Add option for specifically setting buffer contents

[fio.git] / fio.1

diff --git a/fio.1 b/fio.1
index 6c3dd21bab61bea09d839ae984c00a540b2255eb..82d05b77b7319cc87216b1a84a23b34f067fa618 100644 (file)
--- a/fio.1
+++ b/fio.1
@@ -426,6 +426,12 @@ provide \fBbuffer_compress_percentage\fR of blocksize random data, followed by
 the remaining zeroed. With this set to some chunk size smaller than the block
 size, fio can alternate random and zeroed data throughout the IO buffer.
 .TP
+.BI buffer_pattern \fR=\fPstr
+If set, fio will fill the io buffers with this pattern. If not set, the contents
+of io buffers is defined by the other options related to buffer contents. The
+setting can be any pattern of bytes, and can be prefixed with 0x for hex
+values.
+.TP
 .BI nrfiles \fR=\fPint
 Number of files to use for this job.  Default: 1.
 .TP