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diff --git a/system/read-edid/README b/system/read-edid/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..ef545fed3c --- /dev/null +++ b/system/read-edid/README @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +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. |