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# Copyright 1999-2017 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- 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)."
}