hptnr — HighPoint DC Series Data Center HBA card driver
Contents
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
History
The hptnr device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 9.2.
Name
hptnr — HighPoint DC Series Data Center HBA card driver
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)
Synopsis
To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following line in your kernel configuration file:
devicehptnr
Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5):
hptnr_load="YES"
