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# Copyright 1999-2015 Gentoo Foundation
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
# $Id$
# Eblit with information/warnings for IP32 (O2) users.
#
# If you need to add whitespace for formatting in 'einfo', 'ewarn', or 'eerror', use
# \040 for a space instead of the standard space. These functions will strip
# redundant white space.
show_ip32_info() {
echo -e ""
einfo "IP32 systems function well, however there are some notes:"
einfo "\t- A sound driver now exists for IP32. Celebrate!"
einfo "\t- Framebuffer console is limited to 4MB. Anything greater"
einfo "\t\040\040specified when building the kernel will likely oops"
einfo "\t\040\040or panic the kernel."
einfo "\t- A new RTC driver is included that uses the RTC class"
einfo "\t\040\040framework to interface with the O2's Dallas/Maxim 1687-5"
einfo "\t\040\040RTC chip. Please report any bugs to the MIPS Team."
einfo "\t- X support is limited to the generic fbdev driver. No X"
einfo "\t\040\040gbefb driver exists for O2 yet. Feel free to submit"
einfo "\t\040\040patches!"
echo -e ""
einfo "To Build 64bit kernels for SGI O2 (IP32) or SGI Indy/Indigo2 R4x00 (IP22)"
einfo "systems, you need to use the ${GOOD}vmlinux.32${NORMAL} make target."
einfo "Once done, boot the ${GOOD}vmlinux.32${NORMAL} file (NOT vmlinux)."
}