diff --git a/sm5/CHANGELOG b/sm5/CHANGELOG
index 59bf5e8bf423cfed9f799e877ff645297c922eee..4972d691f48f65f725002ac1a8f7e7e5c331d2b0 100644
--- a/sm5/CHANGELOG
+++ b/sm5/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
CHANGELOG for smartmontools
-$Id: CHANGELOG,v 1.16 2002/10/23 14:35:42 ballen4705 Exp $
+$Id: CHANGELOG,v 1.17 2002/10/24 07:50:45 ballen4705 Exp $
Copyright (C) 2002 Bruce Allen <smartmontools-support@lists.sourceforge.net>
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ NOTES FOR NEXT RELEASE:
smartmontools-5.0-11
+ Changed name of -p (print version) option to -V
+
Minor change in philosophy: if a SMART command fails or the device
appears incapable of a SMART command that the user has asked for,
complain by printing an error message, but go ahead and try
diff --git a/sm5/Makefile b/sm5/Makefile
index ae1a2281d846d9ff4d44f7ec36091ca56b386fcf..994316e08a71c853c38c50a8267dfe0da48ef682 100644
--- a/sm5/Makefile
+++ b/sm5/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
#
# Home page: http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net
#
-# $Id: Makefile,v 1.20 2002/10/22 08:43:22 ballen4705 Exp $
+# $Id: Makefile,v 1.21 2002/10/24 07:50:45 ballen4705 Exp $
#
# Copyright (C) 2002 Bruce Allen <smartmontools-support@lists.sourceforge.net>
#
@@ -99,5 +99,5 @@ release: $(releasefiles)
mv /usr/src/redhat/SRPMS/$(pkgname)*rpm .
rm -f /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/$(pkgname).tar.gz
. cvs-script && cvs commit -m "release $(counter)"
- . cvs-script && cvs tag "RELEASE_5_0_$(counter)"
+ . cvs-script && cvs tag -d "RELEASE_5_0_$(counter)" && cvs tag "RELEASE_5_0_$(counter)"
echo `hostname` | grep -q ballen && echo $(newcounter) > VERSION
diff --git a/sm5/README b/sm5/README
index 711a3ccacea74118de7bf55aa950140bc23ca1b2..2694b6c4e92810f6c78bfb41efa962f97d4052b0 100644
--- a/sm5/README
+++ b/sm5/README
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ to run smartctl, use the syntax
See the man page for full details. A summary of the options is:
Read only:
-p Print License/Copyright information.
+V Print License/Copyright information.
i Checks if the device supports S.M.A.R.T, and prints drive model
information.
c Checks if device has any S.M.A.R.T. Warranty Failures. This means
@@ -150,8 +150,7 @@ for SCSI the devices are usually
Examples:
smartctl -e /dev/hda - enables SMART on hard drive
smartctl -c /dev/sda - checks status of hard drive.
- smartd - starts background daemon to
- monitor hard drive status
+
smartd will scan for all devices that support SMART and poll them very
thirty minutes for errors or for changes in attribute values. When an
@@ -159,6 +158,10 @@ error or attribute value change occurs, it sends log information to
the SYSLOG facility. Typically these messages and warnings appear in
/var/log/messages.
+smartd - starts background daemon to
+ monitor hard drive status
+You can read about the options using man smartd.
+
== REFERENCES ==
If you need help in understanding the output of smartctl, a good place
@@ -185,4 +188,4 @@ Fax: (408) 867-2115
E-Mail: 250-1752@mcimail.com.
-$Id: README,v 1.8 2002/10/23 12:24:23 ballen4705 Exp $
+$Id: README,v 1.9 2002/10/24 07:50:45 ballen4705 Exp $
diff --git a/sm5/TODO b/sm5/TODO
index 5a4c8869ffa9bfb38f0b243203c64c59694566f6..6a5464433abe28cee25e3936885755bba0350fd2 100644
--- a/sm5/TODO
+++ b/sm5/TODO
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Home page of code is: http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net
Copyright (C) 2002 Bruce Allen <smartmontools-support@lists.sourceforge.net>
-$Id: TODO,v 1.10 2002/10/23 15:19:55 ballen4705 Exp $
+$Id: TODO,v 1.11 2002/10/24 07:50:45 ballen4705 Exp $
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ Produce version for ATA/ATAPI-7
Modifications
-------------
+Change input command line from using current command line format
+(getopt) to getopt_long() for long input options. This will be
+helpful in adding device specific options.
