NAME

     hptnr — HighPoint DC Series Data Center HBA card driver

SYNOPSIS

     To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following line in your kernel
     configuration file:

           device hptnr

     Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in
     loader.conf(5):

           hptnr_load="YES"

DESCRIPTION

     The hptnr driver provides support for HighPoint's DC Series Data Center HBA card.

HARDWARE

     The hptnr driver supports the following SATA controllers:

     •   HighPoint's DC7280 series
     •   HighPoint's Rocket R750 series

NOTES

     The hptnr 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 hptnr driver
     does not work on i386 with pae(4) enabled.

SEE ALSO

     kld(4), kldload(8), loader(8)

HISTORY

     The hptnr device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 9.2.

AUTHORS

     The hptnr device driver was written by HighPoint Technologies, Inc..  This manual page was
     written by Xin LI <delphij@FreeBSD.org> for iXsystems, Inc.