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diff --git a/README b/README
index 7a8b411..81f35df 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-This package contains the PCI Utilities, version 2.1.11.
+This package contains the PCI Utilities, version @VERSION@.
 
-Copyright (c) 1997--2003 Martin Mares <mj@ucw.cz>
+Copyright (c) 1997--2006 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
@@ -13,13 +13,14 @@ The PCI Utilities package contains a library for portable access to PCI bus
 configuration registers and several utilities based on this library.
 
 Currently, pciutils work on all versions of Linux and they also have somewhat
-experimental support for FreeBSD, NetBSD and AIX. It should be very easy to add
-support for other systems as well (volunteers wanted; if you want to try that,
-please send the patches to me, so that I can include them in the next version).
+experimental support for FreeBSD, NetBSD, AIX, GNU Hurd and Solaris/x86.
+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
+include them in the next version).
 
 The utilities include:  (See manual pages for more details)
 
-  - lspci: displays detailed information about all PCI busses and devices.
+  - lspci: displays detailed information about all PCI buses and devices.
 
   - setpci: allows to read from and write to PCI device configuration
     registers. For example, you can adjust the latency timers with it.
@@ -58,16 +59,19 @@ sf.net web page.
 4. Available access methods
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 The library (and therefore all the utilities) know a variety of methods for
-accessing the PCI registers. Here is a list of them:
+accessing the PCI registers. Here is a list of them, sorted by autodetection
+priority:
 
    /proc/bus/pci	on all Linux systems since kernel 2.1.82.
-   direct port access	on all Linux systems with i386, to be used when
-			/proc/bus/pci is unavailable or you want to scan
-			the bus manually when hunting kernel bugs.
-   dumps		reading of dumps produced by `lspci -x'.
-   lsdev + odmget	used on AIX
+   /sys/bus/pci		on all Linux systems since kernel 2.5.xx.
+   direct port access	on i386 systems running Linux, GNU Hurd or Solaris/x86;
+			available only to root, useful if no other access
+			method is available or you want to hunt kernel bugs
    /dev/pci		used on FreeBSD
+   lsdev + odmget	used on AIX
    libpci		used on NetBSD
+   dumps		reading of dumps produced by `lspci -x'
+			(this one is not autodetected)
 
 
 5. Using the library
@@ -93,7 +97,7 @@ 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.html .
+notes and other news: http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~mj/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