From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 4 12:17:09 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8982A16A4CF for ; Wed, 4 Feb 2004 12:17:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from cmsrelay03.mx.net (cmsrelay03.mx.net [165.212.11.112]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BEC3C43D2F for ; Wed, 4 Feb 2004 12:17:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from noackjr@compgeek.com) Received: from uadvg137.cms.usa.net (165.212.11.137) by cmsoutbound.mx.net with SMTP; 4 Feb 2004 20:17:07 -0000 Received: from optimator.noacks.org [65.71.32.141] by uadvg137.cms.usa.net (ASMTP/noackjr@usa.net) via mtad (C8.MAIN.3.13N) with ESMTP id 437iBDuRD0426M37; Wed, 04 Feb 2004 20:17:03 GMT X-USANET-Auth: 65.71.32.141 AUTH noackjr@usa.net optimator.noacks.org Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by optimator.noacks.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1753F611A; Wed, 4 Feb 2004 14:17:03 -0600 (CST) Received: from optimator.noacks.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (optimator.noacks.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 31234-05; Wed, 4 Feb 2004 14:17:02 -0600 (CST) Received: from compgeek.com (optimator [192.168.1.11]) by optimator.noacks.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABD666111; Wed, 4 Feb 2004 14:17:02 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <4021533E.5050506@compgeek.com> Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2004 14:17:02 -0600 From: Jon Noack User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.5a (20040105) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd@amarand.org References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at noacks.org cc: FreeBSD-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HPT374 Driver in -CURRENT X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: noackjr@compgeek.com List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2004 20:17:09 -0000 On 2/4/2004 8:07 AM, freebsd@amarand.org wrote: > I would like to start using -CURRENT however, I have a dependency on > driver support for the Rocketraid 404 which contains that HPT374 > (Highpoint) chipset. The vendor has 4 through 5 drivers compiled as > kernel load modules up to 5.1, and only "Linux Source" available. Is this > something that should be supported natively in the kernel, or do I need to > go down some other path? man 4 ata http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ata&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+5.2-current To summarize: The HPT374 is supported by the ata driver which is "built-in" to FreeBSD (included in the GENERIC kernel). Jon Noack