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1RocketRAID 182x Driver for FreeBSD 2Copyright (C) 2003-2004 HighPoint Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. 3 4############################################################################# 5Revision History: 6 7 v1.1 2004-9-23 8 Fix activity LED problem. 9 Cleanup diagnostic code. 10 11 v1.01 2004-5-24 12 First source code release 13 14############################################################################# 15 161. Overview 17--------------------- 18 This package contains FreeBSD driver source code for HighPoint RocketRAID 19 182x SATA controller. 20 21 NO WARRANTY 22 23 THE DRIVER SOURCE CODE HIGHPOINT PROVIDED IS FREE OF CHARGE, AND THERE IS 24 NO WARRANTY FOR THE PROGRAM. THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE OF THIS 25 FREE SOURCE CODE. HIGHPOINT DOES NOT PROVIDE ANY TECHNICAL SUPPORT IF THE 26 CODE HAS BEEN CHANGED FROM ORIGINAL SOURCE CODE. 27 28 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY 29 30 IN NO EVENT WILL HIGHPOINT BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, 31 INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR 32 INABILITY TO USE THIS PRODUCT OR DOCUMENTATION, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE 33 POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN PARTICULAR, HIGHPOINT SHALL NOT HAVE 34 LIABILITY FOR ANY HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, OR DATA STORED USED WITH THE 35 PRODUCT, INCLUDING THE COSTS OF REPAIRING, REPLACING, OR RECOVERING 36 SUCH HARDWARE, OR DATA. 37 382. Build the driver 39--------------------- 40 1) Install kernel source package and building tools. 41 42 2) Extract the driver files to somewhere. 43 44 3) Run "make" to build the driver. 45 46 473. Using the driver 48--------------------- 49 1) Copy the driver module to /modules/ (FreeBSD 4.x) or /boot/kernel/ 50 (FreeBSD 5.x). 51 52 2) The driver can't be loaded by kldload command on a running system. 53 Please load the driver during system booting stage. e.g: 54 55 BTX loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.01 56 Console: internal video/keyboard 57 BIOS driver A: is disk0 58 BIOS driver C: is disk2 59 BIOS 636kB/74512kB available memory 60 61 FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 0.8 62 (mailto:jkh@narf.osd.bsdi.com, Sat Apr 21 08:46:19 GMT 2001) 63 Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf 64 /kernel text=0x24f1db data=0x3007ec+0x2062c - 65 66 Hit [Enter] to boot immediagely, or any other key for command prompt. 67 Booting [kernel] in 9 seconds�� 68 69 <-- press SPACE key here 70 Type '?' for a list of commands, 'help' for more detailed help. 71 ok load hptmv 72 /modules/hptmv.ko text=0xf571 data=0x2c8+0x254 73 ok autoboot 74 75 Please refer to the installation guide in HighPoint FreeBSD driver release 76 package for more information. 77 78 79############################################################################# 80Technical support and service 81 82 If you have questions about installing or using your HighPoint product, 83 check the user's guide or readme file first, and you will find answers to 84 most of your questions here. If you need further assistance, please 85 contact us. We offer the following support and information services: 86 87 1) The HighPoint Web Site provides information on software upgrades, 88 answers to common questions, and other topics. The Web Site is 89 available from Internet 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, at 90 http://www.highpoint-tech.com. 91 92 2) For technical support, send e-mail to support@highpoint-tech.com 93 94 NOTE: Before you send an e-mail, please visit our Web Site 95 (http://www.highpoint-tech.com) to check if there is a new or 96 updated device driver for your system. 97