From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: From: Martin Steigerwald Subject: Re: relationship of fio versus gfio Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2015 11:25:32 +0100 Message-ID: <2367452.mALFllXUSD@merkaba> In-Reply-To: <564117A0.1070900@kernel.dk> References: <6266593.Pst2hzQaXB@merkaba> <564117A0.1070900@kernel.dk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" To: Jens Axboe Cc: fio@vger.kernel.org List-ID: =EF=BB=BFAm Montag, 9. November 2015, 15:01:04 CET schrieb Jens Axboe: > On 11/06/2015 01:54 AM, Martin Steigerwald wrote: > > Hello Jens, hello fio community. > >=20 > > During package review of my new fio package my reviewer raised the > > question of the relationship between gfio and fio. I already also > > wondered about it before. > >=20 > > Can gfio be used on a system, without fio installed? My guess would be > > yes: As fio could be running on another machine as a server. >=20 > That is correct. Thanks. My sponsor Sven just uploaded the debian package to unstable. >=20 > > Also currently I have it that gfio is linked against the same libraries= as > > fio. Is a complete fio engine included in gfio? >=20 > There was a plan to more cleanly separate them, as the client frontends > need not link with all the nitty gritty details as the backend. But the > amount of effort required to get that cleaner meant that it didn't > really happen. It's not difficult, it's just a lot of manual work in > establishing the code boundaries between the two. I see. I also wondered about doing some Qt Quick based frontend for fio, but never= =20 got along starting it. Also it would be redoing work that is already done=20 (gfio). Thanks, --=20 Martin Steigerwald | Consultant / Trainer teamix GmbH S=C3=BCdwestpark 43 90449 N=C3=BCrnberg Tel.: +49 911 30999 55 | Fax: +49 911 30999 99 mail: martin.steigerwald@teamix.de | web: http://www.teamix.de | blog: htt= p://blog.teamix.de Amtsgericht N=C3=BCrnberg, HRB 18320 | Gesch=C3=A4ftsf=C3=BChrer: Oliver K= =C3=BCgow, Richard M=C3=BCller teamix Support Hotline: +49 911 30999-112 =20 *** Besuchen Sie uns vom 16.-19.11.2015 auf der NetApp Insight im CityCube= in Berlin auf Stand A5. ***