lspci: Better filtering of duplicate kernel module names

[thirdparty/pciutils.git] / README

diff --git a/README b/README
index 8c354bf57b119ed34475b46226c1063708518c8e..d136b86390955e875151ad599ff7408b4671ff76 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 This package contains the PCI Utilities, version @VERSION@.
 
-Copyright (c) 1997--2008 Martin Mares <mj@ucw.cz>
+Copyright (c) 1997--2012 Martin Mares <mj@ucw.cz>
 
 All files in this package can be freely distributed and used according
 to the terms of the GNU General Public License, either version 2 or
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ In runs on the following systems:
        Aix             (via /dev/pci and odmget)
        GNU Hurd        (direct port access)
        Windows         (direct port access)
+       CYGWIN          (direct port access)
+       BeOS            (via syscalls)
+       Haiku           (via /dev/misc/poke)
 
 It should be very easy to add support for other systems as well (volunteers
 wanted; if you want to try that, I'll be very glad to see the patches and
@@ -63,12 +66,12 @@ when running make:
                specify this option, the configure script will try to guess
                automatically based on the presence of zlib.
 
-  DNS=yes/no   Enable support for querying the central database of PCI ID's
+  DNS=yes/no   Enable support for querying the central database of PCI IDs
                using DNS.  Requires libresolv (which is available on most
                systems as a part of the standard libraries) and tries to
                autodetect its presence if the option is not specified.
 
-  SHARED=yes/  Build libpci as a shared library.  Requires the GNU toolchain.
+  SHARED=yes/  Build libpci as a shared library.  Requires GCC 4.0 or newer.
   no/local     The ABI of the shared library is intended to remain backward
                compatible for a long time (we use symbol versioning to achieve
                that, like GNU libc does).  The value `local' includes the
@@ -82,26 +85,28 @@ for use by other programs.
 When you are bored of dumping PCI registers, just use "make uninstall".
 
 
-3. Getting new ID's
+3. Getting new IDs
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-The database of PCI ID's (the pci.ids file) gets out of date much faster
-than I release new versions of this package.
+The database of PCI IDs (the pci.ids file) gets out of date much faster
+than I release new versions of this package, so it is maintained separately.
 
-If you are missing names for any of your devices or you just want to stay
-on the bleeding edge, download the most recent pci.ids file from
-http://pciids.sf.net/ (e.g., by running the update-ids utility).
+It lives at http://pci-ids.ucw.cz/, where you can browse the database,
+download the most recent pci.ids file (e.g., by running the update-ids utility)
+and also submit new entries.
 
 Alternatively, you can use `lspci -q' to query the central database
 for new entries via network.
 
-If your devices still appear as unknown, please send us their ID's and
-names, the detailed instructions for submissions are listed on the
-sf.net web page.
+The pci.ids file is also mirrored at http://pciids.sourceforge.net/
 
 
 4. Getting new versions
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-New versions of pciutils are available at the following places:
+The current version of pciutils is available at:
+
+       http://mj.ucw.cz/sw/pciutils/
+
+The tarball can be downloaded at the following places:
 
        ftp://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/pub/linux/pci/
        ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/software/utils/pciutils/ (expect a couple of hours delay)
@@ -117,31 +122,18 @@ There is also a public GIT tree at:
 So far, there is only a little documentation for the library except for the
 general introduction in the pcilib(7) man page. If you want to use the
 library in your programs, please follow the comments in lib/pci.h and in
-the example program lib/example.c.
+the example program example.c.
 
 
 6. Feedback
 ~~~~~~~~~~~
 If you have any bug reports or suggestions, send them to the author.
 
-If you have any new ID's, I'll be very glad to add them to the database, but
-please take a look at http://pciids.sf.net/ first and follow the instructions.
-
-If you want, subscribe to linux-pci@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz (send
-"subscribe linux-pci" to majordomo@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz).
-Release notes about new versions will be send to the list and problems with
-the Linux PCI support will be probably discussed there, too.
-
-
-7. Miscellanea
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-You also might want to look at the pciutils web page containing release
-notes and other news: http://mj.ucw.cz/pciutils.shtml .
+If you have any new IDs, I'll be very glad to add them to the database.
+Just submit them at http://pci-ids.ucw.cz/.
 
-There also exists a utility called PowerTweak which is able to fine tune
-parameters of many chipsets much better than the Bridge Optimization code
-in Linux kernel (already removed in 2.3.x). See http://powertweak.sf.net/
-for more information.
+Announcements of new versions are sent to linux-pci@vger.kernel.org
+(see http://vger.kernel.org/ for instructions).
 
                                        Have fun
                                                        Martin