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32 .Nd "HighPoint RocketRAID 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
43 Alternatively, to load the driver as a
44 module at boot time, place the following line in
46 .Bd -literal -offset indent
52 driver provides support for HighPoint's RocketRAID based RAID controllers.
54 These devices support SATA/ATA disk drives
55 and provide RAID0 (striping), RAID1 (mirroring), and RAID5 functionality.
59 driver supports the following RAID
64 RocketRAID 172x series
66 RocketRAID 174x series
70 RocketRAID 222x series
74 RocketRAID 230x series
76 RocketRAID 231x series
78 RocketRAID 232x series
87 driver only works on the i386 and amd64 platforms as it requires a binary
88 blob object from the manufacturer which they only supply for these platforms.
97 This driver does not support the RR182x series controller.
100 manual page for details on support.
102 This driver supersedes the older rr232x driver.
110 device driver first appeared in
116 device driver was written by
117 .An HighPoint Technologies, Inc. ,
122 This manual page was written by
123 .An David E. O'Brien .
127 driver does not support manipulating the RAID from the OS, RAIDs need
128 to be set up from the on-board BIOS.