man pages: Remove EXPERIMENTAL notes for features added before 7.3.

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smartmontools/ChangeLog

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ $Id$
 
 2024-03-29  Christian Franke  <franke@computer.org>
 
+	man pages: Remove EXPERIMENTAL notes for features added before 7.3.
+
 	nvmeprint.cpp: Print NSID used for self-tests and '-l nvmelog'.
 
 	nvmeprint.cpp: Fix self-test for single namespace devices.

smartmontools/smartctl.8.in

@@ -495,8 +495,7 @@ PL2571/2771/2773/2775 USB to SATA bridge.
 bridge.
 .Sp
 .I sntasmedia
-\- [NEW EXPERIMENTAL SMARTCTL 7.3 FEATURE]
-this device type is for NVMe disks that are behind an ASMedia USB to NVMe
+\- this device type is for NVMe disks that are behind an ASMedia USB to NVMe
 bridge.
 .Sp
 .I sntjmicron[,NSID]
@@ -922,9 +921,8 @@ not what you want.
 The \*(Aq\-n\*(Aq option is ignored if the power mode check is not supported
 or returns an unknown value.
 .br
-[ATA only: NEW EXPERIMENTAL SMARTCTL 7.3 FEATURE]
-If the optional STATUS2 parameter is specified, \fBsmartctl\fP exits
-immediately with STATUS2 in this case.
+[ATA only] If the optional STATUS2 parameter is specified, \fBsmartctl\fP
+exits immediately with STATUS2 in this case.
 For example use \*(Aq\-n standby,3,5\*(Aq to return unique exit statuses in
 the STANDBY and UNSUPPORTED cases.
 .TP
@@ -1573,7 +1571,6 @@ Values of 0 disable the feature, other values less than 65 are probably not
 supported.
 For RAID configurations, this is typically set to 70,70 deciseconds.
 .br
-[NEW EXPERIMENTAL SMARTCTL 7.3 FEATURE]
 If \*(Aqscterc,READTIME,WRITETIME,p\*(Aq is specified, these time values
 will be persistent over a power-on reset.
 If \*(Aqscterc,p\*(Aq is specified, the persistent over power-on values
@@ -1599,17 +1596,18 @@ The size of the log and the order of the entries are vendor specific.
 The Pending Defects log was introduced in ACS-4 Revision 01 (Mar 2014).
 .Sp
 .I defects
-\- [SCSI: NEW EXPERIMENTAL SMARTCTL 7.3 FEATURE] prints LBAs that the background
-scan was unable to read (i.e. a defect). Entries, if any, show the defective
-LBA and the value of the power\-on hours (since manufacture) when the background
-scan found the defect. Note these pending defects may appear in advance of any
-application trying to read a defective LBA.
+\- [SCSI] prints LBAs that the background scan was unable to read
+(i.e. a defect).
+Entries, if any, show the defective LBA and the value of the power\-on hours
+(since manufacture) when the background scan found the defect.
+Note these pending defects may appear in advance of any application trying
+to read a defective LBA.
 .Sp
 .I envrep
-\- [SCSI only: NEW EXPERIMENTAL SMARTCTL 7.3 FEATURE]
-prints values and descriptions of the SCSI Environmental reporting log
-page. This includes one or more temperatures and may include relative
-humidities. Lifetime maximums and minimums are also reported.
+\- [SCSI only] prints values and descriptions of the SCSI Environmental
+reporting log page.
+This includes one or more temperatures and may include relative humidities.
+Lifetime maximums and minimums are also reported.
 .Sp
 .I genstats
 \- [SCSI only: NEW EXPERIMENTAL SMARTCTL 7.4 FEATURE]
@@ -1629,18 +1627,17 @@ Protocol Specific log page (log page 0x18).  If \*(Aq\-l sasphy,reset\*(Aq
 is specified, all counters are reset after reading the values.
 .Sp
 .I tapealert
-\- [SCSI tape drives and changers: NEW EXPERIMENTAL SMARTCTL 7.3 FEATURE]
-prints values and descriptions of the (SSC) Tape Alert log page. See
-\fBTAPE DRIVES\fP below for issue associated with printing this log page.
+\- [SCSI tape drives and changers] prints values and descriptions of the
+(SSC) Tape Alert log page.
+See \fBTAPE DRIVES\fP below for issue associated with printing this log page.
 .Sp
 .I tapedevstat
-\- [SCSI tape drives and changers: NEW EXPERIMENTAL SMARTCTL 7.3 FEATURE]
-prints values and descriptions of the (SSC) Device Statistics log page.
+\- [SCSI tape drives and changers] prints values and descriptions of the
+(SSC) Device Statistics log page.
 .Sp
 .I zdevstat
-\- [SCSI zoned disks: NEW EXPERIMENTAL SMARTCTL 7.3 FEATURE]
-prints values and descriptions of the Zoned Block Device Statistics log
-page (ZBC\-2).
+\- [SCSI zoned disks] prints values and descriptions of the Zoned Block
+Device Statistics log page (ZBC\-2).
 .Sp
 .I gplog,ADDR[,FIRST[\-LAST|+SIZE]]
 \- [ATA only] prints a hex dump of any log accessible via General

