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diff --git a/share/man/man4/pst.4 b/share/man/man4/pst.4 new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..f207e2d111e1 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man4/pst.4 @@ -0,0 +1,76 @@ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2001,2002 Søren Schmidt +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd December 14, 2004 +.Dt PST 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm pst +.Nd device driver for Promise Supertrak SX6000 +.Sh SYNOPSIS +To compile this driver into the kernel, +place the following line in your +kernel configuration file: +.Bd -ragged -offset indent +.Cd "device pst" +.Ed +.Pp +Alternatively, to load the driver as a +module at boot time, place the following line in +.Xr loader.conf 5 : +.Bd -literal -offset indent +pst_load="YES" +.Ed +.Sh DESCRIPTION +This driver is for the Promise Supertrak SX6000 ATA hardware RAID controller. +It supports (in hardware) RAID levels 0, 1, 0+1, 3, 5 and JBOD on up to +6 ATA disk drives, including automatic rebuild and hotswap, and supports +signalling disk status on LEDs on Promise Superswap disk enclosures. +The Supertrak line of controllers does not support non-disk devices. +.Sh HARDWARE +The +.Nm +driver supports the Promise Supertrak SX6000 ATA hardware RAID +controller. +.Sh NOTES +The +.Nm +driver does not support manipulating the RAID from the OS, RAIDs need +to be set up from the onboard BIOS. +However, hot swap, hot spare, and +automatic rebuilds are supported without a reboot. +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +driver first appeared in +.Fx 4.7 . +.Sh AUTHORS +The +.Nm +driver and man page was written by +.An S\(/oren Schmidt +.Aq sos@FreeBSD.org . |