docs: update HOWTO and manpage for sg trim support

Also fix HOWTO sg_write_mode formatting

diff --git a/HOWTO b/HOWTO
index 70eed2805c2d96811d4238afaed645f4f3a10e45..804d93e4c578bfdb7d47058d177cce34420bb380 100644 (file)
--- a/HOWTO
+++ b/HOWTO
@@ -991,13 +991,15 @@ I/O type
                **write**
                                Sequential writes.
                **trim**
-                               Sequential trims (Linux block devices only).
+                               Sequential trims (Linux block devices and SCSI
+                               character devices only).
                **randread**
                                Random reads.
                **randwrite**
                                Random writes.
                **randtrim**
-                               Random trims (Linux block devices only).
+                               Random trims (Linux block devices and SCSI
+                               character devices only).
                **rw,readwrite**
                                Sequential mixed reads and writes.
                **randrw**
@@ -1748,7 +1750,7 @@ I/O engine
                        ioctl, or if the target is an sg character device we use
                        :manpage:`read(2)` and :manpage:`write(2)` for asynchronous
                        I/O. Requires :option:`filename` option to specify either block or
-                       character devices.
+                       character devices. This engine supports trim operations.
                        The sg engine includes engine specific options.
 
                **null**
@@ -2082,6 +2084,7 @@ with the caveat that when used on the command line, they must come after the
        the force unit access (fua) flag. Default is 0.
 
 .. option:: sg_write_mode=str : [sg]
+
        Specify the type of write commands to issue. This option can take three values:
 
        **write**

diff --git a/fio.1 b/fio.1
index 6d2eba67b1419d8d3e60b886c83bde9d87018fa0..a446aba549eb3834b202aefa21b1f5716f7141c6 100644 (file)
--- a/fio.1
+++ b/fio.1
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ Sequential reads.
 Sequential writes.
 .TP
 .B trim
-Sequential trims (Linux block devices only).
+Sequential trims (Linux block devices and SCSI character devices only).
 .TP
 .B randread
 Random reads.
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ Random reads.
 Random writes.
 .TP
 .B randtrim
-Random trims (Linux block devices only).
+Random trims (Linux block devices and SCSI character devices only).
 .TP
 .B rw,readwrite
 Sequential mixed reads and writes.
@@ -1524,7 +1524,8 @@ SCSI generic sg v3 I/O. May either be synchronous using the SG_IO
 ioctl, or if the target is an sg character device we use
 \fBread\fR\|(2) and \fBwrite\fR\|(2) for asynchronous
 I/O. Requires \fBfilename\fR option to specify either block or
-character devices. The sg engine includes engine specific options.
+character devices. This engine supports trim operations. The
+sg engine includes engine specific options.
 .TP
 .B null
 Doesn't transfer any data, just pretends to. This is mainly used to