hptmv support on AMD64

[Mike Jakubik]

Hi,

The man page for the hptmv (HighPoint RocketRAID 182x) drivers, on 6.0 
and 5.4 states:

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*NOTES* <http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=hptmv&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-stable&format=html#end>
     The *hptmv* driver only works on the i386 platform as it requires a binary
     blob object from the manufacturer which they only supply for the i386
     platform
---


This is however not true, at least not anymore. HighPoint provides open 
source drivers that include the blob for i386 and amd64, as seen here 
http://www.highpoint-tech.com/USA/bios_rr1810a.htm on the open source 
driver version 1.12. Also the man page for -CURRENT says that i386 AND 
amd64 is supported. Is there any way that we can update FreeBSDs' 5.x 
and 6.x drivers to this current version? I have a dual Opteron server 
that i would like to run in native mode, but the fact that i have to 
download binary modules, (which don't support 6.0) is a PITA when 
keeping the system up to date.

Thank You.