hptmv — HighPoint RocketRAID 182x device driver
Contents
Bugs
The hptmv driver does not support manipulating the RAID from the OS, RAIDs need to be set up from the on-
board BIOS.
Debian November 17, 2005 HPTMV(4)
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
History
The hptmv device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 5.3.
Name
hptmv — HighPoint RocketRAID 182x device driver
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)
Synopsis
To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following line in your kernel configuration file:
devicehptmv
Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5):
hptmv_load="YES"
