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diff --git a/share/man/man4/hpt27xx.4 b/share/man/man4/hpt27xx.4 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..01f9ba5 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man4/hpt27xx.4 @@ -0,0 +1,101 @@ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2011 iXsystems, Inc. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE DEVELOPERS ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES +.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. +.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE DEVELOPERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, +.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT +.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, +.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY +.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT +.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF +.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd December 28, 2011 +.Dt HPT27XX 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm hpt27xx +.Nd "HighPoint RocketRAID 27xx SAS 6Gb/s HBA card driver" +.Sh SYNOPSIS +To compile this driver into the kernel, +place the following line in your +kernel configuration file: +.Bd -ragged -offset indent +.Cd "device hpt27xx" +.Ed +.Pp +Alternatively, to load the driver as a +module at boot time, place the following line in +.Xr loader.conf 5 : +.Bd -literal -offset indent +hpt27xx_load="YES" +.Ed +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver provides support for HighPoint's RocketRAID 27xx based RAID controller. +.Pp +These devices support SAS disk drives +and provide RAID0 (striping), RAID1 (mirroring), and RAID5 functionality. +.Sh HARDWARE +The +.Nm +driver supports the following SAS +controllers: +.Pp +.Bl -bullet -compact +.It +HighPoint's RocketRAID 271x series +.It +HighPoint's RocketRAID 272x series +.It +HighPoint's RocketRAID 274x series +.It +HighPoint's RocketRAID 276x series +.It +HighPoint's RocketRAID 278x series +.El +.Sh NOTES +The +.Nm +driver only works on the i386 and amd64 platforms as it requires a binary +blob object from the manufacturer which they only supply for these platforms. +The +.Nm +driver does +.Em not +work on i386 with +.Xr pae 4 +enabled. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr kld 4 , +.Xr kldload 8 , +.Xr loader 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +device driver first appeared in +.Fx 10.0 . +.Sh AUTHORS +.An -nosplit +The +.Nm +device driver was written by +.An HighPoint Technologies, Inc. . +This manual page was written by +.An Xin LI Aq delphij@FreeBSD.org +for iXsystems, Inc. |