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@@ -114,6 +114,25 @@ build fio. To create an MSI installer package install WiX 3.6 from
 http://wix.sourceforge.net/releases/ and run dobuild.cmd from the
 os/windows directory.
 
+How to compile FIO on Windows 64 bits
+ 
+ 1. Install Cygwin - search for MinGW and install all MinGW packages.
+ 2. Download x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc-4.7.2-release-win64_rubenvb.7z (http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/files) - Select Toolchains targeting Win64 -> 
+    Personal Builds -> rubenv -> gcc-4.7-release
+ 3. Unzip the directory mingw64 to c:\ (c:\mingw64)
+ 4. Add to PATH - c:\mingw64\bin
+ 5. Copy c:\mingw64\bin\mingw32-make to c:\mingw64\bin\make.exe
+ 6. Download pthreads-20100604.zip (http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/files) - Select External binary packages (Win64 hosted) -> pthreads
+ 7. Unzip pthreads-20100604.zip
+ 8. Unzip pthreads-w64.zip
+ 9. Copy pthreadGC2-w64.dll to c:\mingw64\bin
+10. Copy c:\mingw64\bin\pthreadGC2-w64.dll to c:\mingw64\bin\pthreadGC2.dll
+11. Open Cygwin Terminal
+12. Go to fio directory (source files)
+13. make clean
+14. ./configure
+15. make
+
 
 Command line
 ------------
@@ -129,6 +148,7 @@ $ fio
        --terse-version=type    Terse version output format (default 3, or 2 or 4).
        --version               Print version info and exit
        --help                  Print this page
+       --cpuclock-test         Perform test/validation of CPU clock
        --cmdhelp=cmd           Print command help, "all" for all of them
        --enghelp=engine        Print ioengine help, or list available ioengines
        --enghelp=engine,cmd    Print help for an ioengine cmd
@@ -144,6 +164,9 @@ $ fio
        --max-jobs              Maximum number of threads/processes to support
        --server=args           Start backend server. See Client/Server section.
        --client=host           Connect to specified backend.
+       --idle-prof=option      Report cpu idleness on a system or percpu basis
+                               (option=system,percpu) or run unit work
+                               calibration only (option=calibrate).
 
 
 Any parameters following the options will be assumed to be job files,