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diff --git a/system/read-edid/README b/system/read-edid/README index ef545fed3c..d0b7063947 100644 --- a/system/read-edid/README +++ b/system/read-edid/README @@ -1,9 +1,16 @@ read-edid (read EDID information from a video monitor) -read-edid is a pair of tools (originally by John Fremlin) for reading the -EDID from a monitor. It should work with most monitors made since 1996 -(except for newer ones with 256-byte EDID's - WiP), assuming the video -card supports the standard read commands (most do).read-edid is a set -of two tools - get-edid, which gets the raw edid information from the -monitor, and parse-edid, which turns the raw binary information into an -XF86Config-compatible monitor section. +read-edid is a pair of tools (originally by John Fremlin) for reading +the EDID from a monitor. It should work with most monitors made since +1996 (except for some newer ones with 256-byte EDIDs - WiP), assuming +the video card supports the standard read commands (most do). + +read-edid is a set of two tools: get-edid, which gets the raw edid +information from the monitor, and parse-edid, which turns the raw binary +information into an xorg.conf-compatible Monitor section. + +Modern Linux kernels also make the EDID data available in +/sys/class/drm/card*-*/edid, so the get-edid command might not be needed. + +See also system/edid-decode, which gives more detail than parse-edid, +but doesn't format its output as an xorg.conf-compatible snippet. |