From: David Schleef Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 10:22:38 +0000 (+0000) Subject: rewrote X-Git-Tag: r0_7_16~69 X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=3c4bca23486436147c2d5dd9622f91374c226700;p=comedilib.git rewrote --- diff --git a/README b/README index 378ccec..a74aec0 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,6 +1,53 @@ -The README that was here previously was horribly outdated. -Remind me to write a new one. + COMEDILIB + The Linux Control and Measurement Interface Library + David Schleef +* About Comedi: + +Comedi is a collection of drivers for data acquisition hardware. +These drivers work with Linux, and also with Linux combined with +the real-time extensions RTAI and RTLinux. The Comedi core, which +ties all the driver together, allows applications to be written +that are completely hardware independent. + +Comedi supports a variety of data acquisition hardware; an +incomplete list can be found in the Comedi source. + +This distribution contains only the user-space library. You will +almost certainly also want to download the Comedi kernel modules. + +* Installation: + +Installation instructions are found in INSTALL. + +* Mailing List: + +Comedi has a mailing list. Send "subscribe comedi" to +comedi-request@stm.lbl.gov to subscribe. Traffic is light, and mainly +questions/answers about comedi installation, bugs, and programming. +General questions about data acquisition are also welcome. +Alternatively, you can subscribe and unsubscribe at +http://stm.lbl.gov/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/comedi. +You can always unsubscribe by sendinging "unsubscribe" (spell +it correctly!) to comedi-request@stm.lbl.gov. + +* More Information: + +Comedi also has a web page, at http://stm.lbl.gov/comedi. New versions +of comedi can be found on the ftp site ftp://stm.lbl.gov/pub/comedi. + +Often bugfixes and new features that are not in the current release +can be found in the CVS repository. Instructions for anonymous CVS +access to the Comedi and Comedilib repositories are found at +http://oss.lineo.com/cvs_anon.html. + +Comedilib may be freely distibuted and modified in accordance with +the GNU Lesser General Public License. Portions of the Comedilib +distribution fall under different licenses; see the individual files +for details. + +The person behind all this misspelled humor is David Schleef +, or http://stm.lbl.gov/~ds.