Fix bug with numjobs > 1, directory and filename given

[fio.git] / README

diff --git a/README b/README
index 2d5d499984db632eb4ab5e5b357418509c43bb29..8b55f31400d4fadcc05e1fd55e342df4e89a68b3 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -21,11 +21,15 @@ well. You can download them here:
 
 http://brick.kernel.dk/snaps/
 
-Pascal Bleser <guru@unixtech.be> has fio RPMs in his repository, you
-can find them here:
+Pascal Bleser <guru@unixtech.be> has fio RPMs in his repository for
+SUSE variants, you can find them here:
 
 http://linux01.gwdg.de/~pbleser/rpm-navigation.php?cat=System/fio
 
+Dag Wieërs has RPMs for Red Hat related distros, find them here:
+
+http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/fio/
+
 
 Mailing list
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@@ -80,6 +84,7 @@ 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
@@ -99,12 +104,13 @@ 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, net for network io, or cpuio
+                       for a cycler burner load. 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,
@@ -170,7 +176,7 @@ The job file parameters are:
        ioscheduler=x   Use ioscheduler 'x' for this job.
        cpuload=x       For a CPU io thread, percentage of CPU time to attempt
                        to burn.
-       cpuchunks=x     Split burn cycles into pieces of x.
+       cpuchunks=x     Split burn cycles into pieces of x usecs.
 
 
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