add note about disabling ipmi_si on linux

[rsbs2] / README.txt

diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index 57d777dc992d03865f60ff7d01a347d1f038056f..6fbf5bbfe304107879a5151dd8aa2042c2515510 100644 (file)
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -28,10 +28,13 @@ How to flash:
  * Modify RSB_S2_SINGLE.bin with 'firmware' and reflash ;-)
    (Don't try to modify the other files)
 
-
+Linux notes:
+ * Disable ipmi_si:
+   echo "blacklist ipmi_si" >/etc/modprobe.d/rsbs2
+   If you don't do this, the bootup process will take a long time but finally
+   succeed.
 
 Pinout:
-
   +---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------+---+-
   |               | 2 4 6 8 A C E |                                      | 1 |
   |               | 1 3 5 7 9 B D |                                      | 2 |