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1RocketRAID 182x Driver for FreeBSD 2Copyright (C) 2004-2005 HighPoint Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. 3$FreeBSD: head/sys/dev/hptmv/readme.txt 149871 2005-09-07 23:33:26Z scottl $ 4 5############################################################################# 6Revision History: 7 8 v1.12 2005-6-10 9 Fix over 4G memory support on amd64. 10 Fix disk flush problem. 11 12 v1.1 2004-9-23 13 Fix activity LED problem. 14 Cleanup diagnostic code. 15 16 v1.01 2004-5-24 17 First source code release 18 19############################################################################# 20 211. Overview 22--------------------- 23 This package contains FreeBSD driver source code for HighPoint RocketRAID 24 182x SATA controller. 25 26 NO WARRANTY 27 28 THE DRIVER SOURCE CODE HIGHPOINT PROVIDED IS FREE OF CHARGE, AND THERE IS 29 NO WARRANTY FOR THE PROGRAM. THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE OF THIS 30 FREE SOURCE CODE. HIGHPOINT DOES NOT PROVIDE ANY TECHNICAL SUPPORT IF THE 31 CODE HAS BEEN CHANGED FROM ORIGINAL SOURCE CODE. 32 33 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY 34 35 IN NO EVENT WILL HIGHPOINT BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, 36 INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR 37 INABILITY TO USE THIS PRODUCT OR DOCUMENTATION, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE 38 POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN PARTICULAR, HIGHPOINT SHALL NOT HAVE 39 LIABILITY FOR ANY HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, OR DATA STORED USED WITH THE 40 PRODUCT, INCLUDING THE COSTS OF REPAIRING, REPLACING, OR RECOVERING 41 SUCH HARDWARE, OR DATA. 42 43 442. Rebuild the kernel with RR182x support 45-------------------------------------------- 46 47 1) Install kernel source package and building tools. 48 49 2) Extract the driver files under the kernel source tree: 50 51 # cd /usr/src/sys/ 52 # tar xvzf /your/path/to/rr182x-opensource-v1.12-bsd.tgz 53 54 3) Update the kernel configuration file to include the HighPoint source. 55 Assume the configure file is GENERIC, and new kernel configure file is 56 MYKERNEL: 57 58 # cd i386/conf (or amd64/conf for AMD64) 59 # cp GENERIC MYKERNEL 60 61 4) Edit MYKERNEL, and add the following line under "RAID controllers 62 interfaced to the SCSI subsystem": 63 64 device hptmv #HighPoint RocketRAID 182x 65 66 5) For i386 system, edit /usr/src/sys/conf/files.i386 and append the lines 67 shown below: 68 69 hptmvraid.o optional hptmv \ 70 dependency "$S/dev/hptmv/i386-elf.raid.o.uu" \ 71 compile-with "uudecode < $S/dev/hptmv/i386-elf.raid.o.uu" \ 72 no-implicit-rule 73 74 dev/hptmv/gui_lib.c optional hptmv 75 dev/hptmv/hptproc.c optional hptmv 76 dev/hptmv/ioctl.c optional hptmv 77 dev/hptmv/entry.c optional hptmv 78 dev/hptmv/mv.c optional hptmv 79 80 For amd64 system, edit /usr/src/sys/conf/files.amd64 and append the lines 81 shown below: 82 83 hptmvraid.o optional hptmv \ 84 dependency "$S/dev/hptmv/amd64-elf.raid.o.uu" \ 85 compile-with "uudecode < $S/dev/hptmv/amd64-elf.raid.o.uu" \ 86 no-implicit-rule 87 88 dev/hptmv/gui_lib.c optional hptmv 89 dev/hptmv/hptproc.c optional hptmv 90 dev/hptmv/ioctl.c optional hptmv 91 dev/hptmv/entry.c optional hptmv 92 dev/hptmv/mv.c optional hptmv 93 94 Note FreeBSD 5.3/5.4 i386 already have a built-in RR182x driver, you should 95 replace the old configuration lines with the lines listed above. 96 97 98 6) Rebuild and install the kernel: 99 100 a) for FreeBSD 5.x-i386: 101 102 # cd /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/ 103 # /usr/sbin/config MYKERNEL 104 # cd ../compile/MYKERNEL/ 105 # make depend 106 # make 107 # make install 108 109 b) for FreeBSD 5.x-amd64: 110 111 # cd /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf/ 112 # /usr/sbin/config MYKERNEL 113 # cd ../compile/MYKERNEL/ 114 # make depend 115 # make 116 # make install 117 118 c) for FreeBSD 4.x: 119 120 # cd /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/ 121 # /usr/sbin/config MYKERNEL 122 # cd ../../compile/MYKERNEL/ 123 # make depend 124 # make 125 # make install 126 127 If the driver was previously configured as an auto-loaded module by 128 /boot/defaults/loader.conf, please remove the entry hptmv_load="YES" 129 from loader.conf to prevent the driver from being loaded twice. 130 131 7) Reboot from the new kernel. 132 133 1343. Build/Load the driver as a kernel module 135------------------------------------------------ 136 137 1) Install kernel source package and building tools. 138 139 2) Extract the driver files under the kernel source tree: 140 141 # cd /usr/src/sys/ 142 # tar xvzf /your/path/to/rr182x-opensource-v1.12-bsd.tgz 143 144 145 4) Build the driver module: 146 147 # cd modules/hptmv 148 # make 149 150 5) Copy the driver module to the kernel module directory 151 152 For FreeBSD 4.x: 153 154 # cp hptmv.ko /modules/ 155 156 For FreeBSD 5.x: 157 158 # cp hptmv.ko /boot/kernel/ 159 160 6) Reboot and load the driver under loader prompt. e.g: 161 162 BTX loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.01 163 Console: internal video/keyboard 164 BIOS driver A: is disk0 165 BIOS driver C: is disk2 166 BIOS 636kB/74512kB available memory 167 168 FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 0.8 169 (mailto:jkh@narf.osd.bsdi.com, Sat Apr 21 08:46:19 GMT 2001) 170 Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf 171 /kernel text=0x24f1db data=0x3007ec+0x2062c - 172 173 Hit [Enter] to boot immediagely, or any other key for command prompt. 174 Booting [kernel] in 9 seconds�� 175 176 <-- press SPACE key here 177 Type '?' for a list of commands, 'help' for more detailed help. 178 ok load hptmv 179 /modules/hptmv.ko text=0xf571 data=0x2c8+0x254 180 ok boot 181 182 For FreeBSD 5.x, you can select 6 on the boot menu to get a loader prompt. 183 184 7) You can add a below line into /boot/defaults/loader.conf to load the 185 driver automatically: 186 187 hptmv_load="YES" 188 189 Please refer to the installation guide in HighPoint FreeBSD driver release 190 package for more information. 191 192 193############################################################################# 194Technical support and service 195 196 If you have questions about installing or using your HighPoint product, 197 check the user's guide or readme file first, and you will find answers to 198 most of your questions here. If you need further assistance, please 199 contact us. We offer the following support and information services: 200 201 1) The HighPoint Web Site provides information on software upgrades, 202 answers to common questions, and other topics. The Web Site is 203 available from Internet 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, at 204 http://www.highpoint-tech.com. 205 206 2) For technical support, send e-mail to support@highpoint-tech.com 207 208 NOTE: Before you send an e-mail, please visit our Web Site 209 (http://www.highpoint-tech.com) to check if there is a new or 210 updated device driver for your system. 211