X-Git-Url: https://git.kernel.dk/?p=fio.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=317ddec668ab7cba185cd75ce5a15878c4896c0d;hp=4c7b542a8ecf4688b139aaf488225eeac26228db;hb=d926d535c7e1a12ff1a57a718ed8e84f617b0172;hpb=f41862f7e3f61f6f133dd7477c4aa5385d612f62 diff --git a/README b/README index 4c7b542a..317ddec6 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -39,11 +39,6 @@ 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 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/ @@ -59,7 +54,7 @@ tool (http://www.opencsw.org/get-it/pkgutil/) and then install fio via Windows: Bruce Cran has fio packages for Windows at -http://www.bluestop.org/fio . +http://www.bluestop.org/fio/ . Mailing list @@ -125,12 +120,21 @@ How to compile FIO on 64-bit Windows: 5. Run 'make clean'. 6. Run 'make'. +To build fio on 32-bit Windows, download x86/pthreadGC2.dll instead and do +'./configure --build-32bit-win=yes' 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 signal issues when running it under a Cygwin shell +(see http://code.google.com/p/mintty/issues/detail?id=56 for details). + Command line ------------ $ fio --debug Enable some debugging options (see below) + --parse-only Parse options only, don't start any IO --output Write output to file --runtime Runtime in seconds --latency-log Generate per-job latency logs @@ -149,6 +153,7 @@ $ fio writes --eta=when When ETA estimate should be printed May be "always", "never" or "auto" + --eta-newline=time Force a new line for every 'time' period passed --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)