X-Git-Url: https://git.kernel.dk/?p=fio.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=08b4df645ff1287a7e2571bb84d9d9fe35876365;hp=adcced65cc6027a665ed85564519b3405dd3a306;hb=687c6a230dfeae89454ed430ee49ed5813e146ad;hpb=0e655dd09a89a0d05e2d3dc5c978283277939e08

diff --git a/README b/README
index adcced65..08b4df64 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -83,18 +83,11 @@ http://maillist.kernel.dk/fio-devel/
 Building
 --------
 
-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:
+Just type 'make' and 'make install'.
 
-$ gmake -f Makefile.FreeBSD && gmake -f Makefile.FreeBSD install
-
-Same goes for AIX:
-
-$ gmake -f Makefile.aix && gmake -f Makefile.aix install
-
-Likewise with OpenSolaris, use the Makefile.solaris to compile there.
-The OpenSolaris make should work fine. This might change in the
-future if I opt for an autoconf type setup.
+Note that GNU make is required. On BSD it's available from devel/gmake;
+on Solaris it's in the SUNWgmake package. On platforms where GNU make
+isn't the default, type 'gmake' instead of 'make'.
 
 If your compile fails with an error like this:
 
@@ -116,9 +109,9 @@ Windows
 On Windows Cygwin (http://www.cygwin.com) is required with at least
 devel/gcc4 and devel/make installed in order to build fio, and
 admin/cygrunsrv to run it. You can also install devel/git to fetch/update
-the source files. 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.
+the source files. To create an MSI installer package put a copy of Cygwin
+in os\windows\fio, install WiX 3.6 from http://wix.sourceforge.net/releases/
+and run dobuild.cmd from the os/windows directory.
 
 Before running fio you'll need to have a copy of cygserver running. Run 
 "/usr/bin/cygserver-config" from an elevated Cygwin shell (i.e. launch the
@@ -144,12 +137,15 @@ $ fio
 	--help			Print this page
 	--cmdhelp=cmd	Print command help, "all" for all of them
 	--showcmd		Turn a job file into command line options
-	--readonly		Turn on safety read-only checks, preventing writes
+	--readonly		Turn on safety read-only checks, preventing
+					writes
 	--eta=when		When ETA estimate should be printed
 					May be "always", "never" or "auto"
-	--section=name	Only run specified section in job file
+	--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)
 	--warnings-fatal Fio parser warnings are fatal
+	--max-jobs		Maximum number of threads/processes to support
 
 
 Any parameters following the options will be assumed to be job files,