A test work load is difficult to define, though. There can be any number of
processes or threads involved, and they can each be using their own way of
-generating I/O. You could have someone dirtying large amounts of memory in an
+generating I/O. You could have someone dirtying large amounts of memory in a
memory mapped file, or maybe several threads issuing reads using asynchronous
I/O. fio needed to be flexible enough to simulate both of these cases, and many
more.
http://www.spinics.net/lists/fio/
+or here:
+
+ https://lore.kernel.org/fio/
+
and archives for the old list can be found here:
http://maillist.kernel.dk/fio-devel/
``pkgutil -i fio``.
Windows:
- Rebecca Cran <rebecca+fio@bluestop.org> has fio packages for Windows at
- https://www.bluestop.org/fio/ . The latest builds for Windows can also
+ Rebecca Cran <rebecca@bsdio.com> has fio packages for Windows at
+ https://bsdio.com/fio/ . The latest builds for Windows can also
be grabbed from https://ci.appveyor.com/project/axboe/fio by clicking
the latest x86 or x64 build, then selecting the ARTIFACTS tab.
Windows
~~~~~~~
-On Windows, Cygwin (http://www.cygwin.com/) is required in order to build
-fio. To create an MSI installer package install WiX 3.8 from
-http://wixtoolset.org and run :file:`dobuild.cmd` from the :file:`os/windows`
+The minimum versions of Windows for building/runing fio are Windows 7/Windows
+Server 2008 R2. On Windows, Cygwin (https://www.cygwin.com/) is required in
+order to build fio. To create an MSI installer package install WiX from
+https://wixtoolset.org and run :file:`dobuild.cmd` from the :file:`os/windows`
directory.
How to compile fio on 64-bit Windows:
To build fio for 32-bit Windows, ensure the -i686 versions of the previously
mentioned -x86_64 packages are installed and run ``./configure
---build-32bit-win`` before ``make``. To build an fio that supports versions of
-Windows below Windows 7/Windows Server 2008 R2 also add ``--target-win-ver=xp``
-to the end of the configure line that you run before doing ``make``.
+--build-32bit-win`` before ``make``.
It's recommended that once built or installed, fio be run in a Command Prompt or
other 'native' console such as console2, since there are known to be display and