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.Dd November 17, 2005
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.Dt HPTMV 4
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm hptmv
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.Nd "HighPoint RocketRAID 182x device driver"
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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To compile this driver into the kernel,
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place the following line in your
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kernel configuration file:
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.Bd -ragged -offset indent
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.Cd "device hptmv"
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.Ed
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.Pp
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Alternatively, to load the driver as a
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module at boot time, place the following line in
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.Xr loader.conf 5 :
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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hptmv_load="YES"
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.Ed
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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driver provides support for HighPoint's RocketRAID 182x based RAID controller.
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.Pp
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These devices support ATA disk drives
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and provide RAID0 (striping), RAID1 (mirroring), and RAID5 functionality.
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.Sh HARDWARE
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The
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.Nm
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driver supports the following ATA RAID
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controllers:
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.Pp
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.Bl -bullet -compact
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.It
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HighPoint's RocketRAID 182x series
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.El
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.Sh NOTES
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The
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.Nm
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driver only works on the i386 and amd64 platforms as it requires a binary
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blob object from the manufacturer which they only supply for these platforms.
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The
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driver does
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.Em not
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work on i386 with
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.Xr pae 4
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enabled.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr kld 4 ,
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.Xr kldload 8 ,
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.Xr loader 8
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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device driver first appeared in
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.Fx 5.3 .
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.Sh AUTHORS
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.An -nosplit
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The
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.Nm
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device driver was written by
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.An HighPoint Technologies, Inc. ,
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and ported to
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.Fx
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by
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.An Scott Long .
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This manual page was written by
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.An David E. O'Brien .
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.Sh BUGS
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The
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.Nm
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driver does not support manipulating the RAID from the OS, RAIDs need
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to be set up from the on-board BIOS.
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