Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 17:44:22 +0100 From: Christian Brueffer <chris@unixpages.org> To: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> Cc: Mike Jakubik <mikej@rogers.com>, hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hptmv support on AMD64 Message-ID: <20051117164422.GB1055@unixpages.org> In-Reply-To: <437CB030.1040107@samsco.org> References: <437BBC51.2030804@rogers.com> <437BBCFD.4000102@samsco.org> <20051117162839.GA1055@unixpages.org> <437CB030.1040107@samsco.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Thu, Nov 17, 2005 at 09:30:40AM -0700, Scott Long wrote: > 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. > Done. - Christian -- Christian Brueffer chris@unixpages.org brueffer@FreeBSD.org GPG Key: http://people.freebsd.org/~brueffer/brueffer.key.asc GPG Fingerprint: A5C8 2099 19FF AACA F41B B29B 6C76 178C A0ED 982D [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDfLNmbHYXjKDtmC0RAjgdAKDVkvqpbqwho1Z0hPpjELlgKMdoGwCfdoqU CgwCTptPJkZD8PwjFa9pBJU= =OJm/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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