HPTIOP(4)

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💖 HPTIOP(4) 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because this is the hptiop page from the Kernel Interfaces Manual and it's literally all about the HighPoint RocketRAID 3xxx/4xxx device driver 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

hptiop — HighPoint RocketRAID 3xxx/4xxx device driver

the way this is just a little guy with a big job, no cap 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

so like, there are two whole ways to get this driver into your life and you gotta pick one, okay?

Option A — bake it straight into the kernel. Drop this line into your kernel configuration file:

device hptiop
device scbus
device da

Option B — load it as a module at boot time. In that case, put this line in loader.conf(5):

hptiop_load="YES"

pick your fighter, both are valid, periodt ✨

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

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

that's it, that's the whole vibe. it's giving "glue between your kernel and your RAID card" 💖

👑 HARDWARE 👑

here's the roster, bestie. the hptiop driver supports the following SAS and SATA RAID controllers:

  • 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

and look, the hptiop driver also supports the following SAS and SATA RAID controllers that are already End-of-Life 🪦 (they still work, they're just retired icons, respect the elders):

  • 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. anything else is uncharted territory, proceed with main character energy but also caution 😭

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

go read those next, iykyk 🧚

⭐ HISTORY ⭐

the hptiop device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 7.0. a legend from day one, honestly 🔥

💜 AUTHORS 💜

the hptiop driver was written by HighPoint Technologies, Inc. — iconic of them, truly 🎀

and that's the whole page bestie!! this version came from Debian, dated July 5, 2013, and it slayed 💅✨🦋

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