X-Git-Url: https://git.kernel.dk/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=76aa22d69212e86b799ee15d2e4db3c5e5d4c987;hb=d9309cb10119155c8cbf7369c807b9ae08bcd67c;hp=8b55f31400d4fadcc05e1fd55e342df4e89a68b3;hpb=ba0fbe1029bae1de08d66a72b6d0b2505c67c438;p=fio.git diff --git a/README b/README index 8b55f314..76aa22d6 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ Source 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: @@ -30,6 +32,9 @@ Dag Wieërs has RPMs for Red Hat related distros, find 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'. + Mailing list ------------ @@ -65,6 +70,7 @@ $ fio --version Print version info and exit --help Print this page --cmdhelp=cmd Print command help, "all" for all of them + --showcmd Turn a job file into command line options Any parameters following the options will be assumed to be job files, unless they match a job file parameter. You can add as many as you want, @@ -76,10 +82,10 @@ Job file -------- 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: @@ -126,6 +132,7 @@ 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.