X-Git-Url: https://git.kernel.dk/?p=fio.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=2fecf0e020077eeed24300882e553e772de050bb;hp=72ff465ed7ebe68c11960619733bf600c9394016;hb=d61215e076fe3b51c0ed92dd985101b84bbcd757;hpb=e6fe02651641fc64d2fa4fcfe9b1013b2947d11b

diff --git a/README b/README
index 72ff465e..2fecf0e0 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -119,8 +119,10 @@ Solaris:
 	``pkgutil -i fio``.
 
 Windows:
-	Rebecca Cran <rebecca+fio@bluestop.org> has fio packages for Windows at
-	http://www.bluestop.org/fio/ .
+	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.
 
 BSDs:
 	Packages for BSDs may be available from their binary package repositories.
@@ -162,21 +164,25 @@ configure.
 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:
 
  1. Install Cygwin (http://www.cygwin.com/). Install **make** and all
-    packages starting with **mingw64-i686** and **mingw64-x86_64**.
+    packages starting with **mingw64-x86_64**. Ensure
+    **mingw64-x86_64-zlib** are installed if you wish
+    to enable fio's log compression functionality.
  2. Open the Cygwin Terminal.
  3. Go to the fio directory (source files).
  4. Run ``make clean && make -j``.
 
-To build fio on 32-bit Windows, run ``./configure --build-32bit-win`` before
-``make``.
+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``.
 
 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