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diff --git a/system/read-edid/README b/system/read-edid/README index d0b7063947138..421c48a98ca13 100644 --- a/system/read-edid/README +++ b/system/read-edid/README @@ -6,11 +6,12 @@ the EDID from a monitor. It should work with most monitors made since 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. +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. +/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. |