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1RocketRAID 182x Driver for FreeBSD 2Copyright (C) 2003-2004 HighPoint Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. 3$FreeBSD: head/sys/dev/hptmv/readme.txt 142988 2005-03-02 05:14:28Z scottl $ 4 5############################################################################# 6Revision History: 7 8 v1.1 2004-9-23 9 Fix activity LED problem. 10 Cleanup diagnostic code. 11 12 v1.01 2004-5-24 13 First source code release 14 15############################################################################# 16 171. Overview 18--------------------- 19 This package contains FreeBSD driver source code for HighPoint RocketRAID 20 182x SATA controller. 21 22 NO WARRANTY 23 24 THE DRIVER SOURCE CODE HIGHPOINT PROVIDED IS FREE OF CHARGE, AND THERE IS 25 NO WARRANTY FOR THE PROGRAM. THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE OF THIS 26 FREE SOURCE CODE. HIGHPOINT DOES NOT PROVIDE ANY TECHNICAL SUPPORT IF THE 27 CODE HAS BEEN CHANGED FROM ORIGINAL SOURCE CODE. 28 29 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY 30 31 IN NO EVENT WILL HIGHPOINT BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, 32 INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR 33 INABILITY TO USE THIS PRODUCT OR DOCUMENTATION, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE 34 POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN PARTICULAR, HIGHPOINT SHALL NOT HAVE 35 LIABILITY FOR ANY HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, OR DATA STORED USED WITH THE 36 PRODUCT, INCLUDING THE COSTS OF REPAIRING, REPLACING, OR RECOVERING 37 SUCH HARDWARE, OR DATA. 38 392. Build the driver 40--------------------- 41 1) Install kernel source package and building tools. 42 43 2) Extract the driver files to somewhere. 44 45 3) Run "make" to build the driver. 46 47 483. Using the driver 49--------------------- 50 1) Copy the driver module to /modules/ (FreeBSD 4.x) or /boot/kernel/ 51 (FreeBSD 5.x). 52 53 2) The driver can't be loaded by kldload command on a running system. 54 Please load the driver during system booting stage. e.g: 55 56 BTX loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.01 57 Console: internal video/keyboard 58 BIOS driver A: is disk0 59 BIOS driver C: is disk2 60 BIOS 636kB/74512kB available memory 61 62 FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 0.8 63 (mailto:jkh@narf.osd.bsdi.com, Sat Apr 21 08:46:19 GMT 2001) 64 Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf 65 /kernel text=0x24f1db data=0x3007ec+0x2062c - 66 67 Hit [Enter] to boot immediagely, or any other key for command prompt. 68 Booting [kernel] in 9 seconds�� 69 70 <-- press SPACE key here 71 Type '?' for a list of commands, 'help' for more detailed help. 72 ok load hptmv 73 /modules/hptmv.ko text=0xf571 data=0x2c8+0x254 74 ok autoboot 75 76 Please refer to the installation guide in HighPoint FreeBSD driver release 77 package for more information. 78 79 80############################################################################# 81Technical support and service 82 83 If you have questions about installing or using your HighPoint product, 84 check the user's guide or readme file first, and you will find answers to 85 most of your questions here. If you need further assistance, please 86 contact us. We offer the following support and information services: 87 88 1) The HighPoint Web Site provides information on software upgrades, 89 answers to common questions, and other topics. The Web Site is 90 available from Internet 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, at 91 http://www.highpoint-tech.com. 92 93 2) For technical support, send e-mail to support@highpoint-tech.com 94 95 NOTE: Before you send an e-mail, please visit our Web Site 96 (http://www.highpoint-tech.com) to check if there is a new or 97 updated device driver for your system. 98