Home Highpoint 370/370A/372 Revision history.
 

The 2.35X Bios comes in three revisions, the one written for 370/370A/372 has been included in BIOS files on the download page. You can check Highpoint 372 and 370/370A for more info. [Or Rocketraid 133 or 100.]

GNU-"Open Source" Revision History:
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v2.1 07/17/2006
*Add IDE passthrough support.
*Remove dependency of drivers/scsi for kernel 2.6.
*Add autorebuild parameter.
*fix build error when NON_RAID=1
*Fix use of pci_enable_device
*Fix reboot hang on kernel 2.6.17.

v2.0 11/10/2004
*Add support for kernel 2.6.x and x86_64.
*Add support for HPT302/302N IC.
*Use new driver core code.

v1.35 03/17/2004
*Fix for DW state in thread hpt_wt.
*Update for S-ATA support.

v1.31 12/21/2002
*Update driver library for GCC 3.2.
*Fix 48-bit LBA compatibility.
*Add support for HPT372N IC.
*Support non-RAID build.

v1.3 04/05/2002
*It is the same driver code as ver 1.3 but this version opens kernel
related driver source codes. Users can use this source code to
generate HPT37x Linux drivers with current Linux kernel version.

v1.3 01/02/2002
*HPT37x Linux driver object code released for
a limited certain Linux kernel version.

v1.2 10/15/2001

v1.1 07/30/2001

v1.0 07/18/2001
*official release

MS Revision History:
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v2.352 06/10/2005
* First x64 release

v2.351 01/05/2004
* Add "use private stack" option in BIOS (to fix DOS6.22 booting fail)
* Fix 66M PCI support

v2.35 08/04/2003 - Official Windows 2003 Server support
* Add 302/302N support

v2.345 05/09/2003
* Fix compatibility issue with Intel SATA RAID BIOS
* Fix Windows "LDM configuration disk write error"

v2.344 04/11/2003
* Fix clock calculation
* Fix driver compatibility issue on SOYO SY-P4IP mainboard

v2.342 03/24/2003
* Fix HPT370A timing
* Add RAID 1.5 support

v2.34 10/17/2002
* Add HPT372N controller support
* Fix hptpro.sys compatibility issue with NIS2003 on FAT partition

v2.33 09/17/2002
* Fix 48bit LBA compatibility
* Add RocketMate support

v2.32 07/01/2002
* Fix 48bit LBA formatting issue
* Fix hptpro.sys problem on Windows XP system restore and sparse files
* use PMM to allocate BIOS memory
* Disable BIOS EBDA reallocation by default

v2.31 01/09/2002
* Performance improved
* Fix BIOS compatibility issue with Adaptec SCSI
* Fix Seagate Barracuda III and IV mode to ATA100
* Show capacity by 1G=1,000,000,000 Bytes
* Fix BIOS bug "drive capacity incorrect after deleting a broken array"

v2.3 12/20/2001
* Add support for stripe size 128K-2M
* Support multi controller
* Modify driver for HPT370/370A compatibility
* Fix reading ATA/133 disk error when PCI clock is lower than 33MHz
* Fix compatibility problem with Intel IAA driver under Windows ME
* Fix BIOS compatibility issue with MSI845 mainboard

v2.2 12/08/2001
* Performance improved
* Fix GUI re-open bug when rebuilding an array

v2.1 11/15/2001
* Add 48bit LBA (Big Drive) support
* Fix BIOS display problem on S3 display adapter
* Fix BIOS BBS support
* Fix Windows ME hibernating problem

Old Revision History:
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v2.0.0919 19Sept2001
. Supported HPT601
. When RAID0/1 rebuild operation uncompleted, will be reported
by bios when the system is booting up.
. When some member of array lost, report the model name and
serial number of lost disks.

. When delete stripe array, BIOS utility will alert user.
. Support rebuild RAID0/1, when one stripe of RAID0/1 was removed.

v2.0.0907 07Sept2001
. Supported ATA133 on Hpt372
. Improved compatibility for harddisk
. Show warning message when one stripe of RAID0/1 was removed.

v2.0.0716 16July2001 - Hpt372 sees the light - Official Windows XP support
. Supported Hpt372 chip
. When stripe broken, don't make it to single disk
. Fixed problem of BIOS doesn't ask user to rebuild the
mirror, when fault a member of RAID1(with spare) during
booting and reboot the system

. Supported create RAID0+1 use 4 disks directly

v1.2.0612 12June2001
. Fixed problem of some disks will read error, when the
other disk on same channel get removed

. Fixed bug if one of RAID1(with Spare) member is fault
. Fixed bug on RAID0+1 rebuild

v1.11.0402 02Apr2001
. Removed the Support of CD-ROM booting
. Fixed some bugs and get more stable

v1.10B 05Feb2001
. Supported CD-ROM booting
. Supported warning message when RAID has problem

v1.0.3b 05Oct2000
. Fixed BBS issue if only one CD-ROM is connected on HPT370

v1.0.3 05Sept2000
. Fixed problem on showing wrong or garbage character in BIOS
RAID configuration screen

v1.0.2 10Aug2000
. Changed PIO timing setting again
. Fixed problems on BBS
. Added supporting STD mode which is for Award BIOS only
. Added command retry for error status to reduce reset bus.
. Fixed compatibility issues with Maxtor ATA-100 disks

v1.0.1 6July2000
. Removed build date
. Fixed PIO mode timing setting issue in BIOS
. Fixed BIOS booting problem on Phoenix BIOS

v1.0.622 22June2000
. Cleared RAID information before any RAID configuration or
after stripe hard disks have been split

v1.0.620 20June2000
. Fixed OS installation problem if hard disk is configured as
a stripe disk

v1.0.0 18June2000
. Fixed conflict with S3 VGA card
. Fixed booting problem after a hard disk duplication
. Fixed RAID0+1 duplication problem
. Fixed problems on running "zvhdd.exe" on SE6 machine

v0.91.0601 06Jun2000 (internal)
. Fixed BIOS RADI0+1 configuration problem
. Fixed Mirror duplication problem

. Added CD-ROM booting feature

v0.91.0512 12May2000 (internal)
. Fixed RAID0+1 formatting problem
. Fixed conflict with system commander utility

 

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