PST(4)

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

💖 NAME 💖

Welcome to pst(4) from the Kernel Interfaces Manual, bestie. This is the device driver for the Promise Supertrak SX6000. That’s the whole assignment: pst = Promise Supertrak SX6000 driver. slay ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

okay so you’ve got two ways to bring this driver into your life: baked right into the kernel, or loaded as a module at boot time. Both lines are exact, no cap 👑

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

device pst

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

pst_load="YES"

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

This driver is for the Promise Supertrak SX6000 ATA hardware RAID controller. It supports (in hardware) RAID levels 0, 1, 0+1, 3, 5 and JBOD on up to 6 ATA disk drives, including automatic rebuild and hotswap, and it supports signalling disk status on LEDs on Promise Superswap disk enclosures. The Supertrak line of controllers does not support non-disk devices. periodt 💅

🌸 HARDWARE 🌸

The pst driver supports the Promise Supertrak SX6000 ATA hardware RAID controller. That’s the hardware match, bestie — iconic and specific 🎀

🎀 NOTES 🎀

vibe check, and this part matters: the pst driver does not support manipulating the RAID from the OS. RAIDs need to be set up from the onboard BIOS. However, hot swap, hot spare, and automatic rebuilds are supported without a reboot. So the BIOS handles the RAID setup, but those hot swap / hot spare / automatic rebuild moments don’t need a reboot — lowkey convenient 🫶

⭐ HISTORY ⭐

The pst driver first appeared in FreeBSD 4.7. nostalgic icon behavior, fr fr 🌈

👑 AUTHORS 👑

The pst driver and man page was written by Søren Schmidt <sos@FreeBSD.org>. give them flowers, they ate 💐

okay that’s the whole page, bestie 💅 — source/version footer energy: Debian, dated December 14, 2004. mwah 🫶

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