Public bug reported: Binary package hint: smartmontools
Smartmontools 5.39 was officially released on December 9th, 2009 The last official release was March 10th, 2008. DOWNLOAD http://sourceforge.net/projects/smartmontools/files/ NEWS http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/smartmontools/browser/tags/RELEASE_5_39/smartmontools/NEWS smartmontools NEWS ------------------ $Id: NEWS 2995 2009-12-09 21:01:43Z chrfranke $ The most up-to-date version of this file is: http://smartmontools.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/smartmontools/trunk/smartmontools/NEWS?view=markup 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://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/smartmontools/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 high ** Affects: smartmontools (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- REQ: Backport Smartmontools 5.39 for Karmic https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/500998 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
