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diff --git a/sys-kernel/mips-sources/files/eblits/show_ip30_info-v4.eblit b/sys-kernel/mips-sources/files/eblits/show_ip30_info-v4.eblit deleted file mode 100644 index 90c3e5bfdf89..000000000000 --- a/sys-kernel/mips-sources/files/eblits/show_ip30_info-v4.eblit +++ /dev/null @@ -1,57 +0,0 @@ -# Copyright 1999-2015 Gentoo Foundation -# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2 -# $Id$ - -# Eblit with information/warnings for IP30 (Octane) 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_ip30_info() { - echo -e "" - einfo "Octane SMP support works again as-of 4.1! Celebrate!" - echo -e "" - eerror "Things that DON'T work:" - eerror "\t- Do NOT use CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE, otherwise, when the machine" - eerror "\t\040\040starts to boot into userland, it will trigger Instruction" - eerror "\t\040\040Bus Errors (IBEs), which requires a complete powerdown of the" - eerror "\t\040\040machine for about 15 seconds to clear." - eerror "\t- DO NOT USE CONFIG_SLUB, otherwise, you'll get errors when booting" - eerror "\t\040\040regarding duplicate /sys/kernel/slab/* entries in" - eerror "\t\040\040sysfs." - eerror "\t- Greater than 2GB memory causes problems with DMA. This is a long-standing" - eerror "\t\040\040problem and patches to fix it by DMA experts would be greatly" - eerror "\t\040\040appreciated!" - eerror "\t- Do not use OHCI-based USB cards in Octane. They're broke on this machine." - eerror "\t\040\040Patches are welcome to fix the issue." - echo -e "" - ewarn "Things that might work, but have problems, or are unknown:" - ewarn "\t- Serial support on the Octane uses a very basic UART driver that drives" - ewarn "\t\040\040the 16550A chip on the IOC3 directly. It does not use interrupts," - ewarn "\t\040\040only a polling routine on a timer, which makes it slow and CPU-" - ewarn "\t\040\040intensive. The baud rate is limited to no more than 38.4kbps on" - ewarn "\t\040\040this driver. Patches for getting the Altix IOC3 serial driver to" - ewarn "\t\040\040work (which uses DMA and supports faster baud rates) are welcome." - ewarn "\t- UHCI Cards are known to have issues, but should still have some functionality." - ewarn "\t\040\040This issue primarily manifests itself when using pl2303 USB->Serial" - ewarn "\t\040\040adapters." - ewarn "\t- MENET boards appear to have the four ethernet ports detected, however" - ewarn "\t\040\040the six serial ports didn't appear to get picked up by the IOC3" - ewarn "\t\040\040UART driver. The NIC part number is also not read correctly" - ewarn "\t\040\040from the four Number-In-a-Cans. Additional testing would be" - ewarn "\t\040\040appreciated and patches welcome." - ewarn "\t- Other XIO-based devices, like various Impact addons, remain untested" - ewarn "\t\040\040and are not guaranteed to work. This applies to various digital" - ewarn "\t\040\040video conversion boards as well." - echo -e "" - einfo "Things that DO work:" - einfo "\t- SMP works again, celebrate!" - einfo "\t- Impact (MGRAS) console and X driver, please report any bugs." - einfo "\t- VPro (Odyssey) console, but no X driver exists yet." - einfo "\t- PCI Card Cages should work for many devices, except certain types like" - einfo "\t\040\040PCI-to-PCI bridges (USB hubs, USB flash card readers for example)." - einfo "\t- SCSI, RTC, basic PCI, IOC3 Ethernet, keyboard, and mouse. Please" - einfo "\t\040\040report any problems with these devices." - echo -e "" -} |