X-Git-Url: https://sigrok.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;f=README;h=3c407ae24cf9791a837f6f2a4546af846172f19d;hb=22ca5aa68b55ffc9f33c6fe0138c460b0b2f8f94;hp=989984ea1f6a2ba558c4a8a08dafae23b2cdf84e;hpb=d11d606626a2ce9359ed2b5395fe4b998604da92;p=libsigrok.git

diff --git a/README b/README
index 989984ea..3c407ae2 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -35,10 +35,12 @@ Requirements
  - libtool
  - pkg-config >= 0.22
  - libglib >= 2.28.0
- - libusb >= 1.0.9 (for most hardware)
  - libzip >= 0.8
- - libftdi >= 0.16 (for some hardware)
- - libudev >= 151 (for some hardware)
+ - libusb-1.0 >= 1.0.9 (optional, used by most drivers)
+ - libftdi >= 0.16 (optional, used by some drivers)
+ - libudev >= 151 (optional, used by some drivers)
+ - libasound / alsa-lib >= 1.0 (optional, only used by the alsa driver)
+ - check >= 0.9.4 (optional, only needed to run unit tests)
 
 
 Building and installing
@@ -56,29 +58,23 @@ For installing libsigrok:
 
  $ make install
 
-Please see the following wiki pages for more detailed instructions:
+See INSTALL or the following wiki page for more (OS-specific) instructions:
 
- http://sigrok.org/wiki/Linux
- http://sigrok.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X
- http://sigrok.org/wiki/Windows
- http://sigrok.org/wiki/FreeBSD
+ http://sigrok.org/wiki/Building
 
 
-Firmware
---------
-
-Some devices supported by libsigrok need a firmware to be uploaded before the
-device can be used. 
+Device-specific issues
+----------------------
 
-The default location where libsigrok expects the firmware files is:
+Please check README.devices for some notes and hints about device- or
+driver-specific issues to be aware of.
 
-  $prefix/share/sigrok-firmware
 
-($prefix is usually /usr/local or /usr, depending on your ./configure options)
-
-For further information see:
+Firmware
+--------
 
-  http://sigrok.org/wiki/Firmware
+Some devices supported by libsigrok need a firmware to be uploaded before the
+device can be used. See README.devices for details.
 
 
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