Document that write_iolog is unsafe for concurrent jobs

[fio.git] / README

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@@ -23,18 +23,37 @@ well. You can download them here:
 
 http://brick.kernel.dk/snaps/
 
-Pascal Bleser <guru@unixtech.be> has fio RPMs in his repository for
-SUSE variants, you can find them here:
 
+Binary packages
+---------------
+
+Debian:
+Starting with Debian "Squeeze", fio packages are part of the official
+Debian repository. http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=fio
+
+Ubuntu:
+Starting with Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (aka "Lucid Lynx"), fio packages are part
+of the Ubuntu "universe" repository.
+http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=fio
+
+SUSE:
+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
 
+Red Hat, CentOS & Co:
 Dag Wieërs has RPMs for Red Hat related distros, find them here:
-
 http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/fio/
 
+Mandriva:
 Mandriva has integrated fio into their package repository, so installing
 on that distro should be as easy as typing 'urpmi fio'.
 
+Solaris:
+Packages for Solaris are available from OpenCSW. Install their pkgutil
+tool (http://www.opencsw.org/get-it/pkgutil/) and then install fio via
+'pkgutil -i fio'.
+
 
 Mailing list
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@@ -255,7 +274,9 @@ The job file parameters are:
                        and length entries being in bytes.
        write_iolog=x   Write an iolog to file 'x' in the same format as iolog.
                        The iolog options are exclusive, if both given the
-                       read iolog will be performed.
+                       read iolog will be performed.  Specify a separate file
+                       for each job, otherwise the iologs will be interspersed
+                       and the file may be corrupt.
        write_bw_log    Write a bandwidth log.
        write_lat_log   Write a latency log.
        lockmem=x       Lock down x amount of memory on the machine, to