+
Command line option to specify devices to look for in smartd startup
Print flags meanings in Vendor Attribute list -- not hex value --
diff --git a/sm5/ataprint.c b/sm5/ataprint.c
index 3555732f2416e94edf2a32d61f96f46647474e46..af86a6b77e506174db2edce98b47cf0de97c541b 100644
--- a/sm5/ataprint.c
+++ b/sm5/ataprint.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
#include "smartctl.h"
#include "extern.h"
-const char *CVSid4="$Id: ataprint.c,v 1.30 2002/10/23 20:36:59 ballen4705 Exp $"
+const char *CVSid4="$Id: ataprint.c,v 1.31 2002/10/24 07:50:45 ballen4705 Exp $"
CVSID2 CVSID3 CVSID6;
// Function for printing ASCII byte-swapped strings, skipping white
@@ -940,7 +940,7 @@ int ataPrintMain (int fd){
smartautoofflineenable || smartautoofflinedisable)
pout("\n");
- // START OF READ-ONLY OPTIONS APART FROM -p and -i
+ // START OF READ-ONLY OPTIONS APART FROM -V and -i
if (checksmart || generalsmartvalues || smartvendorattrib || smarterrorlog || smartselftestlog)
pout("=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===\n");
@@ -954,8 +954,13 @@ int ataPrintMain (int fd){
if (ataCheckSmart(smartval, smartthres,1)){
QUIETON;
returnval|=FAILATTR;
- pout("Failed Attributes:\n");
- PrintSmartAttribWithThres(smartval, smartthres,1);
+ if (smartvendorattrib)
+ pout("See vendor-specific Attribute list for failed Attributes.\n\n");
+ else
+ {
+ pout("Failed Attributes:\n");
+ PrintSmartAttribWithThres(smartval, smartthres,1);
+ }
}
else
pout("No failed Attributes found.\n\n");
@@ -966,8 +971,12 @@ int ataPrintMain (int fd){
pout("SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED\n");
if (ataCheckSmart(smartval, smartthres,0)){
QUIETON;
- pout("Please note the following marginal attributes:\n");
- PrintSmartAttribWithThres(smartval, smartthres,2);
+ if (smartvendorattrib)
+ pout("See vendor-specific Attribute list for marginal Attributes.\n\n");
+ else {
+ pout("Please note the following marginal attributes:\n");
+ PrintSmartAttribWithThres(smartval, smartthres,2);
+ }
returnval|=FAILAGE;
}
else
diff --git a/sm5/ataprint.cpp b/sm5/ataprint.cpp
index acf26c5bbc43b5e9e9843e5257d1b16fa7955f24..358b15d53f80949bc516243faf74d778ebdde902 100644
--- a/sm5/ataprint.cpp
+++ b/sm5/ataprint.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
#include "smartctl.h"
#include "extern.h"
-const char *CVSid4="$Id: ataprint.cpp,v 1.30 2002/10/23 20:36:59 ballen4705 Exp $"
+const char *CVSid4="$Id: ataprint.cpp,v 1.31 2002/10/24 07:50:45 ballen4705 Exp $"
CVSID2 CVSID3 CVSID6;
// Function for printing ASCII byte-swapped strings, skipping white
@@ -940,7 +940,7 @@ int ataPrintMain (int fd){
smartautoofflineenable || smartautoofflinedisable)
pout("\n");
- // START OF READ-ONLY OPTIONS APART FROM -p and -i
+ // START OF READ-ONLY OPTIONS APART FROM -V and -i
if (checksmart || generalsmartvalues || smartvendorattrib || smarterrorlog || smartselftestlog)
pout("=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===\n");
@@ -954,8 +954,13 @@ int ataPrintMain (int fd){
if (ataCheckSmart(smartval, smartthres,1)){
QUIETON;
returnval|=FAILATTR;
- pout("Failed Attributes:\n");
- PrintSmartAttribWithThres(smartval, smartthres,1);
+ if (smartvendorattrib)
+ pout("See vendor-specific Attribute list for failed Attributes.\n\n");
