system/read-edid: Fix README.

Signed-off-by: B. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com>

Signed-off-by: Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org>
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@ -6,11 +6,12 @@ the EDID from a monitor. It should work with most monitors made since
the video card supports the standard read commands (most do). the video card supports the standard read commands (most do).
read-edid is a set of two tools: get-edid, which gets the raw edid read-edid is a set of two tools: get-edid, which gets the raw edid
information from the monitor, and parse-edid, which turns the raw binary information from the monitor, and parse-edid, which turns the raw
information into an xorg.conf-compatible Monitor section. binary information into an xorg.conf-compatible Monitor section.
Modern Linux kernels also make the EDID data available in Modern Linux kernels also make the EDID data available in
/sys/class/drm/card*-*/edid, so the get-edid command might not be needed. /sys/class/drm/card*-*/edid, so the get-edid command might not be
needed.
See also system/edid-decode, which gives more detail than parse-edid, See also system/edid-decode, which gives more detail than parse-edid,
but doesn't format its output as an xorg.conf-compatible snippet. but doesn't format its output as an xorg.conf-compatible snippet.