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[fio.git] / README

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@@ -23,18 +23,41 @@ 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'.
+
+Windows:
+Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> has fio packages for Windows at
+http://www.bluestop.org/fio .
+
 
 Mailing list
 ------------
@@ -60,10 +83,10 @@ http://maillist.kernel.dk/fio-devel/
 Building
 --------
 
-Just type 'make' and 'make install'. If on FreeBSD, for now you have to
-specify the FreeBSD Makefile with -f and use gmake (not make), eg:
+Just type 'make' and 'make install'. If on BSD, for now you have to
+specify the BSD Makefile with -f and use gmake (not make), eg:
 
-$ gmake -f Makefile.Freebsd && gmake -f Makefile.FreeBSD install
+$ gmake -f Makefile.FreeBSD && gmake -f Makefile.FreeBSD install
 
 Same goes for AIX:
 
@@ -113,7 +136,7 @@ unless they match a job file parameter. You can add as many as you want,
 each job file will be regarded as a separate group and fio will stonewall
 its execution.
 
-The --readonly switch is an extra safety guard to prevent accidentically
+The --readonly switch is an extra safety guard to prevent accidentally
 turning on a write setting when that is not desired. Fio will only write
 if rw=write/randwrite/rw/randrw is given, but this extra safety net can
 be used as an extra precaution. It will also enable a write check in the
@@ -189,7 +212,8 @@ 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, solarisaio for Solaris
-                       native async IO, sync for regular read/write io,
+                       native async IO, windowsaio for Windows native async IO,
+                       sync for regular read/write io,
                        psync for regular pread/pwrite io, vsync for regular
                        readv/writev (with queuing emulation) mmap for mmap'ed
                        io, syslet-rw for syslet driven read/write, splice for
@@ -274,8 +298,8 @@ The job file parameters are:
 Platforms
 ---------
 
-Fio works on (at least) Linux, Solaris, AIX, OSX, NetBSD, and FreeBSD. Some
-features and/or options may only be available on some of the platforms,
+Fio works on (at least) Linux, Solaris, AIX, OSX, NetBSD, Windows and FreeBSD.
+Some features and/or options may only be available on some of the platforms,
 typically because those features only apply to that platform (like the
 solarisaio engine, or the splice engine on Linux).