Use `Device ABCD' instead of `Unknown device ABCD'.

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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 This package contains the PCI Utilities, version @VERSION@.
 
-Copyright (c) 1997--2006 Martin Mares <mj@ucw.cz>
+Copyright (c) 1997--2008 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
@@ -45,9 +45,19 @@ The utilities include:  (See manual pages for more details)
 Just run "make" to compile the package and then "make install" to install it.
 
 If you want to change the default installation location, please override
-the ROOT and PREFIX variables specified in the Makefile -- e.g., you can
-use "make PREFIX=/opt/pciutils ROOT=/opt/pciutils install" to create
-a separate installation not interfering with the rest of your system.
+the PREFIX variable specified in the Makefile -- e.g., you can use
+"make PREFIX=/opt/pciutils install" to create a separate installation
+not interfering with the rest of your system.  Setting the DESTDIR variable
+will allow you to install to a different directory from the one you intend
+to eventually run it from.  This is useful for people who are packaging
+pciutils to install on other computers.
+
+The configure script will automatically enable support for a compressed
+pci.ids if you have zlib installed.  You can override its guess by using
+"make ZLIB=no" or "make ZLIB=yes".  If compressed support is enabled,
+pciutils will use pci.ids.gz in preference to pci.ids, even if the
+pci.ids file is newer.  If the pci.ids.gz file is missing, it will use
+pci.ids instead.
 
 When you are bored of dumping PCI registers, just use "make uninstall".
 
@@ -61,6 +71,9 @@ 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).
 
+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.
@@ -81,9 +94,10 @@ There is also a public GIT tree at:
 
 5. Using the library
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-There is still no documentation for the library, if you want to use it
-in your programs, please follow the comments in lib/pci.h and in the
-example program lib/example.c.
+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.
 
 
 6. Feedback
@@ -102,7 +116,7 @@ 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://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~mj/pciutils.shtml .
+notes and other news: http://mj.ucw.cz/pciutils.shtml .
 
 There also exists a utility called PowerTweak which is able to fine tune
 parameters of many chipsets much better than the Bridge Optimization code