+ else
+ {
+ pout("Failed Attributes:\n");
+ PrintSmartAttribWithThres(smartval, smartthres,1);
+ }
}
else
pout("No failed Attributes found.\n\n");
@@ -966,8 +971,12 @@ int ataPrintMain (int fd){
pout("SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED\n");
if (ataCheckSmart(smartval, smartthres,0)){
QUIETON;
- pout("Please note the following marginal attributes:\n");
- PrintSmartAttribWithThres(smartval, smartthres,2);
+ if (smartvendorattrib)
+ pout("See vendor-specific Attribute list for marginal Attributes.\n\n");
+ else {
+ pout("Please note the following marginal attributes:\n");
+ PrintSmartAttribWithThres(smartval, smartthres,2);
+ }
returnval|=FAILAGE;
}
else
diff --git a/sm5/smartctl.8 b/sm5/smartctl.8
index a5ae46a5f6a2e62350aee6501b0274e5fab38b5b..eeb22914a65a3ee73f9222e34ae43d96caab59a3 100644
--- a/sm5/smartctl.8
+++ b/sm5/smartctl.8
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
\# Copyright (C) 2002 Bruce Allen <smartmontools-support@lists.sourceforge.net>
\#
-\# $Id: smartctl.8,v 1.16 2002/10/23 15:15:43 ballen4705 Exp $
+\# $Id: smartctl.8,v 1.17 2002/10/24 07:50:45 ballen4705 Exp $
\#
\# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
\# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@
\# at the Concurrent Systems Laboratory (now part of the Storage Systems
\# Research Center), Jack Baskin School of Engineering, University of
\# California, Santa Cruz. http://ssrc.soe.ucsc.edu/
-.TH SMARTCTL 8 "$Date: 2002/10/23 15:15:43 $" "smartmontools-5.0"
+.TH SMARTCTL 8 "$Date: 2002/10/24 07:50:45 $" "smartmontools-5.0"
.SH NAME
smartctl \- S.M.A.R.T. control utility
.SH SYNOPSIS
-.B smartctl \-[piqQaedtTfFcgvlLm[O|S|s|X|x|A]] device
+.B smartctl \-[ViqQaedtTfFcgvlLm[O|S|s|X|x|A]] device
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B smartctl
@@ -72,11 +72,11 @@ DATA, RUN/ABORT TESTS.
.TP
.B SHOW INFORMATION:
.TP
-.B p
-Print: Prints version, Copyright, License, home page and CVS-id
+.B V
+Version: Prints version, Copyright, License, home page and CVS-id
information for your copy of
.B smartctl.
-Please include the CVS and version information if you are reporting
+Please include this information if you are reporting
bugs or problems.
.TP
.B i
@@ -86,12 +86,11 @@ Says if the device supports S.M.A.R.T., and if so, whether
S.M.A.R.T. support is currently enabled or disabled.
.TP
.B q
-Quiet mode: Only print: For the '\-l' option,
-errors recorded in the SMART error log; For the '\-L' option,
-errors recorded in the device self-test log; For the '\-c'
-SMART "disk failing" status or device attributes
-(pre-failure or usage) which failed either now or
-in the past; For the '\-v' option device attributes (pre-failure or usage)
+Quiet mode: Only print: For the '\-l' option, errors recorded in the
+SMART error log; For the '\-L' option, errors recorded in the device
+self-test log; For the '\-c' SMART "disk failing" status or device
+attributes (pre-failure or usage) which failed either now or in the
+past; For the '\-v' option device attributes (pre-failure or usage)
which failed either now or in the past.
.TP
.B Q
@@ -441,4 +440,4 @@ Please let us know if there is an on\-line source for this document.
