X-Git-Url: https://git.kernel.dk/?p=fio.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=8b55f31400d4fadcc05e1fd55e342df4e89a68b3;hp=97251d019cb1925d43d25591473343b4f3ef4d18;hb=127f686514ef8b1d9ab6ed702971b205454974e6;hpb=fd28ca4948aa67b76585c6c23d7f70a2cdc7a0d5

diff --git a/README b/README
index 97251d01..8b55f314 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -21,11 +21,15 @@ 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/
+
 
 Mailing list
 ------------
@@ -54,7 +58,7 @@ Command line
 
 $ fio
         --output        Write output to file
-        --timeout       Runtime in seconds
+        --runtime       Runtime in seconds
         --latency-log   Generate per-job latency logs
         --bandwidth-log Generate per-job bandwidth logs
         --minimal       Minimal (terse) output
@@ -80,6 +84,7 @@ is in the ini style format, as it's easy to read and write for the user.
 The job file parameters are:
 
 	name=x		Use 'x' as the identifier for this job.
+	description=x	'x' is a text description of the job.
 	directory=x	Use 'x' as the top level directory for storing files
 	filename=x	Force the use of 'x' as the filename for all files
 			in this thread. If not given, fio will make up
@@ -99,12 +104,13 @@ 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,
@@ -124,7 +130,7 @@ The job file parameters are:
 			'x' blocks have been written.
 	end_fsync=x	If 'x', run fsync() after end-of-job.
 	startdelay=x	Start this thread x seconds after startup
-	timeout=x	Terminate x seconds after startup. Can include a
+	runtime=x	Terminate x seconds after startup. Can include a
 			normal time suffix if not given in seconds, such as
 			'm' for minutes, 'h' for hours, and 'd' for days.
 	offset=x	Start io at offset x (x string can include k/m/g)
@@ -170,7 +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.
 
 
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