=== Native S.M.A.R.T. data retrieval in FreeBSD

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link:https://github.com/ctuffli/smart[S.M.A.R.T. on GitHub] URL: link:https://github.com/ctuffli/smart[]

Contact: Chuck Tuffli <chuck@freebsd.org>

FreeBSD has imported a native Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T.) utility, man:smart[8], into the base system, providing lightweight, built-in disk health monitoring capabilities without requiring third-party packages.
It was inspired by the man:diskctl[8] framework proposed at AsiaBSDCon 2016 to create a permissively-licensed S.M.A.R.T. utility addressing licensing and functionality gaps in existing tools.

The utility provides a unified interface for retrieving S.M.A.R.T. data across multiple storage protocols, including ATA, NVMe, and SCSI.
It focuses on ease of integration with monitoring tools, providing multiple output formats (tab-delimited fields, JSON, XML) via man:libxo[3] and allowing users to query specific health attributes.