[PATCH] Add in-progress io rate

[fio.git] / HOWTO

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@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ cpuchunks=int       If the job is a CPU cycle eater, split the load into
 fio spits out a lot of output. While running, fio will display the
 status of the jobs created. An example of that would be:
 
-Threads running: 1: [_r] [24.79% done] [eta 00h:01m:31s]
+Threads running: 1: [_r] [24.79% done] [ 13509/  8334 kb/s] [eta 00h:01m:31s]
 
 The characters inside the square brackets denote the current status of
 each thread. The possible values (in typical life cycle order) are:
@@ -476,9 +476,9 @@ E           Thread exited, not reaped by main thread yet.
 _              Thread reaped.
 
 The other values are fairly self explanatory - number of threads
-currently running and doing io, and the estimated completion percentage
-and time for the running group. It's impossible to estimate runtime
-of the following groups (if any).
+currently running and doing io, rate of io since last check, and the estimated
+completion percentage and time for the running group. It's impossible to
+estimate runtime of the following groups (if any).
 
 When fio is done (or interrupted by ctrl-c), it will show the data for
 each thread, group of threads, and disks in that order. For each data