Rename rate_poisson to rate_process

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@@ -1064,11 +1064,13 @@ rate_iops_min=int If fio doesn't meet this rate of IO, it will cause
                the job to exit. The same format as rate is used for read vs
                write separation.
 
-rate_poisson=bool      Real world random request flow follows Poisson process
-               (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisson_process). With
-               rate_poisson=1, fio tries to simulate request flow under Poisson
-               process (instead of even distribution, which is the default).
-               Default: false.
+rate_process=str       This option controls how fio manages rated IO
+               submissions. The default is 'linear', which submits IO in a
+               linear fashion with fixed delays between IOs that gets
+               adjusted based on IO completion rates. If this is set to
+               'poisson', fio will submit IO based on a more real world
+               random request flow, known as the Poisson process
+               (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisson_process).
 
 latency_target=int     If set, fio will attempt to find the max performance
                point that the given workload will run at while maintaining a