Merge branch 'unstable' of github.com:/antirez/redis into unstable

[redis.git] / README

diff --git a/README b/README
index 1f0a1fe645da1e618b9bd886abe3c1bc00cd3fa0..887c8a6024e6f342494e5fce8637db086f0a3980 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ Where to find complete Redis documentation?
 -------------------------------------------
 
 This README is just a fast "quick start" document. You can find more detailed
-documentation here:
-
-1) http://code.google.com/p/redis
-2) Check the 'doc' directory. doc/README.html is a good starting point :)
+documentation at http://redis.io
 
 Building Redis
 --------------
@@ -23,10 +20,38 @@ You can run a 32 bit Redis binary using:
 
     % make 32bit
 
-After you build Redis is a good idea to test it, using:
+After building Redis is a good idea to test it, using:
 
     % make test
 
+NOTE: if after building Redis with a 32 bit target you need to rebuild it
+      with a 64 bit target you need to perform a "make clean" in the root
+      directory of the Redis distribution.
+
+Allocator
+---------
+
+By default Redis compiles and links against jemalloc under Linux, since
+glibc malloc() has memory fragmentation problems.
+
+To force a libc malloc() build use:
+
+    make FORCE_LIBC_MALLOC=yes
+
+In all the other non Linux systems the libc malloc() is used by default.
+
+On Mac OS X you can force a jemalloc based build using the following:
+
+    make USE_JEMALLOC=yes
+
+Verbose build
+-------------
+
+Redis will build with a user friendly colorized output by default.
+If you want to see a more verbose output use the following:
+
+    make V=1
+
 Running Redis
 -------------
 
@@ -63,7 +88,6 @@ then in another terminal try the following:
 
 You can find the list of all the available commands here:
 
-    http://code.google.com/p/redis/wiki/CommandReference
+    http://redis.io/commands
 
 Enjoy!
-