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diff --git a/README.Windows b/README.Windows new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2bef240 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.Windows @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +Since 2.1.99-test5, pciutils should also be compilable on Windows. Thanks +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.) + +For simple listing PCI devices in system with basic information, there is no +special requirement. To list PCI resources on Windows 8 and higher versions, +it is necessary to have architecture-native version (e.g. AMD64 version on +AMD64 systems). + +To access config space on NT-based systems, it is required to have SeTcbPrivilege +(Act as part of the operating system privilege), which can be enabled in User +Accounts settings (take effect after next login). By default this privilege is +not enabled for any non-system user. Or alternatively it is required to be in +local Administrators group and on Windows 2000 SP4 or higher systems to have +SeImpersonatePrivilege (Impersonate a client after authentication privilege) +which is by default enabled for all local Administrators accounts. There is no +special requirement for DOS-based systems. 64-bit systems do not have to allow +users to access config space even with SeTcbPrivilege. + +To compile this port, run following command: + + make CROSS_COMPILE=i586-mingw32msvc- HOST=i386-windows ZLIB=no IDSDIR="" + +To build 64-bit version, run: + + make CROSS_COMPILE=x86_64-w64-mingw32- HOST=x86_64-windows ZLIB=no IDSDIR="" + +Sometimes compilation may fail due to broken or missing getopt implementation. +In this case try to compile with additional make option: COMPAT_GETOPT=yes + +================================================================================ +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. +================================================================================ |