From 442c0b4cf6fc815093f89971d78c0c27f6d8ebf3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: scottl Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2007 00:56:17 +0000 Subject: Add the 'hptrr' driver for supporting the following Highpoint RocketRAID cards: o RocketRAID 172x series o RocketRAID 174x series o RocketRAID 2210 o RocketRAID 222x series o RocketRAID 2240 o RocketRAID 230x series o RocketRAID 231x series o RocketRAID 232x series o RocketRAID 2340 o RocketRAID 2522 Many thanks to Highpoint for their continued support of FreeBSD. Submitted by: Highpoint --- share/man/man4/hptrr.4 | 126 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 126 insertions(+) create mode 100644 share/man/man4/hptrr.4 (limited to 'share/man/man4/hptrr.4') diff --git a/share/man/man4/hptrr.4 b/share/man/man4/hptrr.4 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ee9e109 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man4/hptrr.4 @@ -0,0 +1,126 @@ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2007 Me +.\" 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 14, 2007 +.Dt HPTRR 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm hptrr +.Nd "HighPoint RocketRAID device 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 hptrr" +.Cd "device scbus" +.Cd "device da" +.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 +hptrr_load="YES" +.Ed +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver provides support for HighPoint's RocketRAID based RAID controllers. +.Pp +These devices support SATA/ATA disk drives +and provide RAID0 (striping), RAID1 (mirroring), and RAID5 functionality. +.Sh HARDWARE +The +.Nm +driver supports the following RAID +controllers: +.Pp +.Bl -bullet -compact +.It +RocketRAID 172x series +.It +RocketRAID 174x series +.It +RocketRAID 2210 +.It +RocketRAID 222x series +.It +RocketRAID 2240 +.It +RocketRAID 230x series +.It +RocketRAID 231x series +.It +RocketRAID 232x series +.It +RocketRAID 2340 +.It +RocketRAID 2522 +.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. +.Pp +This driver does not support the RR182x series controller. +See the +.Xr hptmv 4 +manual page for details on support. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr cam 4 , +.Xr hptmv 4 , +.Xr loader 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +device driver first appeared in +.Fx 5.3 . +.Sh AUTHORS +.An -nosplit +The +.Nm +device driver was written by +.An HighPoint Technologies, Inc. , +and ported to +.Fx +by +.An Scott Long . +This manual page was written by +.An David E. O'Brien . +.Sh BUGS +The +.Nm +driver does not support manipulating the RAID from the OS, RAIDs need +to be set up from the on-board BIOS. -- cgit v1.1