smartmontools/smartd.8.in

@@ -194,8 +194,6 @@ Each line is led by a date string of the form "yyyy-mm-dd HH:MM:SS"
 .\" %IF ENABLE_ATTRIBUTELOG
 If this option is not specified, attribute information is written to files
 \*(Aq/usr/local/var/lib/smartmontools/attrlog.MODEL\-SERIAL.ata.csv\*(Aq.
-.br
-[NEW EXPERIMENTAL SMARTD 7.3 FEATURE]
 If \*(Aq\-\*(Aq is specified as the argument, attribute log files are
 disabled.
 .Sp
@@ -243,9 +241,6 @@ If the \*(Aq\-u, \-\-warn_as_user\*(Aq option (see below) is used with a
 non-privileged user or group, the following capabilities are also kept:
 CAP_SETGID, CAP_SETUID.
 The capability bounding set is cleared.
-.Sp
-[NEW EXPERIMENTAL SMARTD 7.3 FEATURE]
-Mail notification is no longer suppressed if capabilities are dropped.
 It depends on the local MTA whether mail could be send from a root process
 with all capabilities dropped.
 It works with the \fBpostfix\fP MTA.
@@ -287,8 +282,6 @@ Sets the interval between disk checks to \fIN\fP seconds, where
 \fIN\fP is a decimal integer.  The minimum allowed value is ten and
 the maximum is the largest positive integer that can be represented on
 your system (often 2^31\-1).  The default is 1800 seconds.
-.br
-[NEW EXPERIMENTAL SMARTD 7.3 FEATURE]
 The interval could be overridden with the \*(Aq\-c i=N\*(Aq directive,
 see \fBsmartd.conf\fP(5) man page.
 .Sp
@@ -392,19 +385,16 @@ file \fB/usr/local/etc/smartd.conf\fP has errors, \fBsmartd\fP will continue
 to run, waiting to load a configuration file listing valid devices.
 .Sp
 .I nodev0
-\- [NEW EXPERIMENTAL SMARTD 7.3 FEATURE]
-Same as \*(Aqnodev\*(Aq, except that the exit status is 0 if there are no
-devices to monitor.
+\- Same as \*(Aqnodev\*(Aq, except that the exit status is 0 if there are
+no devices to monitor.
 .Sp
 .I nodev0startup
-\- [NEW EXPERIMENTAL SMARTD 7.3 FEATURE]
-Same as \*(Aqnodevstartup\*(Aq, except that the exit status is 0 if there are no
-devices to monitor.
+\- Same as \*(Aqnodevstartup\*(Aq, except that the exit status is 0 if there
+are no devices to monitor.
 .Sp
 .I errors,nodev0
-\- [NEW EXPERIMENTAL SMARTD 7.3 FEATURE]
-Same as \*(Aqerrors\*(Aq, except that the exit status is 0 if there are no
-devices to monitor.
+\- Same as \*(Aqerrors\*(Aq, except that the exit status is 0 if there are
+no devices to monitor.
 .Sp
 .I onecheck
 \- Start \fBsmartd\fP in debug mode, then register devices, then check
@@ -484,8 +474,6 @@ If this option is not specified, state information is maintained in files
 for ATA devices and
 \*(Aq/usr/local/var/lib/smartmontools/smartd.VENDOR\-MODEL\-SERIAL.scsi.state\*(Aq
 for SCSI devices.
-.br
-[NEW EXPERIMENTAL SMARTD 7.3 FEATURE]
 If \*(Aq\-\*(Aq is specified as the argument, state files are disabled.
 .Sp
 .\" %ENDIF ENABLE_SAVESTATES
@@ -524,7 +512,6 @@ The default script is
 .\" %IF OS Darwin FreeBSD Linux NetBSD OpenBSD Solaris Cygwin
 .TP
 .B \-u USER[:GROUP], \-\-warn\-as\-user=USER[:GROUP]
-[NEW EXPERIMENTAL SMARTD 7.3 FEATURE]
 Run the warning script as a non-privileged user instead of root.
 The USER and optional GROUP may be specified as numeric ids or names.
 If no GROUP is specified, the default group of USER is used instead.
@@ -544,8 +531,7 @@ This is the default.
 .\" %IF OS Windows
 .TP
 .B \-u MODE, \-\-warn\-as\-user=MODE
-[Windows only: NEW EXPERIMENTAL SMARTD 7.3 FEATURE]
-Run the warning script with a modified access token.
+[Windows only] Run the warning script with a modified access token.
 The valid arguments to this option are:
 .Sp
 .I restricted
@@ -813,8 +799,6 @@ can't be monitored.
 .B 17:
 \fBsmartd\fP
 didn't find any devices to monitor.
-.br
-[NEW EXPERIMENTAL SMARTD 7.3 FEATURE]
 This could be changed to \fB0\fP (success) with one of the
 \*(Aq-q *nodev0*\*(Aq options, see above.
 .TP

