github smartmontools/smartmontools RELEASE_7_4
Release 7.4

9 months ago
  • 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.

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