a draft smartd.conf. +- smartctl prints World Wide Name (WWN) of ATA device. +- smartctl option '-f brief' to select new attribute output + format which includes more flags and fits in 80 columns. +- smartd logs identify information and WWN of each ATA device. +- smartd logs warning from drive database if present. +- smartd logs changes of offline data collection status. +- smartd directive '-l scterc,READTIME,WRITETIME'. +- smartd preserves last scheduled selective self-tests span. +- 'smartd.service' file for systemd. +- configure option '--with-systemdsystemunitdir' +- configure option '--with-exampledir'. +- configure searches for init.d or rc.d directory. +- 'make install' does no longer overwrite an existing + smartd.conf file. +- 'update-smart-drivedb' does no longer require GNU sed. +- Many HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database. +- Linux USB autodetection: Enable '-d sat,16' for newer kernels. +- Linux megaraid: Fix segfault on non-data SCSI commands. +- Linux megaraid: Fix pass-through of non-data ATA commands. +- FreeBSD: Use 'fetch' in 'update-smart-drivedb'. +- OpenBSD: Use 'ftp' in 'update-smart-drivedb'. +- OpenBSD: Workaround for shell bug. +- OpenBSD: Fix DEVICESCAN for OpenBSD >= 4.8. +- Windows: Experimental support for Intel ICHxR RAID. +- Windows: DEVICESCAN includes USB devices. +- Windows: Faster USB ID detection. +- Windows: update-smart-drivedb tool. +- Windows installer: Option '/SO component,...'. +- Windows: Fix smartd warning email truncation on Win7. +- Windows installer: Fix shortcut removal on Vista/Win7. +- Windows: Add missing quotes in smartctl-run.bat and + smartd-run.bat + +Date 2010-10-16 +Summary: smartmontools release 5.40 +----------------------------------------------------------- +- Other config entries may precede smartd DEVICESCAN. +- Option '-v' allows one to specify byte order of attribute raw value +- configure: New default value for '--with-docdir'. +- configure: '--enable-drivedb' is now the default. +- Improved support for Intel SSDs. +- Improved support for SandForce based SSDs. +- Drive database is in a separate source file 'drivedb.h' + which can be downloaded from SVN. +- USB ID info is now included in 'drivedb.h'. +- Many additions to drive database. +- New script 'update-smart-drivedb'. +- smartd libcap-ng support, option '-C, --capabilities'. +- smartd directive '-l xerror' to check Extended Comprehensive + SMART Error Log. +- smartctl option '-l scterc[,...]' to get/set the + SCT Error Recovery Control time limit. +- smartctl option '-t vendor,N'. +- smartctl options '--scan, --scan-open'. +- Linux: Add '/dev/sd[a-c][a-z]' to smartd DEVICESCAN. +- Linux: Support SATA drives on LSI 3ware 9750 controllers. +- Windows: Read 'drivedb.h' and 'smartd.conf' from exe directory. +- Windows: Support for 64-bit executables. +- Windows: Support for cross compilation on Linux. +- Fix regression in smartctl option '-t select,M-N'. +- Fix SCT temperature table commands on big endian CPUs. +- Fix regression in smartd SMARTD_DEVICE and SMARTD_DEVICETYPE + environment variables. + +Date 2010-01-28 +Summary: smartmontools release 5.39.1 +----------------------------------------------------------- +- Fix crash on kFreeBSD. +- Fix regression in smartctl option '-q, --quietmode'. +- Fix regression in smartd directive '-l selftest'. +- Linux: Allow smartd 'DEVICESCAN -d sat'. +- Linux: Fix spin-up of SATA drive if '-n standby' is used. +- Windows: Fix parsing of 3ware 'tw_cli' output. + +Date 2009-12-09 +Summary: smartmontools release 5.39 (UNSTABLE/EXPERIMENTAL) +----------------------------------------------------------- +- Sourcecode repository moved from CVS to SVN +- Support for USB devices with Cypress, JMicron and Sunplus USB bridges +- USB device type autodetection for some devices on Linux, Windows and FreeBSD + (http://www.smartmontools.org/wiki/Supported_USB-Devices) +- Support for Areca controllers on Linux +- Support for MegaRAID controllers on Linux +- Support for HighPoint RocketRAID controllers on FreeBSD +- Support RAID controllers using /dev/pass devices on FreeBSD +- Support CHECK_POWER_MODE and WRITE_LOG on FreeBSD +- Support for up to 128 devices on 3ware controllers +- smartctl option '-l xerror' to print ATA SMART Extended Comprehensive + Error Log +- smartctl option '-l xselftest' to print ATA SMART Extended Self-test Log +- smartctl option '-l sataphy' to print SATA Phy Event Counters +- smartctl option '-l sasphy' to print SAS device phy information +- smartctl options '-l gplog,...' and '-l smartlog,...' to print any log page +- smartctl option '-x' to print all extended info if available +- smartctl prints SCSI load/unload cycle counts +- Improve display of huge raw values of some SMART attributes +- Option '-d sat+TYPE' to use SAT with controllers which require '-d TYPE' +- Option '-v ID,RAW_FORMAT,ATTR_NAME' to add new vendor specific attributes +- Support for SSD drives using 64-bit raw attributes +- Many additions to drive database +- New simplified syntax for drive database +- Option '-B FILE' to read drive database from a file +- Configure option to add drive database file to distribution +- smartd can now handle attributes 197 and 198 with increasing raw values +- smartd logs changes of self-test execution status +- smartd directive '-n powermode,N' to limit the number of skipped checks +- smartd flag '!' for '-r' and '-R' directives to log changes as critical +- smartd supports scheduled Selective Self-Tests +- Self-tests scheduled during system downtime or disk standby are run after + next startup +- smartd option '-s PREFIX' to store smartd internal state until next startup +- smartd option '-A PREFIX' to log attributes at each check cycle +- Configure options to enable the above by default +- Change to an object oriented interface to access ATA and SCSI devices +- Linux, Win32 and FreeBSD modules migrated to new interface +- Rework of smartd data structures +- Checkin date and SVN revision and optional BUILD_INFO printed in version info +- Better support for GSmartControl on Windows +- SELinux fixes to 3ware device node creation +- Fix CCISS file descriptor leak on FreeBSD +- Compile fixes for Solaris and FreeBSD +- Use getaddrinfo() instead of gethostbyname() to support IPv6 +- C++ Support for QNX Target, already tested for QNX 6.3.2 on x86 and + armle target +- Additional support for Samsung MLC flash drives +- New device type detection algorithm on FreeBSD, not based on filename +- Support for the adaX (ATA on CAM bus) devices on FreeBSD 8.0 and higher + +Date 2008-03-10 +Summary: smartmontools release 5.38 (STABLE) +-------------------------------------------- +This is a stable release of smartmontools. In addition to changes +below, it includes: + - Libata/Marvell driver devices no longer need explicit '-d' switch + - DEVICESCAN automatically detects libata/marvell driver SATA devices + - Fixed auto-offline/autosave support in FreeBSD + - SAT device type + SCSI generic devices work properly with smartd under Linux + - Many additions to drive database + - More portable autogen/autoconf/automake script set + - Additional Windows IOCTL route to access SMART data + - Some ATA-8 updates + - Smoother CCISS compilation support in Linux + - Dragonfly support + - Fixed some ATA identity byte swap problems on big endian CPUs + - Added support for the QNX operating system + - No-fork option added to smartd + - Improved device scanning and drive type recognition in Windows + - 3ware support for controllers with more disks (32 max) + - Improved Windows installer + - Improved SMART Attribute list and descriptions + - Fix to smartctl return codes + - Fix to scheduled tests on Highpoint RAID controllers + - New samsung firmware bug workaround option + - Auto-offline and Auto-save fixed in Linux + libata + - Solaris: better SCSI support and support for Sun compilers AND gcc + - Fixed and improvements to CCISS support + - More options for SCSI temperature monitoring and history + - Additional command line options for selective self-tests + - Compilation fixes for various platforms. + +See CHANGELOG for more details, or smartmontools SVN for still further +details. + +Date 2006-12-20 +Summary: smartmontools release 5.37 (UNSTABLE/EXPERIMENTAL) +----------------------------------------------------------- +This is an unstable/experimental release of smartmontools. +It includes: + +- Many additions to the table of known drives +- SAT (SCSI/ATA Translation) support +- SCSI background scan results log +- smartd -W directive for temperature tracking and warning +- smartctl -n option to check power state +- improved smartd power state logging +- CCISS support under Linux +- HighPoint RocketRAID support under Linux +- 3ware RAID support under Windows +- SPT interface for SCSI devices under Windows +- ATA selective self test under Windows XP/2003 +- NSIS installer support for Windows version +- Started move from C to C++ +- Various other improvements + + +Date 2006-04-12 +Summary: smartmontools release 5.36 (STABLE) +----------------------------------------------------------- +This is a stable smartmontools release. The 5.34 version +described just below was never officially released because +Bruce Allen decided to wait until Linux support for +accessing SATA devices through libata was in the official +kernel.org sources. Changes include: + +- Win 2000/XP:ability to cancel drive self-tests +- Additions to the table of known drives +- FreeBSD support for 3ware char device interface and + multiple 3ware cards +- Various cygwin improvements for running as service +- Works 'out of the box' with Linux SATA libata +- smartd option added to list test schedules +- smartctl option added to list part of drive database +- various improvements for SCSI disks and logs + + +Date 2005-04-19 +Summary: smartmontools release 5.34 (STABLE) +----------------------------------------------------------- +This is a stable smartmontools release. It includes: +- OS/2 and eComStation support +All Platforms: + - Printing of drive family info + - SCSI disks: output size of grown defect list + - Added info about drive family to 'smartctl -i' output. + - Added option ',q' for smartd '-n' directive to suppress + 'skipping checks' message which may spin up laptop disk. + - Added message if smartd '-n' check power mode spins up disk. +Cygwin and Windows: + - Added info about Windows version and service pack to banner line. + - Added support for smartd '-n' directive for Win2000/XP. + - Added support for READ_LOG for WinNT4 also. + - Fixed bug that prevents display of empty logs on Win2000/XP + - Fixed use of cached smart enabled state in 'smartctl -i' output. +Windows: + - Fixed bug that prevents running smartd as service on WinNT4. + + +Date 2004-9-5 +Summary: smartmontools release 5.33 (UNSTABLE/EXPERIMENTAL) +----------------------------------------------------------- +This is an unstable/experimental release of smartmontools. It includes + - support for Darwin/Mac OSX + - support for OpenBSD + - support for 3ware ATA RAID controllers under FreeBSD + - support for 3ware 9500 series SATA RAID controllers under + Linux. Use /dev/twa[0-15] devices to access these. + - support for 3ware character device interfaces /dev/twe[0-15] + under Linux. This allows (for example) Selective Self-tests. + - support for Marvell chip-set based SATA controllers under Linux. + - smartd mail now works also under Windows (using "Blat" mailer). + - smartd can now be run as a Windows service. +Please report sucess/failure with these items to the +smartmontools-support mailing list. + + +Date 2004-7-5 +Summary: smartmontools release 5.32 (STABLE) +----------------------------------------------------------- +This is an stable release of smartmontools. +Note added 2004/7/7: users building a Solaris/Intel version of the code should +modify the 'configure' file, changing "pc-*-solaris*" on line 106 +to read "*-pc-solaris*". Reference: +http://smartmontools.cvs.sourceforge.net/smartmontools/sm5/configure.in?r1=1.83&r2=1.84 + + +Date: 2004-5-4 +Summary: smartmontools release 5.31 (UNSTABLE/EXPERIMENTAL) +----------------------------------------------------------- +This is an unstable/experimental release of smartmontools. It includes +several new features: +- Windows smartd daemon +- smartd now monitors current and pending sector counts +- Support for ATA-7 selective self-test features (Linux/NetBSD only) + Please report sucess/failure with this option to the smartmontools-support + mailing list. + +Date: 2004-3-6 +Summary: smartmontools release 5.30 (STABLE) +-------------------------------------------- +This is a stable release of smartmontools: the first stable release +since 5.26. +- KNOWN BUG (identified/fixed by CF): smartd will segv and crash if + the configuration file /etc/smartd.conf contains NO valid entries. + This bug was introduced in version 1.259 of smartd.c by BA and + is present in smartmontools releases 5.27-5.30 inclusive. This can + be fixed by editing line 3165 of smartd.c, and changing: + "else if (cfgentries[0]) {" + to read: + "else if (cfgentries && cfgentries[0]) {" + + +Date: 2004-2-24 +Summary: smartmontools release 5.29 (Experimental, not STABLE) +-------------------------------------------------------------- +This is another experimental release, to replace the 5.27 release that +had a damaged configure script. The next stable release will be 5.30 +- This release has SCSI support for NetBSD + + +Date: 2004-2-12 +Summary: smartmontools release 