.SH
CVS ID OF THIS PAGE:
-$Id: smartctl.8,v 1.16 2002/10/23 15:15:43 ballen4705 Exp $
+$Id: smartctl.8,v 1.17 2002/10/24 07:50:45 ballen4705 Exp $
diff --git a/sm5/smartctl.h b/sm5/smartctl.h
index cf815644e7ae002199151f1f8aabd144de61653e..188c1db7ff91b007c4010c2481ca3cfd97e08479 100644
--- a/sm5/smartctl.h
+++ b/sm5/smartctl.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
#define __SMARTCTL_H_
#ifndef CVSID6
-#define CVSID6 "$Id: smartctl.h,v 1.9 2002/10/23 12:24:24 ballen4705 Exp $\n"
+#define CVSID6 "$Id: smartctl.h,v 1.10 2002/10/24 07:50:45 ballen4705 Exp $\n"
#endif
/* Defines for command line options */
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
#define SMARTAUTOOFFLINEDISABLE 'T'
#define SMARTAUTOSAVEENABLE 'f'
#define SMARTAUTOSAVEDISABLE 'F'
-#define PRINTCOPYLEFT 'p'
+#define PRINTCOPYLEFT 'V'
#define SMART009MINUTES 'm'
#define QUIETMODE 'q'
#define VERYQUIETMODE 'Q'
diff --git a/sm5/smartd.8 b/sm5/smartd.8
index 5fa159ac9c3102fa1438898900e72d3ff1948898..5bb6c5b6667462e3bdac9ecf06ecd0e69213c3c2 100644
--- a/sm5/smartd.8
+++ b/sm5/smartd.8
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@
\# at the Concurrent Systems Laboratory (now part of the Storage Systems
\# Research Center), Jack Baskin School of Engineering, University of
\# California, Santa Cruz. http://ssrc.soe.ucsc.edu/
-.TH SMARTD 8 "$Date: 2002/10/14 15:26:30 $" "smartmontools-5.0"
+.TH SMARTD 8 "$Date: 2002/10/24 07:50:45 $" "smartmontools-5.0"
.SH NAME
smartd \- S.M.A.R.T. Daemon
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B smartd
-[\-pX\]
+[\-VX\]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B smartd
@@ -61,11 +61,11 @@ messages are harmless.]
OPTIONS
.TP
p
-Prints license, copyright, and version information onto STDOUT or into the SYSLOG
-log (normally /var/log/messages) and then exits.
+Version: Prints license, copyright, and CVS version information onto STDOUT or into the SYSLOG
+log (normally /var/log/messages) and then exits. Please include this information if you are reporting bugs.
.TP
X
-Runs smartd in "debug" mode. In this mode, it does not fork and
+eXamine: Runs smartd in "debug" mode. In this mode, it does not fork and
displays status information to STDOUT.
@@ -178,4 +178,4 @@ Please let us know if there is an on\-line source for this document.
.SH
CVS ID OF THIS PAGE:
-$Id: smartd.8,v 1.7 2002/10/14 15:26:30 ballen4705 Exp $
+$Id: smartd.8,v 1.8 2002/10/24 07:50:45 ballen4705 Exp $
diff --git a/sm5/smartd.c b/sm5/smartd.c
index b0498622b1acfb5561b0a0c004d990ebd706772c..4ef4577c1e549e8206ecdea411e415bdfe596cc3 100644
--- a/sm5/smartd.c
+++ b/sm5/smartd.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
#include "smartd.h"
extern const char *CVSid1, *CVSid2;
-const char *CVSid3="$Id: smartd.c,v 1.15 2002/10/23 20:36:59 ballen4705 Exp $"
+const char *CVSid3="$Id: smartd.c,v 1.16 2002/10/24 07:50:45 ballen4705 Exp $"
CVSID1 CVSID4 CVSID7;
int daemon_init(void){
@@ -86,14 +86,19 @@ void pout(char *fmt, ...){
}
-/* prints help information for command syntax */
-void Usage ( void){
- printout(LOG_INFO,"smartd version %d.%d-%d - S.M.A.R.T. Daemon\n",
+void printhead(){
+ printout(LOG_INFO,"smartd version %d.%d-%d - S.M.A.R.T. Daemon\n"
+ "Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net\n\n",
RELEASE_MAJOR, RELEASE_MINOR,SMARTMONTOOLS_VERSION);
