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authorYuchen Pei <hi@ypei.me>2022-09-16 12:12:16 +1000
committerYuchen Pei <hi@ypei.me>2022-09-16 12:12:16 +1000
commit6f153cfe841668340d814aed6ba0a5c15f41c744 (patch)
tree1a5f688b8f0b92a43fcab33188833f1b4d5e5158
parentf78d4f45c61cfb003a483949e898682496585daa (diff)
updating instructions on populating the vendors table
-rw-r--r--README.txt8
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index 74a10e4..963f22f 100644
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -176,9 +176,11 @@ Modify the PHP file Application/Include/distributions.php
Modify the PHP file Application/Include/languages.php
-== How to fill the vendors entry ==
+== How to fill the vendors table ==
-After the installation, you have to fill the MySQL table containing the vendors. To carry out this task, use the scripts in the scripts sub-directory.
+After the installation, you have to fill the MySQL table containing the USB/PCI vendors IDs. Note this corresponds to vendors for the USB/PCI interface, which are different from say the notebook vendors which are stored in Application/Include/hardware.php.
+
+To carry out this task, use the scripts in the scripts sub-directory.
Change into the scripts/vendorid/ directory. Open the file 'connect.php' and set the following variables with the same values as your h-node instance:
@@ -196,7 +198,7 @@ Be sure you have installed php-cli, then write the following command:
php insert_vendors.php
-It will fill the 'vendors' MySql table. It will take a bit.
+It will fill the 'vendors' MySql table.
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