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@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@ + + System Utilities Package - Includes Libsysfs(v. 0.1.1) + ====================================================== + +Contents +-------- + 1. Introduction + 2. How to Install + 3. Licenses + 4. Reporting Bugs + + +1. Introduction +--------------- + +This package's purpose is to provide a set of utilities for interfacing +with sysfs, a virtual filesystem in Linux kernel versions 2.5+ that +provides a tree of system devices. While a filesystem is a very useful +interface, we've decided to provide a stable programming interface +that will hopefully make it easier for applications to query system devices +and their attributes. + +This package currently includes: + +- libsysfs: a library for accessing system devices. +- lsbus: a small application to query system bus information. +- systool: an application to view system device information by bus, class, + and topology. + + +2. How to Install +----------------- + +Use make to create the library and the commands. + + +3. Licenses +----------- + +The commands are licensed under the GNU Public License (GPL) Version2, +June 1991. The full text of the GPL is located in this package's "cmd" +directory: + +sysutils/cmd/GPL + +The library is licensed under the GNU Lesser Public License (LGPL) +Version 2.1, February 1999. The full text of the LGPL is located in +this package's "lib" directory: + +sysutils/lib/LGPL + + +4. Reporting Bugs +----------------- + +Please direct all bugs to either the linux-diag mailing list - +linux-diag@lists.sourceforge.net - or to the authors: + +Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com> +Daniel Stekloff <dsteklof@us.ibm.com> + |