- printout(LOG_INFO,"usage: smartd -[opts] \n");
- printout(LOG_INFO,"Read Only Commands:\n");
- printout(LOG_INFO,"\t\t%c\t\tStart smartd in debug Mode\n",DEBUGMODE);
- printout(LOG_INFO,"\t\t%c\t\tPrint License and Copyright information\n",PRINTCOPYLEFT);
+}
+
+/* prints help information for command syntax */
+void Usage (void){
+ printhead();
+ printout(LOG_INFO,"usage: smartd -[opts] \n\n");
+ printout(LOG_INFO,"Read Only Options:\n");
+ printout(LOG_INFO," %c Start smartd in debug Mode\n",DEBUGMODE);
+ printout(LOG_INFO," %c Print License, Copyright, and version information\n",PRINTCOPYLEFT);
}
// scan to see what ata devices there are, and if they support SMART
@@ -354,9 +359,7 @@ void printone(const char *cvsid){
return;
}
-
char copyleftstring[]=
-"Home page of smartd is " PROJECTHOME "\n\n"
"smartd comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This\n"
"is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it\n"
"under the terms of the GNU General Public License Version 2.\n"
@@ -393,6 +396,7 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv){
case '?':
default:
debugmode=1;
+ printout(LOG_INFO,"\n");
Usage();
exit(-1);
}
@@ -400,8 +404,7 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv){
if (printcopyleft){
debugmode=1;
- printout(LOG_INFO,"smartd version %d.%d-%d Copyright (C) Bruce Allen 2002\n",
- RELEASE_MAJOR,RELEASE_MINOR,SMARTMONTOOLS_VERSION);
+ printhead();
printout(LOG_INFO,copyleftstring);
printout(LOG_INFO,"CVS version IDs of files used to build this code are:\n");
printone(CVSid3);
@@ -410,8 +413,7 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv){
exit(0);
}
- printout(LOG_INFO,"smartd version %d.%d-%d Copyright (C) Bruce Allen 2002\n",
- RELEASE_MAJOR,RELEASE_MINOR,SMARTMONTOOLS_VERSION);
+ printhead();
if (!debugmode){
daemon_init();
diff --git a/sm5/smartd.cpp b/sm5/smartd.cpp
index a4080846a8982c767df8fb66672d6b04d119db05..2b23965f1c1fac7fd040d91e08f9165c34bc47cc 100644
--- a/sm5/smartd.cpp
+++ b/sm5/smartd.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
#include "smartd.h"
extern const char *CVSid1, *CVSid2;
-const char *CVSid3="$Id: smartd.cpp,v 1.15 2002/10/23 20:36:59 ballen4705 Exp $"
+const char *CVSid3="$Id: smartd.cpp,v 1.16 2002/10/24 07:50:45 ballen4705 Exp $"
CVSID1 CVSID4 CVSID7;
int daemon_init(void){
@@ -86,14 +86,19 @@ void pout(char *fmt, ...){
}
-/* prints help information for command syntax */
-void Usage ( void){
- printout(LOG_INFO,"smartd version %d.%d-%d - S.M.A.R.T. Daemon\n",
+void printhead(){
+ printout(LOG_INFO,"smartd version %d.%d-%d - S.M.A.R.T. Daemon\n"
+ "Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net\n\n",
RELEASE_MAJOR, RELEASE_MINOR,SMARTMONTOOLS_VERSION);
- printout(LOG_INFO,"usage: smartd -[opts] \n");
- printout(LOG_INFO,"Read Only Commands:\n");
- printout(LOG_INFO,"\t\t%c\t\tStart smartd in debug Mode\n",DEBUGMODE);
- printout(LOG_INFO,"\t\t%c\t\tPrint License and Copyright information\n",PRINTCOPYLEFT);
+}
+
+/* prints help information for command syntax */
+void Usage (void){
+ printhead();
+ printout(LOG_INFO,"usage: smartd -[opts] \n\n");
+ printout(LOG_INFO,"Read Only Options:\n");
+ printout(LOG_INFO," %c Start smartd in debug Mode\n",DEBUGMODE);
+ printout(LOG_INFO," %c Print License, Copyright, and version information\n",PRINTCOPYLEFT);
}
