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1Since 2.1.99-test5, pciutils should also be compilable on Windows. Thanks
2to Alexander Stock for contributing the port.
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4Updated after version 2.2.6 to compile again, and with MinGW, even (only?)
5cross-compiling. (Hopefully it works with MSVC too.)
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7To use this port, you need to install WinIO.dll first. You can get it here:
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9	https://github.com/starofrainnight/winio
10	https://github.com/vaptu/winio
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12However, you need to use win32/config.{h,mk} instead of the automatically
13generated lib/config.{h,mk} as lib/configure does not run on Windows.
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16BEWARE: The current implementation pokes I/O ports to access the PCI devices
17directly. This leads to several problems: some devices are invisible, extended
18PCIe configuration space is not available, and there are many potential race
19conditions. Instead, libpci should use the proper Windows drivers.
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21Unfortunately, the Windows port currently lacks a maintainer. If you are willing
22to step up and fix the issues, please let me know.  -- Martin Mares
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