X-Git-Url: https://git.kernel.dk/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=a8a4fdf3d07960d44c1c7ae8eeff85b3ab2550b0;hb=d23ae82785f99927331e358d2c0deac5e53f2df1;hp=ab42f1baa2af01827f096eb5aa635124b71a44a3;hpb=2af5bd9996cacf9eb7b70ac23d6ed7d3b35acef2;p=fio.git diff --git a/README b/README index ab42f1ba..a8a4fdf3 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ Snapshots can download from: http://brick.kernel.dk/snaps/ -There are also two official mirrors. Both of these are synced within -an hour of commits landing at git.kernel.dk. So if the main repo is -down for some reason, either one of those is safe to use: +There are also two official mirrors. Both of these are automatically synced +with the main repository, when changes are pushed. If the main repo is down +for some reason, either one of these is safe to use as a backup: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/axboe/fio.git https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/axboe/fio.git @@ -149,9 +149,9 @@ $ fio --parse-only Parse options only, don't start any IO --output Write output to file --runtime Runtime in seconds - --bandwidth-log Generate per-job bandwidth logs + --bandwidth-log Generate aggregate bandwidth logs --minimal Minimal (terse) output - --output-format=type Output format (terse,json,normal) + --output-format=type Output format (terse,json,json+,normal) --terse-version=type Terse version output format (default 3, or 2 or 4). --version Print version info and exit --help Print this page @@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ $ fio --status-interval=t Force full status dump every 't' period passed --section=name Only run specified section in job file. Multiple sections can be specified. - --alloc-size=kb Set smalloc pool to this size in kb (def 1024) + --alloc-size=kb Set smalloc pool to this size in kb (def 16384) --warnings-fatal Fio parser warnings are fatal --max-jobs Maximum number of threads/processes to support --server=args Start backend server. See Client/Server section. @@ -179,6 +179,11 @@ $ fio (option=system,percpu) or run unit work calibration only (option=calibrate). --inflate-log=log Inflate and output compressed log + --trigger-file=file Execute trigger cmd when file exists + --trigger-timeout=t Execute trigger af this time + --trigger=cmd Set this command as local trigger + --trigger-remote=cmd Set this command as remote trigger + --aux-path=path Use this path for fio state generated files Any parameters following the options will be assumed to be job files, @@ -228,7 +233,7 @@ sections. The reserved 'global' section is always parsed and used. The --alloc-size switch allows one to use a larger pool size for smalloc. If running large jobs with randommap enabled, fio can run out of memory. Smalloc is an internal allocator for shared structures from a fixed size -memory pool. The pool size defaults to 1024k and can grow to 128 pools. +memory pool. The pool size defaults to 16M and can grow to 8 pools. NOTE: While running .fio_smalloc.* backing store files are visible in /tmp.