Don't check st_size for special files

[fio.git] / README

diff --git a/README b/README
index 01cc19e9d69cf752ced1bb40b3709d5e2d78d121..0d7de7eb1ca7f5d02cc8713f68325a77632a8d7e 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -27,6 +27,16 @@ can find them here:
 http://linux01.gwdg.de/~pbleser/rpm-navigation.php?cat=System/fio
 
 
+Mailing list
+------------
+
+There's a mailing list associated with fio. It's meant for general
+discussion, bug reporting, questions - basically anything that has to
+do with fio. An automated mail detailing recent commits is automatically
+sent to the list at most daily. The list address is fio-devel@kernel.dk,
+subscribe by sending an empty email to fio-devel+subscribe@kernel.dk.
+
+
 Building
 --------
 
@@ -44,11 +54,13 @@ Command line
 
 $ fio
         --output        Write output to file
-        --timeout       Runtime in seconds
+        --runtime       Runtime in seconds
         --latency-log   Generate per-job latency logs
         --bandwidth-log Generate per-job bandwidth logs
         --minimal       Minimal (terse) output
         --version       Print version info and exit
+       --help          Print this page
+       --cmdhelp=cmd   Print command help, "all" for all of them
 
 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,
@@ -68,6 +80,7 @@ is in the ini style format, as it's easy to read and write for the user.
 The job file parameters are:
 
        name=x          Use 'x' as the identifier for this job.
+       description=x   'x' is a text description of the job.
        directory=x     Use 'x' as the top level directory for storing files
        filename=x      Force the use of 'x' as the filename for all files
                        in this thread. If not given, fio will make up
@@ -87,12 +100,13 @@ The job file parameters are:
        size=x          Set file size to x bytes (x string can include k/m/g)
        ioengine=x      'x' may be: aio/libaio/linuxaio for Linux aio,
                        posixaio for POSIX aio, sync for regular read/write io,
-                       mmap for mmap'ed io, splice for using splice/vmsplice,
-                       or sgio for direct SG_IO io. The latter only works on
-                       Linux on SCSI (or SCSI-like devices, such as
-                       usb-storage or sata/libata driven) devices. Fio also
-                       has a null io engine, which is mainly used for testing
-                       fio itself.
+                       mmap for mmap'ed io, syslet-rw for syslet driven
+                       read/write, splice for using splice/vmsplice,
+                       sgio for direct SG_IO io, or net for network io. sgio
+                       only works on Linux on SCSI (or SCSI-like devices,
+                       such as usb-storage or sata/libata driven) devices.
+                       Fio also has a null io engine, which is mainly used
+                       for testing fio itself.
        iodepth=x       For async io, allow 'x' ios in flight
        overwrite=x     If 'x', layout a write file first.
        nrfiles=x       Spread io load over 'x' number of files per job,
@@ -112,7 +126,7 @@ The job file parameters are:
                        'x' blocks have been written.
        end_fsync=x     If 'x', run fsync() after end-of-job.
        startdelay=x    Start this thread x seconds after startup
-       timeout=x       Terminate x seconds after startup. Can include a
+       runtime=x       Terminate x seconds after startup. Can include a
                        normal time suffix if not given in seconds, such as
                        'm' for minutes, 'h' for hours, and 'd' for days.
        offset=x        Start io at offset x (x string can include k/m/g)