X-Git-Url: http://mj.ucw.cz/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.Windows;h=e73762ba59a3abb95c6434602268badcefcb99e4;hb=018f413ceb674d3c5c52a3a78bcad3b9daab9a26;hp=7a85fdaa3ef3a86f2ecb8731798a58aeff28438d;hpb=09156b3b13e4940d14d390f7cbb1fd6bdea6a9d8;p=pciutils.git diff --git a/README.Windows b/README.Windows index 7a85fda..e73762b 100644 --- a/README.Windows +++ b/README.Windows @@ -4,8 +4,20 @@ to Alexander Stock for contributing the port. Updated after version 2.2.6 to compile again, and with MinGW, even (only?) cross-compiling. (Hopefully it works with MSVC too.) -To use this port, you need to install WinIO.dll first. You can get it -from http://www.internals.com/. +To use this port, you need to install WinIO.dll first. You can get it here: + + https://github.com/starofrainnight/winio + https://github.com/vaptu/winio However, you need to use win32/config.{h,mk} instead of the automatically generated lib/config.{h,mk} as lib/configure does not run on Windows. + +================================================================================ +BEWARE: The current implementation pokes I/O ports to access the PCI devices +directly. This leads to several problems: some devices are invisible, extended +PCIe configuration space is not available, and there are many potential race +conditions. Instead, libpci should use the proper Windows drivers. + +Unfortunately, the Windows port currently lacks a maintainer. If you are willing +to step up and fix the issues, please let me know. -- Martin Mares +================================================================================