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diff --git a/INSTALL.IRIX b/INSTALL.IRIX index b64d4349879bd..779ccf64c50f9 100644 --- a/INSTALL.IRIX +++ b/INSTALL.IRIX @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -IP Filter has been mostly tested under IRIX 6.2. It should work under IRIX 6.3 -as well. Under IRIX 5.3, it has been successfully compiled and linked in the -kernel, but not tested. Compilation under IRIX >= 6.4 is not yet supported. +IP Filter has been mostly tested under IRIX 6.2 and 6.5. +Under IRIX 5.3, it has been successfully compiled and linked in the kernel, +but not tested. To build a kernel with the IP filter and install it on your system, follow these steps: @@ -17,13 +17,6 @@ follow these steps: CC=gcc to CC=cc - b) enable full optimization - This means changing the lines reading: - DEBUG=-g - CFLAGS=-I$$(TOP) - to - DEBUG= - CFLAGS=-O2 -I$$(TOP) 1. do "make irix" (Warning: GNU make is not supported, so if it has been installed on your system, verify your path and/or do "which make" @@ -80,11 +73,10 @@ ADDITIONAL NOTES: the same major device number. - We have not tested IP Filter on a multiprocessor machine yet. - However, feel free to try it and send your experiences/patches - back to marc@CAM.ORG. SGI prescribes that kernel code be built on such - systems with -D_MP_NETLOCKS -DMP. Therefore, these flags should - probably be uncommented on the DFLAGS line of IRIX/Makefile if your - machine has more than one processor. + SGI prescribes that kernel code be built on such systems with + -D_MP_NETLOCKS -DMP. Therefore, these flags should probably be + uncommented on the DFLAGS line of IRIX/Makefile if your machine + has more than one processor. - It is also possible to build IP Filter as a dynamically loadable kernel module (by retaining the IPFLKM=-DIPFILTER_LKM definition in the @@ -95,7 +87,6 @@ ADDITIONAL NOTES: with IP22 CPU boards and can sometime cause panics during loading due to a potential race condition. - CREDITS: IP Filter was ported to IRIX by Marc Boucher <marc@CAM.ORG> |