Subject: Re: HiPoint Rocket133 support
To: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
From: Paul Newhouse <newhouse@rockhead.com>
List: current-users
Date: 03/09/2002 19:35:00
> On Fri, Mar 08, 2002 at 09:05:55AM -0800, Paul Newhouse wrote:
> > Platform i386
> > 
> > Apologies if this is the wrong list to ask this in.
> > 
> > Is the "Rocket133 UDMA133/ATA133 PCI IDE controller w/o BIOS" 
> > supported in current?
> 
> It's a HPT372 chip, it's not supported. No datasheet on HPT site,
> binary drivers for linux and freebsd but no sources.
> 
> It's supported in FreeBSD-current, and it looks like it's the same programming
> interface as the 366/370. So just adding it to the pciide.c table should
> be enouth.
> 
> > 
> > TIA,
> > Paul
> > 
> > P.S. - Manual, 
> > If it's not and all you need is a card to play around with 
> > to get it working let me know.
> 
> Adding support shouldn't be hard, so no need to send me an adapter.
> Can you run tests for me ?

Sure can, after I get some. ;)  I'll order a few this weekend.

Thanks,
Paul