64 Bit Driver : RocketRAID 182x S-ATA Controller


Readme file for RocketRAID 182x S-ATA Controller
BIOS and Device Drivers

Copyright (C) HighPoint Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved.
Last updated on Jan 12, 2004

Please review this file for important information about compatibility issues and
differences in operation that were discovered after our product manuals were
created. In case of conflict among various parts of the documentation set, this
file contains the most current information.

Note: The latest firmware and product documentation will be available for
download at http://www.highpoint-tech.com

This file is divided into the following major sections:

1. Software Version
2. Files Listing
3. Revision History
4. Device Mapping Order
5. Driver Parameters
6. Known Problems

1. Software Version
====================

BIOS version: v1.03
Driver version: v1.02

Operating Systems:
Windows 98/ME
Windows NT 4.0
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Windows 2003
Windows 2003 for AMD64

GUI Compatibility:
This driver can work with HighPoint Storage Management Software v3.01
or later.

2. Files Listing
=================
Readme.txt This file
BIOS <DIR>
|_ load.exe BIOS loading utility
\_ rr182x.103 Controller BIOS
Drivers Driver disk
|_ win98_me <DIR> Windows 98/ME driver
|_ win_nt <DIR> Windows NT 4.0 driver
|_ win_2000 <DIR> Windows 2000 driver
|_ win_xp <DIR> Windows XP driver
|_ win_2003 <DIR> Windows 2003 driver
|_ amd64 <DIR> Windows AMD64 driver
|_ disk1 Driver disk label
\_ txtsetup.oem Windows text mode setup file


3. Revision History
====================

v1.02 01/12/2004
* AMD64 support
* Performance updates
* S.M.A.R.T support for single drives

v1.01 11/10/2003
* Add support for 88SX5081B1S IC
* Add "PIO mode only" option in BIOS
* Add BIOS support for FreeBSD boot loader
* Fix I/O error on JBOD array
* Fix a memory leaking condition for RAID5

v1.0 09/30/2003
* First release


4. Device mapping order
========================

The device mapping order in system is same as BIOS setting utility. The disk
marked as "BOOT" will always be mapped as first SCSI disk. Please keep it in
mind when installing Windows NT/2K/XP, otherwise OS may be installed to wrong
location.

5. Driver Parameters
=====================

On Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 system, you can pass parameters to driver by the
following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Service\hptmv\Parameters\Device

Under this key, create a string value named "DriverParameter" and set the
value to the parameter string (without quotition mark).

Available parameters:

"TCQx=1" or "TCQx=0"
Enable/disable TCQ support, where x is channel number - 1 (0~7).

"smart=1" or "smart=0"
Enable/disable S.M.A.R.T support.

Multiple settings can be seperated by semicolon, e.g. "tcq1=0;tcq2=1;smart=1".

6. Known Problems
==================

* Windows Driver v1.0 can not work with new controller BIOS

RocketRAID 182x Windows driver v1.0 will hang up system if you update
controller BIOS to v1.01 or later. Please update driver before you update
controller BIOS.

* Install OS to devices attached to RocketRAID 182x controller

Before installing OS to devices attached to RocketRAID 182x controller, you
must remove the drives connected to other controllers from your system
temporarily. After OS installation complete, you can put them back.

* Moving disks to other controllers

When you want to use disks previously attached to RocketRAID 182x controller
on other controllers, please first delete any array information on the
disks. Otherwise your data may be lost when you want to put it back later.

* Windows 98/ME system support

The controller BIOS can't work on Windows 98/ME; you can't install Windows
98/ME on RR182x controller. To use the controller driver on Windows 98/ME,
press "END" key after the controller BIOS screen is shown during system boot.

INF file of RR182x controller for Windows