Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 09:30:40 -0700 From: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> To: Christian Brueffer <chris@unixpages.org> Cc: Mike Jakubik <mikej@rogers.com>, hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hptmv support on AMD64 Message-ID: <437CB030.1040107@samsco.org> In-Reply-To: <20051117162839.GA1055@unixpages.org> References: <437BBC51.2030804@rogers.com> <437BBCFD.4000102@samsco.org> <20051117162839.GA1055@unixpages.org>
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Christian Brueffer wrote: > On Wed, Nov 16, 2005 at 04:13:01PM -0700, Scott Long wrote: > >>Mike Jakubik wrote: >> >> >>>Hi, >>> >>>The man page for the hptmv (HighPoint RocketRAID 182x) drivers, on 6.0 >>>and 5.4 states: >>> >>>--- >>> >>>*NOTES* >>><http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=hptmv&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-stable&format=html#end>; >>> >>> The *hptmv* driver only works on the i386 platform as it requires a >>>binary >>> blob object from the manufacturer which they only supply for the i386 >>> platform >>>--- >>> >>> >>>This is however not true, at least not anymore. HighPoint provides open >>>source drivers that include the blob for i386 and amd64, as seen here >>>http://www.highpoint-tech.com/USA/bios_rr1810a.htm on the open source >>>driver version 1.12. Also the man page for -CURRENT says that i386 AND >>>amd64 is supported. Is there any way that we can update FreeBSDs' 5.x >>>and 6.x drivers to this current version? I have a dual Opteron server >>>that i would like to run in native mode, but the fact that i have to >>>download binary modules, (which don't support 6.0) is a PITA when >>>keeping the system up to date. >>> >>>Thank You. >> >>I updated the hptmv driver to include amd64 support in time for the 6.0 >>release. Have you given it a try yet? >> > > > Unfortunatly the hptmv(4) manpage in RELENG_6 didn't reflect this. I > have just MFCd the respective change to remedy that. Thanks for the > notice, Mike. > > - Christian > Thanks for updating it. It might also be good to note that the driver _doesn't_ work on i386+PAE. Scott
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