HPTRR(4)

📦 version 15.1, in freebsd 14.5, freebsd 15.1

💅 HPTRR(4) 💅

okay so bestie, this is the hptrr(4) page from the Kernel Interfaces Manual, and we’re about to get into the HighPoint RocketRAID driver lore. 🫶✨

✨ NAME ✨

hptrr — the HighPoint RocketRAID device driver. 💖

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

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

device hptrr
device scbus
device da

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

hptrr_load="YES"

The following tunables are settable from the loader:

  • hw.hptrr.attach_generic — set to 1 to permit driver attach to chips with generic Marvell (non-HighPoint) PCI identification. These chips are also supported by ata(4) and mvs(4). Some vendors are using same chips, but without providing RAID BIOS. 🧚💫

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

The hptrr driver provides support for HighPoint’s RocketRAID based RAID controllers. 👑

These devices support SATA/ATA disk drives and provide RAID0 (striping), RAID1 (mirroring), and RAID5 functionality. slay. 💅

👑 HARDWARE 👑

The hptrr driver supports the following RAID controllers:

  • RocketRAID 172x series
  • RocketRAID 174x series
  • RocketRAID 2210
  • RocketRAID 222x series
  • RocketRAID 2240
  • RocketRAID 230x series
  • RocketRAID 231x series
  • RocketRAID 232x series
  • RocketRAID 2340
  • RocketRAID 2522

💀 NOTES 💀

The hptrr driver only works on the i386 and amd64 platforms as it requires a binary blob object from the manufacturer which they only supply for these platforms. The hptrr driver does not work on i386 with pae(4) enabled. 😭

This driver does not support the RR182x series controller. See the hptmv(4) manual page for details on support. 🦋

This driver supersedes the older rr232x driver. periodt. 💜

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

⭐ HISTORY ⭐

The hptrr device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 6.3. 🎀

🎀 AUTHORS 🎀

The hptrr device driver was written by HighPoint Technologies, Inc., and ported to FreeBSD by Scott Long. This manual page was written by David E. O’Brien. 💖

🍓 BUGS 🍓

🫠 BUGS tea: the hptrr driver does not support manipulating the RAID from the OS, RAIDs need to be set up from the on-board BIOS.

💖 okay that’s the whole page, bestie. This one is served from the Debian source/version and it’s dated June 6, 2012. iconic. 💖

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