// scan to see what ata devices there are, and if they support SMART
@@ -354,9 +359,7 @@ void printone(const char *cvsid){
return;
}
-
char copyleftstring[]=
-"Home page of smartd is " PROJECTHOME "\n\n"
"smartd comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This\n"
"is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it\n"
"under the terms of the GNU General Public License Version 2.\n"
@@ -393,6 +396,7 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv){
case '?':
default:
debugmode=1;
+ printout(LOG_INFO,"\n");
Usage();
exit(-1);
}
@@ -400,8 +404,7 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv){
if (printcopyleft){
debugmode=1;
- printout(LOG_INFO,"smartd version %d.%d-%d Copyright (C) Bruce Allen 2002\n",
- RELEASE_MAJOR,RELEASE_MINOR,SMARTMONTOOLS_VERSION);
+ printhead();
printout(LOG_INFO,copyleftstring);
printout(LOG_INFO,"CVS version IDs of files used to build this code are:\n");
printone(CVSid3);
@@ -410,8 +413,7 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv){
exit(0);
}
- printout(LOG_INFO,"smartd version %d.%d-%d Copyright (C) Bruce Allen 2002\n",
- RELEASE_MAJOR,RELEASE_MINOR,SMARTMONTOOLS_VERSION);
+ printhead();
if (!debugmode){
daemon_init();
diff --git a/sm5/smartd.h b/sm5/smartd.h
index 40eeb79c66da0f7f4f24b59c491e4f104c8e4351..0e6c13577e6b31a7631506986d42ac4b0b7a5ebc 100644
--- a/sm5/smartd.h
+++ b/sm5/smartd.h
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@
*/
#ifndef CVSID7
-#define CVSID7 "$Id: smartd.h,v 1.6 2002/10/22 09:44:55 ballen4705 Exp $\n"
+#define CVSID7 "$Id: smartd.h,v 1.7 2002/10/24 07:50:45 ballen4705 Exp $\n"
#endif
/* Defines for command line options */
#define DEBUGMODE 'X'
#define EMAILNOTIFICATION 'e'
-#define PRINTCOPYLEFT 'p'
+#define PRINTCOPYLEFT 'V'
/* Boolean Values */
#define TRUE 0x01
diff --git a/sm5/smartmontools.spec b/sm5/smartmontools.spec
index 06212412444107358c3b0928145735fd3230749d..8c382839a6e48a7126637f0a1d71ec351ed5f2b0 100644
--- a/sm5/smartmontools.spec
+++ b/sm5/smartmontools.spec
@@ -101,6 +101,101 @@ fi
%define date %(echo `LC_ALL="C" date +"%a %b %d %Y"`)
%changelog
+* Thu Oct 24 2002 Bruce Allen <smartmontools-support@lists.sourceforge.net>
+- Changed name of -p (print version) option to -V
+- Minor change in philosophy: if a SMART command fails or the device
+ appears incapable of a SMART command that the user has asked for,
+ complain by printing an error message, but go ahead and try
+ anyway. Since unimplemented SMART commands should just return an
+ error but not cause disk problems, this should't cause any
+ difficulty.
+- Added two new flags: q and Q. q is quiet mode - only print: For
+ the -l option, errors recorded in the SMART error log; For the -L
+ option, errors recorded in the device self-test log; For the -c
+ SMART "disk failing" status or device attributes (pre-failure or
+ usage) which failed either now or in the past; For the -v option
+ device attributes (pre-failure or usage) which failed either now
+ or in the past. Q is Very Quiet mode: Print no ouput. The only
+ way to learn about what was found is to use the exit status of
+ smartctl.
+- smartctl now returns sensible values (bitmask). See smartctl.h
+ for the values, and the man page for documentation.
+- The SMART status check now uses the correct ATA call. If failure
+ is detected we search through attributes to list the failed ones.
