smartmontools port

[Bruce Allen]

I wanted to point out that the person who did the FreeBSD port, Ben Gras
<ben at scum.org> is now a smartmontools developer, and has write access to
the smartmontools CVS archive.

Cheers,
	Bruce

On Mon, 2 Jun 2003, Douglas Gilbert wrote:

> "The smartmontools package contains two utility
> programs (smartctl and smartd) to control and
> monitor storage systems using the Self-Monitoring,
> Analysis and Reporting Technology System (S.M.A.R.T.)
> built into most modern ATA and SCSI hard disks."
> See http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net for more
> details.
> 
> Currently it only supports Linux but the maintainer,
> Bruce Allen <ballen at gravity.phys.uwm.edu>, has
> received patches for a FreeBSD port for ATA disks.
> [Those patches are not in the project's CVS yet.]
> 
> As yet no-one has proposed or offered any patches for
> a FreeBSD port of the SCSI code. For SCSI specific
> information about smartmontools together with examples
> see this url:
> http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/smartmontools_scsi.html
> 
> I have rewritten the SCSI command handling code and
> Kai Makisara has added code to support the TapeAlert
> mechanism. The Linux SCSI command handling details
> are hidden behind a CAM like structure.
> This should facilitate a clean port of this code.
> Other broader issues would need addressing (e.g. the
> assumptions made at higher levels about device names
> being SCSI or ATA devices).
> 
> If anyone wishes to volunteer or look at this please
> contact me or Bruce. We would also be interested if
> FreeBSD has any other utilities that provide SMART
> facilities.
> 
> Doug Gilbert
> 
>