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.Dd November 17, 2005
.Dt HPTMV 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm hptmv
.Nd "HighPoint RocketRAID 182x 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 hptmv"
.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
hptmv_load="YES"
.Ed
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
driver provides support for HighPoint's RocketRAID 182x based RAID controller.
.Pp
These devices support ATA disk drives
and provide RAID0 (striping), RAID1 (mirroring), and RAID5 functionality.
.Sh HARDWARE
The
.Nm
driver supports the following ATA RAID
controllers:
.Pp
.Bl -bullet -compact
.It
HighPoint's RocketRAID 182x 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 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.