Re: Adding SMART support to base

i have long wondered about why base doesn't have basic s=2Em=2Ea=2Er=2Et=2E=
 tool

so to me, that's good idea

checked, didn't install yet=2E looks nice util too



On April 12, 2026 7:54:03 PM GMT+03:00, Chuck Tuffli <chuck@freebsd=2Eorg>=
 wrote:
>A ways back, I wrote a small utility [1] for FreeBSD to retrieve SMART da=
ta
>in a unified way for ATA, NVMe, and SCSI drives=2E The application has be=
en
>in the port's tree for about 8 years, but recently, I've gotten several
>inquiries (including from the Sylve developer) about the possibility of
>including this as a part of the base OS=2E
>
>The application is tailored to being used in monitoring applications, and
>as such, does not try to include every bell and whistle found in the
>smartmontools suite (e=2Eg=2E, no daemon)=2E I think this would fill a me=
aningful
>gap in the FreeBSD base system, but wanted to get feedback from others=2E
>
>Thoughts?
>
>[1] https://github=2Ecom/ctuffli/smart