1RocketRAID Controller Driver for FreeBSD 2Copyright (C) 2011 HighPoint Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. 3 4############################################################################# 5Revision History: 6 v1.0 2011-12-27 7 First source code release 8 9############################################################################# 10 111. Overview 12--------------------- 13 This package contains FreeBSD driver source code for HighPoint RocketRAID 14 controller, include: 15 SAS Controller: RR271x, RR272x, RR274x, RR276x, RR278x. 16 17 NO WARRANTY 18 19 THE DRIVER SOURCE CODE HIGHPOINT PROVIDED IS FREE OF CHARGE, AND THERE IS 20 NO WARRANTY FOR THE PROGRAM. THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE OF THIS 21 FREE SOURCE CODE. HIGHPOINT DOES NOT PROVIDE ANY TECHNICAL SUPPORT IF THE 22 CODE HAS BEEN CHANGED FROM ORIGINAL SOURCE CODE. 23 24 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY 25 26 IN NO EVENT WILL HIGHPOINT BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, 27 INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR 28 INABILITY TO USE THIS PRODUCT OR DOCUMENTATION, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE 29 POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN PARTICULAR, HIGHPOINT SHALL NOT HAVE 30 LIABILITY FOR ANY HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, OR DATA STORED USED WITH THE 31 PRODUCT, INCLUDING THE COSTS OF REPAIRING, REPLACING, OR RECOVERING 32 SUCH HARDWARE, OR DATA. 33 34 352. Rebuild the kernel with HighPoint RocketRAID support 36----------------------------------------------- 37 38 1) Install kernel source package and building tools. 39 40 2) Extract the driver files under the kernel source tree: 41 42 # cd /usr/src/sys/ 43 # tar xvzf /your/path/to/hpt27xx-freebsd-src-v1.0-111227.tgz 44 45 3) Update the kernel configuration file to include the HighPoint source. 46 Assume the configure file is GENERIC, and new kernel configure file is 47 MYKERNEL: 48 49 # cd i386/conf (or amd64/conf for AMD64) 50 # cp GENERIC MYKERNEL 51 52 4) Edit MYKERNEL, and add the following line under "RAID controllers 53 interfaced to the SCSI subsystem": 54 55 device "hpt27xx" #HighPoint RocketRAID 56 57 5) For i386 system, edit /usr/src/sys/conf/files.i386 and append the lines 58 shown below: 59 60 hpt27xx_lib.o optional hpt27xx \ 61 dependency "$S/dev/hpt27xx/i386-elf.hpt27xx_lib.o.uu" \ 62 compile-with "uudecode < $S/dev/hpt27xx/i386-elf.hpt27xx_lib.o.uu" \ 63 no-implicit-rule 64 65 dev/hpt27xx/os_bsd.c optional hpt27xx 66 dev/hpt27xx/osm_bsd.c optional hpt27xx 67 dev/hpt27xx/hpt27xx_config.c optional hpt27xx 68 69 For amd64 system, edit /usr/src/sys/conf/files.amd64 and append the lines 70 shown below: 71 72 hpt27xx_lib.o optional hpt27xx \ 73 dependency "$S/dev/hpt27xx/amd64-elf.hpt27xx_lib.o.uu" \ 74 compile-with "uudecode < $S/dev/hpt27xx/amd64-elf.hpt27xx_lib.o.uu" \ 75 no-implicit-rule 76 77 dev/hpt27xx/os_bsd.c optional hpt27xx 78 dev/hpt27xx/osm_bsd.c optional hpt27xx 79 dev/hpt27xx/hpt27xx_config.c optional hpt27xx 80 81 6) Rebuild and install the kernel: 82 83 a) for FreeBSD 5.x-i386/6.x-i386/7.x-i386/8.x-i386/9.x-i386: 84 85 # cd /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/ 86 # /usr/sbin/config MYKERNEL 87 # cd ../compile/MYKERNEL/ 88 # make depend 89 # make 90 # make install 91 92 b) for FreeBSD 5.x-amd64/6.x-amd64/7.x-amd64/8.x-amd64/9.x-amd64: 93 94 # cd /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf/ 95 # /usr/sbin/config MYKERNEL 96 # cd ../compile/MYKERNEL/ 97 # make depend 98 # make 99 # make install 100 101 c) for FreeBSD 4.x: 102 103 # cd /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/ 104 # /usr/sbin/config MYKERNEL 105 # cd ../../compile/MYKERNEL/ 106 # make depend 107 # make 108 # make install 109 110 If the driver was previously configured as an auto-loaded module by 111 /boot/defaults/loader.conf, please remove the entry hpt27xx_load="YES" 112 from loader.conf to prevent the driver from being loaded twice. 113 114 7) Reboot from the new kernel. 115 116 1173. Build/Load the driver as a kernel module 118------------------------------------------------ 119 120 1) Install kernel source package and building tools. 121 122 2) Extract the driver files under the kernel source tree: 123 124 # cd /usr/src/sys/ 125 # tar xvzf /your/path/to/hpt27xx-freebsd-src-v1.0-111227.tgz 126 127 128 4) Build the driver module: 129 130 # cd modules/hpt27xx 131 # make 132 133 5) Copy the driver module to the kernel module directory 134 135 For FreeBSD 4.x: 136 137 # cp hpt27xx.ko /modules/ 138 139 For FreeBSD 5.x/6.x/7.x/8.x/9.x: 140 141 # cp hpt27xx.ko /boot/kernel/ 142 143 6) Reboot and load the driver under loader prompt. e.g: 144 145 BTX loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.01 146 Console: internal video/keyboard 147 BIOS driver A: is disk0 148 BIOS driver C: is disk2 149 BIOS 636kB/74512kB available memory 150 151 FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 0.8 152 (mailto:jkh@narf.osd.bsdi.com, Sat Apr 21 08:46:19 GMT 2001) 153 Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf 154 /kernel text=0x24f1db data=0x3007ec+0x2062c - 155 156 Hit [Enter] to boot immediagely, or any other key for command prompt. 157 Booting [kernel] in 9 seconds 158 159 <-- press SPACE key here 160 Type '?' for a list of commands, 'help' for more detailed help. 161 ok load hpt27xx 162 /modules/hpt27xx.ko text=0xf571 data=0x2c8+0x254 163 ok boot 164 165 For FreeBSD 5.x/6.x/7.x/8.x/9.x, you can select 6 on the boot menu to get a loader 166 prompt. 167 168 7) You can add a below line into /boot/defaults/loader.conf to load the 169 driver automatically: 170 171 hpt27xx_load="YES" 172 173 Please refer to the installation guide in HighPoint FreeBSD driver release 174 package for more information. 175 176 177############################################################################# 178Technical support and service 179 180 If you have questions about installing or using your HighPoint product, 181 check the user's guide or readme file first, and you will find answers to 182 most of your questions here. If you need further assistance, please 183 contact us. We offer the following support and information services: 184 185 1) The HighPoint Web Site provides information on software upgrades, 186 answers to common questions, and other topics. The Web Site is 187 available from Internet 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, at 188 http://www.highpoint-tech.com. 189 190 2) For technical support, send e-mail to support@highpoint-tech.com 191 192 NOTE: Before you send an e-mail, please visit our Web Site 193 (http://www.highpoint-tech.com) to check if there is a new or 194 updated device driver for your system. 195 196$FreeBSD$ 197