HPT27XX(4)

📦 version 15.1, in freebsd 14.5, freebsd 15.1, nixpkgs unstable

💖 HPT27XX 💖

okay so this is a kernel interfaces manual page, and it's all about hpt27xx — the HighPoint RocketRAID 27xx SAS 6Gb/s HBA card driver. yes that's a lot of acronyms, stay with me bestie 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

hpt27xx — the HighPoint RocketRAID 27xx SAS 6Gb/s HBA card driver 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

so like, if you wanna compile this driver straight into the kernel, you drop this line into your kernel configuration file:

device hpt27xx

or, alternatively, if you'd rather load it as a module at boot time, you put this line in loader.conf(5):

hpt27xx_load="YES"

both are valid, pick your fighter 🎀

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

the hpt27xx driver provides support for HighPoint's RocketRAID 27xx based RAID controller. that's the whole vibe ✨

these devices support SAS disk drives and they give you RAID0 (striping), RAID1 (mirroring), and RAID5 functionality. iconic honestly 👑

🌈 HARDWARE 🌈

the hpt27xx driver supports the following SAS controllers:

  • HighPoint's RocketRAID 271x series
  • HighPoint's RocketRAID 272x series
  • HighPoint's RocketRAID 274x series
  • HighPoint's RocketRAID 276x series
  • HighPoint's RocketRAID 278x series

all the x's. love that for them 💜

🦋 NOTES 🦋

okay important stuff, listen up 🙈

the hpt27xx driver only works on the i386 and amd64 platforms, because it requires a binary blob object from the manufacturer, and they only supply it for these platforms. that's just how it is, no cap 😭

also, the hpt27xx driver does not work on i386 with pae(4) enabled. so like, heads up on that one 💀

💅 SEE ALSO 💅

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

⭐ HISTORY ⭐

the hpt27xx device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 10.0. a whole era 🌸

🎀 AUTHORS 🎀

the hpt27xx device driver was written by HighPoint Technologies, Inc.. yes, both periods, I don't make the rules 💀

and this manual page was written by Xin LI <delphij@FreeBSD.org> for iXsystems, Inc. shoutout to Xin, main character energy fr fr 🫶

and that's the page bestie!! written down on December 28, 2011, and it came from the Debian side of things — so when you see that footer with the version and date, that's the source of this whole little document. slay, periodt 💖✨🎀

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