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28.Dd December 14, 2004
29.Dt PST 4
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm pst
33.Nd device driver for Promise Supertrak SX6000
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35To compile this driver into the kernel,
36place the following line in your
37kernel configuration file:
38.Bd -ragged -offset indent
39.Cd "device pst"
40.Ed
41.Pp
42Alternatively, to load the driver as a
43module at boot time, place the following line in
44.Xr loader.conf 5 :
45.Bd -literal -offset indent
46pst_load="YES"
47.Ed
48.Sh DESCRIPTION
49This driver is for the Promise Supertrak SX6000 ATA hardware RAID controller.
50It supports (in hardware) RAID levels 0, 1, 0+1, 3, 5 and JBOD on up to
516 ATA disk drives, including automatic rebuild and hotswap, and supports
52signalling disk status on LEDs on Promise Superswap disk enclosures.
53The Supertrak line of controllers does not support non-disk devices.
54.Sh HARDWARE
55The
56.Nm
57driver supports the Promise Supertrak SX6000 ATA hardware RAID
58controller.
59.Sh NOTES
60The
61.Nm
62driver does not support manipulating the RAID from the OS, RAIDs need
63to be set up from the onboard BIOS.
64However, hot swap, hot spare, and
65automatic rebuilds are supported without a reboot.
66.Sh HISTORY
67The
68.Nm
69driver first appeared in
70.Fx 4.7 .
71.Sh AUTHORS
72The
73.Nm
74driver and man page was written by
75.An S\(/oren Schmidt
76.Aq sos@FreeBSD.org .
77