doc: fix random_distribution Gaussian parameter name

random_distribution's parameter for a Gaussian distribution is called
"normal". Note this differs to file_service_type where the Gaussian
distribution really is selected with the "gauss" parameter.

Signed-off-by: Sitsofe Wheeler <sitsofe@yahoo.com>

diff --git a/HOWTO b/HOWTO
index a07c5f2b1a7fd19f98edc1be42d5aa99dbc1b2bc..d2acd8fbd38ef4648f97ff5c743381de60b87b86 100644 (file)
--- a/HOWTO
+++ b/HOWTO
@@ -1204,7 +1204,7 @@ I/O type
                **pareto**
                                Pareto distribution
 
-               **gauss**
+               **normal**
                                Normal (Gaussian) distribution
 
                **zoned**
@@ -1217,8 +1217,8 @@ I/O type
        values will yield in terms of hit rates.  If you wanted to use **zipf** with
        a `theta` of 1.2, you would use ``random_distribution=zipf:1.2`` as the
        option. If a non-uniform model is used, fio will disable use of the random
-       map. For the **gauss** distribution, a normal deviation is supplied as a
-       value between 0 and 100.
+       map. For the **normal** distribution, a normal (Gaussian) deviation is
+       supplied as a value between 0 and 100.
 
        For a **zoned** distribution, fio supports specifying percentages of I/O
        access that should fall within what range of the file or device. For

diff --git a/fio.1 b/fio.1
index ca99ad743f65d7333faef5caa21f30c4e286bdf1..fbaf77f22f8164240c3c3408463d57485608a074 100644 (file)
--- a/fio.1
+++ b/fio.1
@@ -1004,8 +1004,8 @@ Zipf distribution
 .B pareto
 Pareto distribution
 .TP
-.B gauss
-Normal (gaussian) distribution
+.B normal
+Normal (Gaussian) distribution
 .TP
 .B zoned
 Zoned random distribution
@@ -1017,8 +1017,8 @@ For \fBpareto\fR, it's the pareto power. Fio includes a test program, genzipf,
 that can be used visualize what the given input values will yield in terms of
 hit rates. If you wanted to use \fBzipf\fR with a theta of 1.2, you would use
 random_distribution=zipf:1.2 as the option. If a non-uniform model is used,
-fio will disable use of the random map. For the \fBgauss\fR distribution, a
-normal deviation is supplied as a value between 0 and 100.
+fio will disable use of the random map. For the \fBnormal\fR distribution, a
+normal (Gaussian) deviation is supplied as a value between 0 and 100.
 .P
 .RS
 For a \fBzoned\fR distribution, fio supports specifying percentages of IO