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32 .Nd "HighPoint RocketRAID 182x device driver"
34 To compile this driver into the kernel,
35 place the following line in your
36 kernel configuration file:
37 .Bd -ragged -offset indent
41 Alternatively, to load the driver as a
42 module at boot time, place the following line in
44 .Bd -literal -offset indent
50 driver provides support for HighPoint's RocketRAID 182x based RAID controller.
52 These devices support ATA disk drives
53 and provide RAID0 (striping), RAID1 (mirroring), and RAID5 functionality.
57 driver supports the following ATA RAID
62 HighPoint's RocketRAID 182x series
67 driver only works on the i386 and amd64 platforms as it requires a binary
68 blob object from the manufacturer which they only supply for these platforms.
83 device driver first appeared in
89 device driver was written by
90 .An HighPoint Technologies, Inc. ,
95 This manual page was written by
96 .An David E. O'Brien .
100 driver does not support manipulating the RAID from the OS, RAIDs need
101 to be set up from the on-board BIOS.