X-Git-Url: https://wimlib.net/git/?p=wimlib;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.WINDOWS;h=cd8c7e0e32a2fde946809e4e8f1d3c5bc896b0e7;hp=66babca330ef2e15265ac2852c67a0dac72dff00;hb=368b4360a6ec843a179ab90ccbe4474e1ceab08e;hpb=6c36e2e6311e29cede36518e4363d1bcdd87ddb3

diff --git a/README.WINDOWS b/README.WINDOWS
index 66babca3..cd8c7e0e 100644
--- a/README.WINDOWS
+++ b/README.WINDOWS
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ The Windows distribution of wimlib is a ZIP file containing the following items:
   * License files for all software included.  These are all free software
     licenses.
 
+Note that there are separate ZIP files for 32-bit (i686) and 64-bit (x86_64)
+binaries.  They are both fully supported, but you should prefer the 64-bit
+binaries when possible as they can be noticably faster.
+
                                  WIMLIB-IMAGEX
 
 wimlib-imagex supports most features of Microsoft's ImageX as well as some
@@ -74,3 +78,8 @@ interface available for wimlib or wimlib-imagex.  However, an unofficial, beta,
 Windows-only graphical user interface that provides a thin wrapper around
 wimlib-imagex can be downloaded at
 http://reboot.pro/files/file/485-wimlib-imagex-command-line-compiler/.
+
+If you want to build your own Windows binaries from source, MinGW-w64 is
+required.  Configure with --host=i686-w64-mingw32 or --host=x86_64-w64-mingw32.
+You will need to satisfy the third-party dependencies (libxml2, winpthreads, and
+win-iconv), which in the official releases are statically linked into the DLL.