X-Git-Url: https://git.kernel.dk/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=2fecf0e020077eeed24300882e553e772de050bb;hb=30bec59eab3908b681cbc2866179f7166a849c83;hp=fc28b165ac1d96582396b897b4e968682402f412;hpb=eae92fbfe57bbd2f4f6669ad6e27257c6693e90b;p=fio.git diff --git a/README b/README index fc28b165..2fecf0e0 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -119,8 +119,8 @@ Solaris: ``pkgutil -i fio``. Windows: - Rebecca Cran has fio packages for Windows at - https://www.bluestop.org/fio/ . The latest builds for Windows can also + Rebecca Cran has fio packages for Windows at + https://bsdio.com/fio/ . The latest builds for Windows can also be grabbed from https://ci.appveyor.com/project/axboe/fio by clicking the latest x86 or x64 build, then selecting the ARTIFACTS tab. @@ -164,21 +164,25 @@ configure. Windows ~~~~~~~ -On Windows, Cygwin (http://www.cygwin.com/) is required in order to build -fio. To create an MSI installer package install WiX 3.8 from -http://wixtoolset.org and run :file:`dobuild.cmd` from the :file:`os/windows` +The minimum versions of Windows for building/runing fio are Windows 7/Windows +Server 2008 R2. On Windows, Cygwin (https://www.cygwin.com/) is required in +order to build fio. To create an MSI installer package install WiX from +https://wixtoolset.org and run :file:`dobuild.cmd` from the :file:`os/windows` directory. How to compile fio on 64-bit Windows: 1. Install Cygwin (http://www.cygwin.com/). Install **make** and all - packages starting with **mingw64-i686** and **mingw64-x86_64**. + packages starting with **mingw64-x86_64**. Ensure + **mingw64-x86_64-zlib** are installed if you wish + to enable fio's log compression functionality. 2. Open the Cygwin Terminal. 3. Go to the fio directory (source files). 4. Run ``make clean && make -j``. -To build fio on 32-bit Windows, run ``./configure --build-32bit-win`` before -``make``. +To build fio for 32-bit Windows, ensure the -i686 versions of the previously +mentioned -x86_64 packages are installed and run ``./configure +--build-32bit-win`` before ``make``. It's recommended that once built or installed, fio be run in a Command Prompt or other 'native' console such as console2, since there are known to be display and