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Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2011 12:46:09 +0200
From: Christian Franke <Christian DOT Franke AT t-online DOT de>
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Version 5.41-1 of smartmontools has been uploaded.

http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/

Changes include:
- Experimental support for Intel ICHxR RAID (/dev/csmiX,N)
- DEVICESCAN includes USB devices.
- Faster USB ID detection.
- Failed self-tests outdated by a newer successful extended
   self-test are no longer reported as errors.
- Support for ATA Long Logical/Physical Sectors (LLS/LPS).
- 'smartctl --scan-open' can create a draft smartd.conf.
- smartctl prints World Wide Name (WWN) of ATA device.
- smartctl option '-f brief' to select new attribute output
   format which includes more flags and fits in 80 columns.
- smartd logs identify information and WWN of each ATA device.
- smartd logs warning from drive database if present.
- smartd logs changes of offline data collection status.
- smartd directive '-l scterc,READTIME,WRITETIME'.
- smartd preserves last scheduled selective self-tests span.
- Many HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database.

For a full list of changes see NEWS and CHANGELOG in
/usr/share/doc/smartmontools and ticket report at
http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/smartmontools/query?milestone=Release+5.41

Please read the Windows and Cygwin sections in the INSTALL file.

For open issues see
http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/smartmontools/report

Description:

Smartmontools contains utility programs (smartctl, smartd) to
control/monitor storage systems using the Self-Monitoring, Analysis and
Reporting Technology System (S.M.A.R.T.) built into most modern ATA
and SCSI disks. In many cases, these utilities will provide advanced
warning of disk degradation and failure.

Smartctl is a command line utility designed to perform tasks such as
printing the SMART self-test and error logs, enabling and disabling
SMART automatic testing, and initiating device self-tests.

Smartd is a daemon that monitors the drives every 30 minutes
(configurable), logs SMART errors and changes of SMART Attributes via
the syslog interface.
Smartd can also be configured to schedule self-tests and send email
warnings or run other scripts if problems are detected.
On Cygwin, smartd can be run as a windows service via cygrunsrv.

Christian Franke

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