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27.Dd June 22, 2015
28.Dt HPTMV 4
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm hptmv
32.Nd "HighPoint RocketRAID 182x device driver"
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34To compile this driver into the kernel,
35place the following line in your
36kernel configuration file:
37.Bd -ragged -offset indent
38.Cd "device hptmv"
39.Ed
40.Pp
41Alternatively, to load the driver as a
42module at boot time, place the following line in
43.Xr loader.conf 5 :
44.Bd -literal -offset indent
45hptmv_load="YES"
46.Ed
47.Sh DESCRIPTION
48The
49.Nm
50driver provides support for HighPoint's RocketRAID 182x based RAID controller.
51.Pp
52These devices support ATA disk drives
53and provide RAID0 (striping), RAID1 (mirroring), and RAID5 functionality.
54.Sh HARDWARE
55The
56.Nm
57driver supports the following ATA RAID
58controllers:
59.Pp
60.Bl -bullet -compact
61.It
62HighPoint's RocketRAID 182x series
63.El
64.Sh NOTES
65The
66.Nm
67driver only works on the x86_64 platform as it requires a
68blob from the manufacturer which they only supply for these platforms.
69.Sh SEE ALSO
70.Xr hpt27xx 4 ,
71.Xr hptiop 4 ,
72.Xr hptrr 4 ,
73.Xr kld 4 ,
74.Xr kldload 8 ,
75.Xr loader 8
76.Sh HISTORY
77The
78.Nm
79device driver first appeared in
80.Fx 5.3 .
81.Sh AUTHORS
82.An -nosplit
83The
84.Nm
85device driver was written by
86.An HighPoint Technologies, Inc. ,
87and ported to
88.Fx
89by
90.An Scott Long .
91This manual page was written by
92.An David E. O'Brien .
93.Sh BUGS
94The
95.Nm
96driver does not support manipulating the RAID from the OS, RAIDs need
97to be set up from the on-board BIOS.
98