HPTIDE(4)

📦 version 11.0, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 hptide(4) — the Triones/Highpoint IDE disk controllers driver 💖

okay bestie, welcome to hptide(4), straight out of the Kernel Interfaces Manual ✨ this is the page for the hptide driver and honestly it's giving "quietly holding your whole disk situation together" energy 👑

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

hptide* at pci? dev ? function ? flags 0x0000

like, that's the whole vibe check right there 🎀 it attaches at pci?, on device dev ?, function function ?, with flags 0x0000 🌸

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

so the hptide driver is the one that supports the Triones/Highpoint HPT366, HPT370, HPT370A, HPT372 and HPT374 IDE controllers — count 'em, five, no cap 🔥 and what it actually does is provide the interface with the hardware for the ata(4) driver 🫶 so it's like the middleman, the hype friend connecting your controller to the ata layer, iconic behavior fr fr 💜

and then there's the flag situation, listen up:

  • the 0x0002 flag forces the hptide driver to disable DMA on chipsets for which DMA would normally be enabled 👀

why would you even do that? two reasons, both valid, both cute:

  • it can be used as a debugging aid 🐛
  • or to work around problems where the IDE controller is wired up to the system incorrectly 😭 (yes, physically incorrect wiring, we love a hardware oopsie)
ngl, if you're reaching for 0x0002 you're probably having a Day 💀 but it's there for you bestie, it's there 🫶

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

go read these next, i'm obsessed with all of them honestly ✨

💀 BUGS 💀

okay so this is the part where we keep it real 🙈 the timings used for the PIO and DMA modes for the controllers listed above are for a PCI bus running at 30 or 33 MHz — that's the spec, that's the number, don't come for me, it's literally what the page says 🎀

and because of that: this driver may not work properly on overclocked systems 😭 like, if you've cranked your bus beyond 33 MHz, the vibes may get weird and the driver might not behave. consider this your gentle warning, not a drill 💅

🦋 sign-off 🦋

and that's the whole page, bestie!! this little cutie came from Debian, dated October 8, 2003 — a genuine elder millennial of a manpage, and honestly? it ate 💖 go forth, respect the 30/33 MHz timing, and don't overclock your PCI bus unless you're ready for consequences 🍓✨💜

📦 where this page comes from