fio resides in a git repo, the canonical place is:
-git://brick.kernel.dk/data/git/fio.git
+git://git.kernel.dk/fio.git
+
+The http protocol also works, path is the same.
Snapshots are frequently generated and they include the git meta data as
well. You can download them here:
http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/fio/
+Mandriva has integrated fio into their package repository, so installing
+on that distro should be as easy as typing 'urpmi fio'.
+
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See the HOWTO file for a more detailed description of parameters and what
-they mean. This file contains the terse version. Only a few options can
-be controlled with command line parameters, generally it's a lot easier to
+they mean. This file contains the terse version. You can describe big and
+complex setups with the command line, but generally it's a lot easier to
just write a simple job file to describe the workload. The job file format
-is in the ini style format, as it's easy to read and write for the user.
+is in the ini style format, as that is easy to read and write for the user.
The job file parameters are:
ratemin=x Quit if rate of x KiB/sec can't be met
ratecycle=x ratemin averaged over x msecs
cpumask=x Only allow job to run on CPUs defined by mask.
+ cpus_allowed=x Like 'cpumask', but allow text setting of CPU affinity.
fsync=x If writing with buffered IO, fsync after every
'x' blocks have been written.
end_fsync=x If 'x', run fsync() after end-of-job.