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diff --git a/convert/README.pcitable b/convert/README.pcitable index d0f63be7..5f68e5fb 100644 --- a/convert/README.pcitable +++ b/convert/README.pcitable @@ -1,5 +1,50 @@ ################################################################################ -# How to merge the pcitable with various source: +# How to merge the pcitable with various sources: +# + + +# AMD graphics card IDs +# +# - from the proprietary driver: +convert/merge2pcitable.pl fglrxko_pci_ids_h /path/to/fglrxko_pci_ids.h lst/pcitable > lst/pcitable.new +# fglrxko_pci_ids.h can be found in /usr/src/fglrx-$dkmsversion or in +# common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod inside the AMD installer package. +# - from the free ATI driver: +convert/merge2pcitable.pl ati_pciids_csv /path/to/ati_pciids.csv lst/pcitable > lst/pcitable.new +# ati_pciids.csv can be found in src/pcidb subdirectory of xf86-video-ati +# tarball +# +# merge2pcitable.pl contains hacks that automatically switch entries between +# radeon/fglrx/vesa when support is added/removed in the above drivers. +# The hacks need to be updated when Cards+ is modified regarding the AMD +# cards. + + +# NVIDIA graphics card IDs +# +# - from the proprietary driver: +NVIDIA_CARD="NVIDIA GeForce 400 series and later" convert/merge2pcitable.pl nvidia_readme \ + /path/to/README.txt lst/pcitable > lst/pcitable.new +# README.txt is found in /usr/share/doc/x11-driver-video-nvidia-current/README.txt and +# in the NVIDIA installer archive. +# The newly added entries will be assigned to "Card:$NVIDIA_CARD", +# defaulting to "Card:NVIDIA_UNKNOWN" which is an invalid assignment +# and shouldn't be committed as-is. +# +# The driver can actually unofficially support more (newer) cards than those +# that are in README.txt, and this list can be extracted from nvidia_drv.so +# (but not currently by merge2pcitable.pl). +# +# nouveau driver doesn't have ID lists, instead it uses a NVIDIA-specific +# PMC.ID for detecting if a card is supported or not. Currently we use the +# IDs from the proprietary driver for it as well. + + +# Intel graphics card IDs +# +# - from the i915 kernel module: +grep '^i915\s' /lib/modules/$version/modules.pcimap | convert/merge2pcitable.pl kernel_pcimap \ + /dev/stdin lst/pcitable | sed 's,i915,Card:Intel 810 and later,' > lst/pcitable.new # |