X-Git-Url: https://git.kernel.dk/?p=fio.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=8b55f31400d4fadcc05e1fd55e342df4e89a68b3;hp=69803403ac83c2cd8f7c5d424317fa9e3ee3fba6;hb=214e1ecae844a32bf8f66d19132f4948d922dcee;hpb=a68594cb3c3435541d049b2ef694487862c21263 diff --git a/README b/README index 69803403..8b55f314 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -106,11 +106,11 @@ The job file parameters are: posixaio for POSIX aio, sync for regular read/write io, mmap for mmap'ed io, syslet-rw for syslet driven read/write, splice for using splice/vmsplice, - sgio for direct SG_IO io, or net for network io. 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. + 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, @@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ 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. Author