HPTIOP(4)

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

HPTIOP(4) 💅✨

okay so bestie, this is the hptiop(4) page from the Kernel Interfaces Manual, and it's all about the HighPoint RocketRAID 3xxx/4xxx device driver. pull up a chair, we're doing this together 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

hptiop — HighPoint RocketRAID 3xxx/4xxx device driver 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

to compile this driver into the kernel, place the following line in your kernel configuration file:

device hptiop
device scbus
device da

alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5):

hptiop_load="YES"

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

the hptiop driver provides support for the HighPoint RocketRAID 3xxx/4xxx series of SAS and SATA RAID controllers. slay. 💅

🌈 HARDWARE 🌈

the hptiop driver supports the following SAS and SATA RAID controllers, no cap:

  • HighPoint RocketRAID 4522
  • HighPoint RocketRAID 4521
  • HighPoint RocketRAID 4520
  • HighPoint RocketRAID 4322
  • HighPoint RocketRAID 4321
  • HighPoint RocketRAID 4320
  • HighPoint RocketRAID 4311
  • HighPoint RocketRAID 4310
  • HighPoint RocketRAID 3640
  • HighPoint RocketRAID 3622
  • HighPoint RocketRAID 3620

the hptiop driver also supports the following SAS and SATA RAID controllers that are already End-of-Life, iykyk:

  • HighPoint RocketRAID 4211
  • HighPoint RocketRAID 4210
  • HighPoint RocketRAID 3560
  • HighPoint RocketRAID 3540
  • HighPoint RocketRAID 3530
  • HighPoint RocketRAID 3522
  • HighPoint RocketRAID 3521
  • HighPoint RocketRAID 3520
  • HighPoint RocketRAID 3511
  • HighPoint RocketRAID 3510
  • HighPoint RocketRAID 3410
  • HighPoint RocketRAID 3320
  • HighPoint RocketRAID 3220
  • HighPoint RocketRAID 3122
  • HighPoint RocketRAID 3120
  • HighPoint RocketRAID 3020

🎀 NOTES 🎀

real talk: the hptiop driver has only been tested on the i386 and amd64 platforms. that's the whole tested-vibe, bestie 😭

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

go peek at cam(4) and hptmv(4) for the sibling lore ✨

⭐ HISTORY ⭐

the hptiop device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 7.0. vintage, but iconic 💜

👑 AUTHORS 👑

the hptiop driver was written by HighPoint Technologies, Inc. — periodt. 🫶

💖 source/version + date energy: this one's from Debian, dated July 5, 2013, and it's the HPTIOP(4) manual — byeee bestie! 🎀

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