From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from merlin.infradead.org ([205.233.59.134]:48868 "EHLO merlin.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S966550Ab3HHU6t (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Aug 2013 16:58:49 -0400 Message-ID: <52040657.208@kernel.dk> Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2013 14:57:59 -0600 From: Jens Axboe MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: Server mode problems with 2.1.1 References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: fio-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: fio@vger.kernel.org To: George Smith Cc: fio@vger.kernel.org, bruce@cran.org.uk On 08/06/2013 03:52 PM, George Smith wrote: > Hello, > > I have been using FIO (2.0.15) server mode successfully on Linux > (CentOS 6) and Windows (2012) for perhaps the last 6 months. > > Today I built the new (as of a few days ago) FIO 2.1.1 on Linux, and > everything seems fine there including server mode (Linux -> Linux). > > On Windows (package downloaded from bluestop), however, server mode > does not seem to work anymore. To be clear, I'm running > > fio --client job > > from Linux, to an > > fio --server > > instance running on Win2012. The client connect hangs, and the server > on the Windows box spews the following: > > fork is not implemented > waitpid is not implemented > fio: waitpid: Function not implemented > waitpid is not implemented > > > I haven't really debugged this too much, was just wondering if I'm > missing something major (being relatively new to FIO and this list). > I'm assuming server mode is still supposed to work in these newer > releases much the same way that the 2.0.15 I'm using does? I don't think you are missing anything, I wonder what broke the server mode on Windows. Bruce, any ideas? -- Jens Axboe