5.27 (Experimental, not STABLE) +-------------------------------------------------------------- +- WARNING: this release has a broken --prefix=/a/path option to the + configure script. The consequence is that smartd will not look for the + configuration file (smartd.conf) at the desired location. +- NetBSD support added +- A new Directive (-s) for smartd.conf now enables flexible automatic + scheduled self-testing for both ATA and SCSI devices. +- Solaris now has ATA device support (SPARC only) +- A new Directive (-n) for smartd.conf to avoid spinning up disks +- Errors when smartd sends mail are now logged to SYSLOG +- Solaris smartd mail now works correctly (uses mailx not mail) + + +Date: 2003-11-29 +Summary: smartmontools release 5.26 +----------------------------------- +This is a stable smartmontools release. The only known problem is +that under Solaris, the email features of smartd do not work 'out of +the box'. Three workarounds are: + [1] use '-M exec mailx' in /etc/smartd.conf + [2] in the start script for smartd, put /usr/ucb into PATH before + /bin + [3] upgrade to release 5.27 or later, or the latest CVS snapshot + + +Date: 2003-11-19 +Summary: smartmontools release 5.25 +----------------------------------- +This release should not hang when accessing USB devices. It provides +smartd SCSI self-test log monitoring for self-test errors, and a +larger table of known ATA drives. DEVICESCAN should work correctly +even on file systems containing XFS or JFS partitions, and on machines +that use devfs, even without traditional links. + +From this time on, even numbered releases will be 'stable' ones and +odd numbered releases (like 5.25) will be unstable/testing/development +releases. + + +Date: 2003-10-30 +Summary: smartmontools release 5.23 +----------------------------------- +This release has one known problem: DEVICESCAN device scanning does +not work correctly if the disk with the /dev directory also has XFS +or JFS file systems on it. + + +Date: 2003-10-28 +Summary: smartmontools release 5.22 +----------------------------------- +Replaces flawed 5.21 release: the -T verypermissive option had to be +entered as -T verpermissive. First experimental solaris support (SCSI +only). This release had a serious flaw: smartd left open file descriptors +for devices that it couldn't monitor. + + +Date: 2003-10-14 +Summary: smartmontools release 5.21 +----------------------------------- +Preliminary support for FreeBSD added to smartmontools. For FreeBSD, +ATA support requires a 5.1-CURRENT kernel while SCSI support should +work across multiple versions (any that support CAM). + + +Date: 2003-10-04 +Summary: smartmontools release 5.20 +----------------------------------- +Replaces flawed 5.19 release (which had a zero-length man page +smartd.conf.5). + + +Date: 2003-10-03 +Summary: smartmontools release 5.19 +----------------------------------- +This is the first release of smartmontools based on autoconf/automake. +For this reason, it is a very experimental release. Please let us +know in particular about documentation errors/omissions, missing or +unnecessary files, and similar oversights. The major changes are: + [1] installation scripts based on autoconfig/automake + [2] ./configure [options] lets you set arbitrary paths + [3] supports FHS with ./configure --prefix=/usr/local + [4] correct paths are inserted into all man pages, binaries, etc. + [5] tarballs and RPMs are now GPG-signed + + +Date: 2003-10-02 11:35 +Summary: smartd SEGV +-------------------- +Some versions of smartd, including smartmontools release 5.1-18, will +SEGV if the combination of Directives in /etc/smartd.conf contains +-l error +AND/OR +-l selftest +without any Attribute monitoring Directives. This is fixed in 5.19 +and above. + +A good workaround is to add: +-o on +OR +-o off +to enable or disable automatic offline data collection. + + +Date: 2002-11-17 07:41 +Summary: testunitready bug in smartd +------------------------------------ +A bug in smartd prevented functioning on scsi devices. +The bug in question only affects smartd users with scsi devices. +To see if your version of smartd has the testunitready() bug, do +smartd -V +If the version of the module smartd.c in a line like: +Module: smartd.c revision: 1.66 date: 2002/11/17 +has a revision greater than or equal to 1.30, and less than or +equal to 1.64, then your version of the code has this problem. + +This problem affected releases starting with RELEASE_5_0_16 up to and +including RELEASE_5_0_43. |