Change IO -> I/O and copy the filecreate description from the HOWTO to
the man page.
Signed-off-by: Sitsofe Wheeler <sitsofe@yahoo.com>
details of writing an external I/O engine.
**filecreate**
details of writing an external I/O engine.
**filecreate**
- Simply create the files and do no IO to them. You still need to
+ Simply create the files and do no I/O to them. You still need to
set `filesize` so that all the accounting still occurs, but no
set `filesize` so that all the accounting still occurs, but no
- actual IO will be done other than creating the file.
+ actual I/O will be done other than creating the file.
I/O engine specific parameters
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I/O engine specific parameters
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.. option:: lat_percentiles=bool
.. option:: lat_percentiles=bool
- Enable the reporting of percentiles of IO latencies. This is similar
+ Enable the reporting of percentiles of I/O latencies. This is similar
to :option:`clat_percentiles`, except that this includes the
submission latency. This option is mutually exclusive with
:option:`clat_percentiles`.
to :option:`clat_percentiles`, except that this includes the
submission latency. This option is mutually exclusive with
:option:`clat_percentiles`.
details of writing an external I/O engine.
.TP
.B filecreate
details of writing an external I/O engine.
.TP
.B filecreate
-Create empty files only. \fBfilesize\fR still needs to be specified so that fio
-will run and grab latency results, but no IO will actually be done on the files.
+Simply create the files and do no I/O to them. You still need to set
+\fBfilesize\fR so that all the accounting still occurs, but no actual I/O will be
+done other than creating the file.
.SS "I/O engine specific parameters"
In addition, there are some parameters which are only valid when a specific
\fBioengine\fR is in use. These are used identically to normal parameters,
.SS "I/O engine specific parameters"
In addition, there are some parameters which are only valid when a specific
\fBioengine\fR is in use. These are used identically to normal parameters,
mutually exclusive with \fBlat_percentiles\fR.
.TP
.BI lat_percentiles \fR=\fPbool
mutually exclusive with \fBlat_percentiles\fR.
.TP
.BI lat_percentiles \fR=\fPbool
-Enable the reporting of percentiles of IO latencies. This is similar to
+Enable the reporting of percentiles of I/O latencies. This is similar to
\fBclat_percentiles\fR, except that this includes the submission latency.
This option is mutually exclusive with \fBclat_percentiles\fR.
.TP
\fBclat_percentiles\fR, except that this includes the submission latency.
This option is mutually exclusive with \fBclat_percentiles\fR.
.TP