Re: Adding SMART support to base

Joel Dahl <[email protected]> Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:44:02 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.os.freebsd.architechture
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Sun, Apr 12, 2026 at 09:54:03AM -0700, Chuck Tuffli wrote:
> 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 been
> 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.

Yes! This is something I've been missing from the base system for a long time.

-- 
Joel