Re: Adding SMART support to base

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On Wed, Apr 15, 2026 at 10:48=E2=80=AFAM Robert Clausecker <[email protected]=
> wrote:

> Hi Chuck,
>
> This sounds great!
>
> Could you prepare a DR on Phabricator that integrates your code base?
> Do you plan to continue development in tree or do you want this to be
> contributed software?
>

Generally, I like the idea. I do worry about keeping up with new standards,
but even w/o doing that, we're in good shape.

Warner


> Yours,
> Robert Clausecker
>
> Am Sun, Apr 12, 2026 at 09:54:03AM -0700 schrieb Chuck Tuffli:
> > A ways back, I wrote a small utility [1] for FreeBSD to retrieve SMART
> data
> > in a unified way for ATA, NVMe, and SCSI drives. 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.
> >
> > The application is tailored to being used in monitoring applications, a=
nd
> > as such, does not try to include every bell and whistle found in the
> > smartmontools suite (e.g., no daemon). I think this would fill a
> meaningful
> > gap in the FreeBSD base system, but wanted to get feedback from others.
> >
> > Thoughts?
> >
> > [1] https://github.com/ctuffli/smart
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote g=
mail_quote_container"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Wed, Apr 15,=
 2026 at 10:48=E2=80=AFAM Robert Clausecker &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:fuz@freeb=
sd.org">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_=
quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,=
204);padding-left:1ex">Hi Chuck,<br>
<br>
This sounds great!<br>
<br>
Could you prepare a DR on Phabricator that integrates your code base?<br>
Do you plan to continue development in tree or do you want this to be<br>
contributed software?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Generally, I like=
 the idea. I do worry about keeping up with new standards,</div><div>but ev=
en w/o doing that, we&#39;re in good shape.</div><div><br></div><div>Warner=
</div><div>=C2=A0</div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0p=
x 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
Yours,<br>
Robert Clausecker<br>
<br>
Am Sun, Apr 12, 2026 at 09:54:03AM -0700 schrieb Chuck Tuffli:<br>
&gt; A ways back, I wrote a small utility [1] for FreeBSD to retrieve SMART=
 data<br>
&gt; in a unified way for ATA, NVMe, and SCSI drives. The application has b=
een<br>
&gt; in the port&#39;s tree for about 8 years, but recently, I&#39;ve gotte=
n several<br>
&gt; inquiries (including from the Sylve developer) about the possibility o=
f<br>
&gt; including this as a part of the base OS.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; The application is tailored to being used in monitoring applications, =
and<br>
&gt; as such, does not try to include every bell and whistle found in the<b=
r>
&gt; smartmontools suite (e.g., no daemon). I think this would fill a meani=
ngful<br>
&gt; gap in the FreeBSD base system, but wanted to get feedback from others=
.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; Thoughts?<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; [1] <a href=3D"https://github.com/ctuffli/smart" rel=3D"noreferrer" ta=
rget=3D"_blank">https://github.com/ctuffli/smart</a><br>
<br>
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