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+.\"
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+.\" $FreeBSD$
+.\"
+.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.
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