+ If the SMART status check shows GOOD, we then look to see if their
+ are any usage attributes or prefail attributes have failed at any
+ time. If so we print them.
+- Modified function that prints vendor attributes to say if the
+ attribute has currently failed or has ever failed.
+- -p option now prints out license info and CVS strings for all
+ modules in the code, nicely formatted.
+- Previous versions of this code (and Smartsuite) only generate
+ SMART failure errors if the value of an attribute is below the
+ threshold and the prefailure bit is set. However the ATA Spec
+ (ATA4 <=Rev 4) says that it is a SMART failure if the value of an
+ attribute is LESS THAN OR EQUAL to the threshold and the
+ prefailure bit is set. This is now fixed in both smartctl and
+ smartd. Note that this is a troubled subject -- the original
+ SFF 8035i specification defining SMART was inconsistent about
+ this. One section says that Attribute==Threshold is pass,
+ and another section says it is fail. However the ATA specs are
+ consistent and say Attribute==Threshold is a fail.
+- smartd did not print the correct value of any failing SMART attribute. It
+ printed the index in the attribute table, not the attribute
+ ID. This is fixed.
+- when starting self-tests in captive mode ioctl returns EIO because
+ the drive has been busied out. Detect this and don't return an eror
+ in this case. Check this this is correct (or how to fix it?)
+ - fixed possible error in how to determine ATA standard support
+ for devices with no ATA minor revision number.
+- device opened only in read-only not read-write mode. Don't need R/W
+ access to get smart data. Check this with Andre.
+- smartctl now handles all possible choices of "multiple options"
+ gracefully. It goes through the following phases of operation,
+ in order: INFORMATION, ENABLE/DISABLE, DISPLAY DATA, RUN/ABORT TESTS.
+ Documentation has bee updated to explain the different phases of
+ operation. Control flow through ataPrintMain()
+ simplified.
+- If reading device identity information fails, try seeing if the info
+ can be accessed using a "DEVICE PACKET" command. This way we can
+ at least get device info.
+- Modified Makefile to automatically tag CVS archive on issuance of
+ a release
+- Modified drive detection so minor device ID code showing ATA-3 rev
+ 0 (no SMART) is known to not be SMART capable.
+- Now verify the checksum of the device ID data structure, and of the
+ attributes threshold structure. Before neither of these
+ structures had their checksums verified.
+- New behavior vis-a-vis checksums. If they are wrong, we log
+ warning messages to stdout, stderr, and syslog, but carry on
+ anyway. All functions now call a checksumwarning routine if the
+ checksum doesn't vanish as it should.
+- Changed Read Hard Disk Identity function to get fresh info from
+ the disk on each call rather than to use the values that were read
+ upon boot-up into the BIOS. This is the biggest change in this
+ release. The ioctl(device, HDIO_GET_IDENTITY, buf ) call should
+ be avoided in such code. Note that if people get garbled strings
+ for the model, serial no and firmware versions of their drives,
+ then blame goes here (the BIOS does the byte swapping for you,
+ apparently!)
+- Function ataSmartSupport now looks at correct bits in drive
+ identity structure to verify first that these bits are valid,
+ before using them.
+- Function ataIsSmartEnabled() written which uses the Drive ID state
+ information to tell if SMART is enabled or not. We'll carry this
+ along for the moment without using it.
+- Function ataDoesSmartWork() guaranteed to work if the device
+ supports SMART.
+- Replace some numbers by #define MACROS
+- Wrote Function TestTime to return test time associated with each
+ different type of test.
+- Thinking of the future, have added a new function called
+ ataSmartStatus2(). Eventually when I understand how to use the
+ TASKFILE API and am sure that this works correctly, it will
+ replace ataSmartStatus(). This queries the drive directly to
+ see if the SMART status is OK, rather than comparing thresholds to
+ attribute values ourselves. But I need to get some drives that fail
+ their SMART status to check it.
* Thu Oct 17 2002 Bruce Allen <smartmontools-support@lists.sourceforge.net>
- Removed extraneous space before some error message printing.
- Fixed some character buffers that were too short for contents.