NAME

     hptmv — HighPoint RocketRAID 182x device driver

SYNOPSIS

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

           device hptmv

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

           hptmv_load="YES"

DESCRIPTION

     The hptmv driver provides support for HighPoint's RocketRAID 182x based RAID controller.

     These devices support ATA disk drives and provide RAID0 (striping), RAID1 (mirroring), and
     RAID5 functionality.

HARDWARE

     The hptmv driver supports the following ATA RAID controllers:

     •   HighPoint's RocketRAID 182x series

NOTES

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

SEE ALSO

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

HISTORY

     The hptmv device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 5.3.

AUTHORS

     The hptmv device driver was written by HighPoint Technologies, Inc., and ported to FreeBSD
     by Scott Long.  This manual page was written by David E. O'Brien.

BUGS

     The hptmv driver does not support manipulating the RAID from the OS, RAIDs need to be set up
     from the on-board BIOS.