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[pciutils.git] / README

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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-This package contains the Linux PCI Utilities, version 1.08.
+This package contains the Linux PCI Utilities, version 1.99.4-alpha.
 
-Copyright (c) 1998 Martin Mares <mj@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>
+Copyright (c) 1997--1999 Martin Mares <mj@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.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
@@ -8,6 +8,19 @@ to the terms of the GNU General Public License, either version 2 or
 policy as for the Linux kernel itself -- see /usr/src/linux/COPYING
 for details.
 
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+BIG FAT WARNING: This is an ALPHA version. The documentation is out of date
+                and the same holds for spec files and even for this README.
+                And, of course, you should expect this release to contain BUGS.
+
+WHY ALPHA?      I've split the real PCI access primitives from the rest
+                of the code and created libpci, which supports not only
+                /proc/bus/pci, but also direct hardware access and reading
+                of configuration space dumps and it's intended to work
+                on all Linux versions and even on non-Linux systems, making
+                creation of portable programs communicating with PCI devices
+                possible.
+
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
    The Linux PCI Utilities contain various utilities for dealing with the PCI
@@ -21,7 +34,9 @@ bus in Linux:
 
    See manual pages for more details.
 
-   You _NEED_ kernel 2.1.82 or newer which supports /proc/bus/pci.
+   You need kernel 2.1.82 or newer to use all functions of this package.
+For older kernels, only direct hardware access is supported and you must
+be root to use it.
 
    If you have any bug reports or suggestions, send them to the author.
 
@@ -36,5 +51,5 @@ notes and other news: http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~mj/pciutils.html.
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 TODO:
-
-       - Better displaying of IRQ's generated by both PCI and CardBus bridges.
+       - lspci: "scan hard" function
+       - lib: "syscall" access method