Merge https://bitbucket.org/vincentfu/fio-steadystate into steady-state-2

[fio.git] / README

diff --git a/README b/README
index cfe7084f89b42178ca08e15ad8197452d34d1d76..a8a4fdf3d07960d44c1c7ae8eeff85b3ab2550b0 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -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.