This package contains the PCI Utilities, version @VERSION@.
-Copyright (c) 1997--2011 Martin Mares <mj@ucw.cz>
+Copyright (c) 1997--2015 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
Solaris/i386 (direct port access)
Aix (via /dev/pci and odmget)
GNU Hurd (direct port access)
- Windows (direct port access)
+ Windows (direct port access, see README.Windows for caveats)
CYGWIN (direct port access)
BeOS (via syscalls)
Haiku (via /dev/misc/poke)
+ Darwin (via IOKit)
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
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.
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-The database of PCI ID's (the pci.ids file) gets out of date much faster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+The database of PCI IDs (the pci.ids file) gets out of date much faster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/
+
+On Linux systems with a recent enough version of libudev, UDEV's HWDB
+database is consulted when pci.ids lacks the device.
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)
- ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/hardware/ (expect a couple of days delay)
There is also a public GIT tree at:
~~~~~~~~~~~
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@vger.kernel.org (take a look at
-http://vger.kernel.org/ for instructions).
-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