github smartmontools/smartmontools RELEASE_6_5
Release 6.5

latest releases: RELEASE_7_4, RELEASE_7_3, RELEASE_7_2...
6 years ago

Changelog

  • 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 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.

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