From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-wm0-f47.google.com ([74.125.82.47]:36292 "EHLO mail-wm0-f47.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932719AbcBIW1P (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Feb 2016 17:27:15 -0500 Received: by mail-wm0-f47.google.com with SMTP id p63so3875320wmp.1 for ; Tue, 09 Feb 2016 14:27:14 -0800 (PST) From: =?UTF-8?Q?Michal_=c5=a0mucr?= Subject: missing waitpid() and server functionality at Windows Message-ID: <56BA67C0.1030603@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2016 23:27:12 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: fio-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: fio@vger.kernel.org To: fio@vger.kernel.org, bruce@cran.org.uk Hello, previously I've used fio mainly at Linux and OS X, so I didn't have any issues with fio in server mode. Now I'm trying to simulate workload to shared storage for Windows clients and this functionality with remote control of fio instances running at Windows machines will be very handy. Unfortunately it isn't possible to use it that way, because of missing waitpid() syscall implementation and forking in MinGw builds for Windows. I've stumbled upon at some messages posted 2y ago, where Bruce explained it. http://www.spinics.net/lists/fio/msg02565.html I don't know, if I got it correctly, but can be a build with Cygwin toolchain possible workaround for this issue? I've tried to compile current fio with Cygwin (so no MinGw toolchain) and compiler variables override, but failed badly.. It doesn't even pass through crc/test.c with lot of messed definitions. Is it currently possible to build with it or MinGW is currently only way for Windows compilation of fio? Kind regards, Michal