Update documentation on net engine port usage

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@fb.com>

diff --git a/HOWTO b/HOWTO
index d2ce4d8eb9bf76af9d360286967ebc26eeab649e..e18eadb11811879ac20dd1272041c95d5bf2cbde 100644 (file)
--- a/HOWTO
+++ b/HOWTO
@@ -1640,7 +1640,9 @@ that defines them is selected.
                address.
 
 [netsplice] port=int
-[net] port=int The TCP or UDP port to bind to or connect to.
+[net] port=int The TCP or UDP port to bind to or connect to. If this is used
+with numjobs to spawn multiple instances of the same job type, then this will
+be the starting port number since fio will use a range of ports.
 
 [netsplice] interface=str
 [net] interface=str  The IP address of the network interface used to send or

diff --git a/fio.1 b/fio.1
index 9ddf101abd6d92faa9b2e3f2769e586b4f72fcf3..8d0263216490738f4b87c2739c2ea2f2e8d496f6 100644 (file)
--- a/fio.1
+++ b/fio.1
@@ -1471,7 +1471,9 @@ If the job is a TCP listener or UDP reader, the hostname is not
 used and must be omitted unless it is a valid UDP multicast address.
 .TP
 .BI (net,netsplice)port \fR=\fPint
-The TCP or UDP port to bind to or connect to.
+The TCP or UDP port to bind to or connect to. If this is used with
+\fBnumjobs\fR to spawn multiple instances of the same job type, then
+this will be the starting port number since fio will use a range of ports.
 .TP
 .BI (net,netsplice)interface \fR=\fPstr
 The IP address of the network interface used to send or receive UDP multicast