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32 .Nd "HighPoint RocketRAID device driver"
34 To compile this driver into the kernel,
35 place the following line in your
36 kernel configuration file:
37 .Bd -ragged -offset indent
43 Alternatively, to load the driver as a
44 module at boot time, place the following line in
46 .Bd -literal -offset indent
50 The following tunables are settable from the loader:
52 .It Va hw.hptrr.attach_generic
53 set to 1 to permit driver attach to chips with generic Marvell (non-HighPoint)
54 PCI identification. These chips are also supported by
58 Some vendors are using same chips, but without providing RAID BIOS.
63 driver provides support for HighPoint's RocketRAID based RAID controllers.
65 These devices support SATA/ATA disk drives
66 and provide RAID0 (striping), RAID1 (mirroring), and RAID5 functionality.
70 driver supports the following RAID
75 RocketRAID 172x series
77 RocketRAID 174x series
81 RocketRAID 222x series
85 RocketRAID 230x series
87 RocketRAID 231x series
89 RocketRAID 232x series
98 driver only works on the i386 and amd64 platforms as it requires a binary
99 blob object from the manufacturer which they only supply for these platforms.
108 This driver does not support the RR182x series controller.
111 manual page for details on support.
113 This driver supersedes the older rr232x driver.
123 device driver first appeared in
129 device driver was written by
130 .An HighPoint Technologies, Inc. ,
135 This manual page was written by
136 .An David E. O'Brien .
140 driver does not support manipulating the RAID from the OS, RAIDs need
141 to be set up from the on-board BIOS.