From 6315af9d905000f16ac9a370ae6abbe6bcebf771 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jens Axboe Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2014 19:58:24 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Update documentation on net engine port usage Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe --- HOWTO | 4 +++- fio.1 | 4 +++- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/HOWTO b/HOWTO index d2ce4d8e..e18eadb1 100644 --- 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 9ddf101a..8d026321 100644 --- 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 -- 2.25.1