this bit set. Data written will be a pre-determined pattern such as
all zeroes.
.TP
+.B write_stream
+Issue WRITE STREAM(16) commands. Use the stream_id option to specify
+the stream identifier.
+.TP
.B verify_bytchk_00
Issue VERIFY commands with BYTCHK set to 00. This directs the device to carry
out a medium verification with no data comparison.
.RE
.RE
.TP
+.BI (sg)stream_id \fR=\fPint
+Set the stream identifier for WRITE STREAM commands. If this is set to 0 (which is not
+a valid stream identifier) fio will open a stream and then close it when done. Default
+is 0.
+.TP
.BI (nbd)uri \fR=\fPstr
Specify the NBD URI of the server to test.
The string is a standard NBD URI (see