The GPL isn't a EULA: remove it and introduce WixUI_Minimal_NoEULA

[fio.git] / fio.1

diff --git a/fio.1 b/fio.1
index 231e2e286a6c7c1df5426bedf73eb79559cb4f49..c3916168f253c963337a1201afa29b1ebccc6d1e 100644 (file)
--- a/fio.1
+++ b/fio.1
@@ -690,7 +690,8 @@ of how that would work.
 .TP
 .BI ioscheduler \fR=\fPstr
 Attempt to switch the device hosting the file to the specified I/O scheduler
 .TP
 .BI ioscheduler \fR=\fPstr
 Attempt to switch the device hosting the file to the specified I/O scheduler

-before running.
+before running. If the file is a pipe, a character device file or if device
+hosting the file could not be determined, this option is ignored.

 .TP
 .BI create_serialize \fR=\fPbool
 If true, serialize the file creation for the jobs. This may be handy to
 .TP
 .BI create_serialize \fR=\fPbool
 If true, serialize the file creation for the jobs. This may be handy to


@@ -924,10 +925,32 @@ behaves in a similar fashion, except it sends the same offset 8 number of
 times before generating a new offset.
 .RE
 .TP
 times before generating a new offset.
 .RE
 .TP

-.BI unified_rw_reporting \fR=\fPbool
+.BI unified_rw_reporting \fR=\fPstr

 Fio normally reports statistics on a per data direction basis, meaning that
 Fio normally reports statistics on a per data direction basis, meaning that

-reads, writes, and trims are accounted and reported separately. If this
-option is set fio sums the results and report them as "mixed" instead.
+reads, writes, and trims are accounted and reported separately. This option
+determines whether fio reports the results normally, summed together, or as
+both options.
+Accepted values are:
+.RS
+.TP
+.B none
+Normal statistics reporting.
+.TP
+.B mixed
+Statistics are summed per data direction and reported together.
+.TP
+.B both
+Statistics are reported normally, followed by the mixed statistics.
+.TP
+.B 0
+Backward-compatible alias for \fBnone\fR.
+.TP
+.B 1
+Backward-compatible alias for \fBmixed\fR.
+.TP
+.B 2
+Alias for \fBboth\fR.
+.RE

 .TP
 .BI randrepeat \fR=\fPbool
 Seed the random number generator used for random I/O patterns in a
 .TP
 .BI randrepeat \fR=\fPbool
 Seed the random number generator used for random I/O patterns in a


@@ -1825,6 +1848,11 @@ Simply do stat() and do no I/O to the file. You need to set 'filesize'
 and 'nrfiles', so that files will be created.
 This engine is to measure file lookup and meta data access.
 .TP
 and 'nrfiles', so that files will be created.
 This engine is to measure file lookup and meta data access.
 .TP

+.B filedelete
+Simply delete files by unlink() and do no I/O to the file. You need to set 'filesize'
+and 'nrfiles', so that files will be created.
+This engine is to measure file delete.
+.TP

 .B libpmem
 Read and write using mmap I/O to a file on a filesystem
 mounted with DAX on a persistent memory device through the PMDK
 .B libpmem
 Read and write using mmap I/O to a file on a filesystem
 mounted with DAX on a persistent memory device through the PMDK


@@ -1971,6 +1999,10 @@ The IP address to be used for RDMA-CM based I/O.
 .BI (librpma_*_server)direct_write_to_pmem \fR=\fPbool
 Set to 1 only when Direct Write to PMem from the remote host is possible. Otherwise, set to 0.
 .TP
 .BI (librpma_*_server)direct_write_to_pmem \fR=\fPbool
 Set to 1 only when Direct Write to PMem from the remote host is possible. Otherwise, set to 0.
 .TP

+.BI (librpma_*_server)busy_wait_polling \fR=\fPbool
+Set to 0 to wait for completion instead of busy-wait polling completion.
+Default: 1.
+.TP

 .BI (netsplice,net)interface \fR=\fPstr
 The IP address of the network interface used to send or receive UDP
 multicast.
 .BI (netsplice,net)interface \fR=\fPstr
 The IP address of the network interface used to send or receive UDP
 multicast.


@@ -2065,6 +2097,11 @@ by default.
 Poll store instead of waiting for completion. Usually this provides better
 throughput at cost of higher(up to 100%) CPU utilization.
 .TP
 Poll store instead of waiting for completion. Usually this provides better
 throughput at cost of higher(up to 100%) CPU utilization.
 .TP

+.BI (rados)touch_objects \fR=\fPbool
+During initialization, touch (create if do not exist) all objects (files).
+Touching all objects affects ceph caches and likely impacts test results.
+Enabled by default.
+.TP

 .BI (http)http_host \fR=\fPstr
 Hostname to connect to. For S3, this could be the bucket name. Default
 is \fBlocalhost\fR
 .BI (http)http_host \fR=\fPstr
 Hostname to connect to. For S3, this could be the bucket name. Default
 is \fBlocalhost\fR