smartmontools/smartd.conf.5.in

@@ -460,8 +460,7 @@ PL2571/2771/2773/2775 USB to SATA bridge.
 bridge.
 .Sp
 .I sntasmedia
-\- [NEW EXPERIMENTAL SMARTD 7.3 FEATURE]
-this device type is for NVMe disks that are behind an ASMedia USB to NVMe
+\- this device type is for NVMe disks that are behind an ASMedia USB to NVMe
 bridge.
 .Sp
 .I sntjmicron[,NSID]
@@ -1691,7 +1690,6 @@ Allows one to override \fBsmartd\fP command line options for specific devices.
 Only the following OPTION is currently supported:
 .TP
 .B \-c i=N, \-c interval=N
-[NEW EXPERIMENTAL SMARTD 7.3 FEATURE]
 Sets the interval between disk checks to N seconds, where N is a decimal
 integer.
 The minimum allowed value is ten.

smartmontools/update-smart-drivedb.8.in

@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ The old file is kept if the downloaded file is identical (ignoring
 the differences in Id string) otherwise it is moved to
 .BR drivedb.h.old .
 .PP
-[NEW EXPERIMENTAL UPDATE-SMART-DRIVEDB 7.3 FEATURE]
 The old file is also kept if the downloaded file reports an older version
 on the same branch.
 This could be overridden with the \*(Aq\-\-force\*(Aq option.
@@ -97,10 +96,8 @@ TOOL is one of:
 .\" %ENDIF OS OpenBSD
 .IR svn .
 The default is the first one found in PATH.
-.br
-[NEW EXPERIMENTAL UPDATE-SMART-DRIVEDB 7.3 FEATURE]
-A DIR could also be specified.
-The plain TOOL name must then begin with any of the above names.
+If a DIR is also specified, the plain TOOL name must begin with any of the
+above names.
 .TP
 .B \-u LOCATION, \-\-url\-of LOCATION
 Use URL of LOCATION for download.
@@ -125,20 +122,17 @@ The default is
 .IR svn .
 .TP
 .B \-\-url URL
-[NEW EXPERIMENTAL UPDATE-SMART-DRIVEDB 7.3 FEATURE]
 Download from URL.
 A valid OpenPGP/GPG signature with \*(Aq.raw.asc\*(Aq extension must also
 exist unless \*(Aq\-\-no\-verify\*(Aq is also specified.
 .TP
 .B \-\-file FILE
-[NEW EXPERIMENTAL UPDATE-SMART-DRIVEDB 7.3 FEATURE]
 Copy from local FILE.
 A valid OpenPGP/GPG signature \*(AqFILE.raw.asc\*(Aq must also exist
 unless \*(Aq\-\-no\-verify\*(Aq is also specified.
 .\" %IF ENABLE_DB_INSTALL
 .TP
 .B \-\-install
-[NEW EXPERIMENTAL UPDATE-SMART-DRIVEDB 7.3 FEATURE]
 Copy from originally installed drive database file.
 This is the same as:
 .br
@@ -170,7 +164,6 @@ option.
 Don't verify signature with GnuPG.
 .TP
 .B \-\-force
-[NEW EXPERIMENTAL UPDATE-SMART-DRIVEDB 7.3 FEATURE]
 Allow downgrades.
 By default, the database is not replaced with an older version of the
 same branch.
@@ -182,7 +175,6 @@ Print the OpenPGP/GPG public key block.
 Print download commands only.
 .TP
 .B \-q, \-\-quiet
-[NEW EXPERIMENTAL UPDATE-SMART-DRIVEDB 7.3 FEATURE]
 Suppress info messages.
 .TP
 .B \-v, \-\-verbose