X-Git-Url: https://git.kernel.dk/?p=fio.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=7e87c47b8ef8ea52940b0757884d4cf9164b2435;hp=be32af4ed76f08412fc83e2a0165b882020e8059;hb=4539ed73159735c20cf6c2808eea84d0cc25a608;hpb=61697c37566a211ad3fd70f46397d9b7675b0fc2

diff --git a/README b/README
index be32af4e..7e87c47b 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -14,18 +14,27 @@ Source
 
 fio resides in a git repo, the canonical place is:
 
-git://brick.kernel.dk/data/git/fio.git
+git://git.kernel.dk/fio.git
+
+The http protocol also works, path is the same.
 
 Snapshots are frequently generated and they include the git meta data as
 well. You can download them here:
 
 http://brick.kernel.dk/snaps/
 
-Pascal Bleser <guru@unixtech.be> has fio RPMs in his repository, you
-can find them here:
+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
 
+Dag Wieërs has RPMs for Red Hat related distros, find them here:
+
+http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/fio/
+
+Mandriva has integrated fio into their package repository, so installing
+on that distro should be as easy as typing 'urpmi fio'.
+
 
 Mailing list
 ------------
@@ -61,6 +70,7 @@ $ fio
         --version       Print version info and exit
 	--help		Print this page
 	--cmdhelp=cmd	Print command help, "all" for all of them
+	--showcmd	Turn a job file into command line options
 
 Any parameters following the options will be assumed to be job files,
 unless they match a job file parameter. You can add as many as you want,
@@ -100,12 +110,13 @@ 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, sync for regular read/write io,
-			mmap for mmap'ed io, splice for using splice/vmsplice,
-			or sgio for direct SG_IO io. The latter only works on
-			Linux on SCSI (or SCSI-like devices, such as
-			usb-storage or sata/libata driven) devices. Fio also
-			has a null io engine, which is mainly used for testing
-			fio itself.
+			mmap for mmap'ed io, syslet-rw for syslet driven
+			read/write, splice for using splice/vmsplice,
+			sgio for direct SG_IO io, net for network io, or cpuio
+			for a cycler burner load. sgio only works on Linux on
+			SCSI (or SCSI-like devices, such as usb-storage or
+			sata/libata driven) devices. Fio also has a null io
+			engine, which is mainly used for testing fio itself.
 	iodepth=x	For async io, allow 'x' ios in flight
 	overwrite=x	If 'x', layout a write file first.
 	nrfiles=x	Spread io load over 'x' number of files per job,
@@ -121,6 +132,7 @@ The job file parameters are:
 	ratemin=x	Quit if rate of x KiB/sec can't be met
 	ratecycle=x	ratemin averaged over x msecs
 	cpumask=x	Only allow job to run on CPUs defined by mask.
+	cpus_allowed=x	Like 'cpumask', but allow text setting of CPU affinity.
 	fsync=x		If writing with buffered IO, fsync after every
 			'x' blocks have been written.
 	end_fsync=x	If 'x', run fsync() after end-of-job.
@@ -171,7 +183,7 @@ The job file parameters are:
 	ioscheduler=x	Use ioscheduler 'x' for this job.
 	cpuload=x	For a CPU io thread, percentage of CPU time to attempt
 			to burn.
-	cpuchunks=x	Split burn cycles into pieces of x.
+	cpuchunks=x	Split burn cycles into pieces of x usecs.
 
 
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