Binary package hint: smartmontools
Please sync smartmontools 5.39.1 from Debian testing main, since one key difference is the ability to use ATA pass-through on various USB to SATA bridges. Without this, no disks behind USB bridges can be queried for SMART health etc.
The delta between Ubuntu smartmontools 5.38 is not significant.
Changes since smartmontool 5.38:
Date 2010-01-28
9 Summary: smartmontools release 5.39.1
10 -----------------------------------------------------------
11 - Fix crash on kFreeBSD.
12 - Fix regression in smartctl option '-q, --quietmode'.
13 - Fix regression in smartd directive '-l selftest'.
14 - Linux: Allow smartd 'DEVICESCAN -d sat'.
15 - Linux: Fix spin-up of SATA drive if '-n standby' is used.
16 - Windows: Fix parsing of 3ware 'tw_cli' output.
17
18 Date 2009-12-09
19 Summary: smartmontools release 5.39 (UNSTABLE/EXPERIMENTAL)
20 -----------------------------------------------------------
21 - Sourcecode repository moved from CVS to SVN
22 - Support for USB devices with Cypress, JMicron and Sunplus USB bridges
23 - USB device type autodetection for some devices on Linux, Windows and FreeBSD
24 (http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/smartmontools/wiki/Supported_USB-Devices)
25 - Support for Areca controllers on Linux
26 - Support for MegaRAID controllers on Linux
27 - Support for HighPoint RocketRAID controllers on FreeBSD
28 - Support RAID controllers using /dev/pass devices on FreeBSD
29 - Support CHECK_POWER_MODE and WRITE_LOG on FreeBSD
30 - Support for up to 128 devices on 3ware controllers
31 - smartctl option '-l xerror' to print ATA SMART Extended Comprehensive
32 Error Log
33 - smartctl option '-l xselftest' to print ATA SMART Extended Self-test Log
34 - smartctl option '-l sataphy' to print SATA Phy Event Counters
35 - smartctl option '-l sasphy' to print SAS device phy information
36 - smartctl options '-l gplog,...' and '-l smartlog,...' to print any log page
37 - smartctl option '-x' to print all extended info if available
38 - smartctl prints SCSI load/unload cycle counts
39 - Improve display of huge raw values of some SMART attributes
40 - Option '-d sat+TYPE' to use SAT with controllers which require '-d TYPE'
41 - Option '-v ID,RAW_FORMAT,ATTR_NAME' to add new vendor specific attributes
42 - Support for SSD drives using 64-bit raw attributes
43 - Many additions to drive database
44 - New simplified syntax for drive database
45 - Option '-B FILE' to read drive database from a file
46 - Configure option to add drive database file to distribution
47 - smartd can now handle attributes 197 and 198 with increasing raw values
48 - smartd logs changes of self-test execution status
49 - smartd directive '-n powermode,N' to limit the number of skipped checks
50 - smartd flag '!' for '-r' and '-R' directives to log changes as critical
51 - smartd supports scheduled Selective Self-Tests
52 - Self-tests scheduled during system downtime or disk standby are run after
53 next startup
54 - smartd option '-s PREFIX' to store smartd internal state until next startup
55 - smartd option '-A PREFIX' to log attributes at each check cycle
56 - Configure options to enable the above by default
57 - Change to an object oriented interface to access ATA and SCSI devices
58 - Linux, Win32 and FreeBSD modules migrated to new interface
59 - Rework of smartd data structures
60 - Checkin date and SVN revision and optional BUILD_INFO printed in version info
61 - Better support for GSmartControl on Windows
62 - SELinux fixes to 3ware device node creation
63 - Fix CCISS file descriptor leak on FreeBSD
64 - Compile fixes for Solaris and FreeBSD
65 - Use getaddrinfo() instead of gethostbyname() to support IPv6
66 - C++ Support for QNX Target, already tested for QNX 6.3.2 on x86 and
67 armle target
68 - Additional support for Samsung MLC flash drives
69 - New device type detection algorithm on FreeBSD, not based on filename
70 - Support for the adaX (ATA on CAM bus) devices on FreeBSD 8.0 and higher
I think we should sync 5.39.1+svn3077-1 and provide it as a backport for lucid.
the seterc feature (since r3065) is really useful (if not vital) on any large-disk software raid arrays: http://
Looking at the differences, about the only things Debian/upstream hasn't fixed are:
* our addition of a status command to the initscript
* silencing the "Not starting" message.
I have a version in my PPA for this reason.