With writefua option set to 1, write operations include
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**
+ This is the default where write opcodes are issued as usual.
+ **verify**
+ Issue WRITE AND VERIFY commands. The BYTCHK bit is set to 0. This
+ directs the device to carry out a medium verification with no data
+ comparison. The writefua option is ignored with this selection.
+ **same**
+ Issue WRITE SAME commands. This transfers a single block to the device
+ and writes this same block of data to a contiguous sequence of LBAs
+ beginning at the specified offset. fio's block size parameter specifies
+ the amount of data written with each command. However, the amount of data
+ actually transferred to the device is equal to the device's block
+ (sector) size. For a device with 512 byte sectors, blocksize=8k will
+ write 16 sectors with each command. fio will still generate 8k of data
+ for each command but only the first 512 bytes will be used and
+ transferred to the device. The writefua option is ignored with this
+ selection.
I/O depth
~~~~~~~~~
.BI (sg)writefua \fR=\fPbool
With writefua option set to 1, write operations include the force
unit access (fua) flag. Default: 0.
+.TP
+.BI (sg)sg_write_mode \fR=\fPstr
+Specify the type of write commands to issue. This option can take three
+values:
+.RS
+.RS
+.TP
+.B write (default)
+Write opcodes are issued as usual
+.TP
+.B verify
+Issue WRITE AND VERIFY commands. The BYTCHK bit is set to 0. This
+directs the device to carry out a medium verification with no data
+comparison. The writefua option is ignored with this selection.
+.TP
+.B same
+Issue WRITE SAME commands. This transfers a single block to the device
+and writes this same block of data to a contiguous sequence of LBAs
+beginning at the specified offset. fio's block size parameter
+specifies the amount of data written with each command. However, the
+amount of data actually transferred to the device is equal to the
+device's block (sector) size. For a device with 512 byte sectors,
+blocksize=8k will write 16 sectors with each command. fio will still
+generate 8k of data for each command butonly the first 512 bytes will
+be used and transferred to the device. The writefua option is ignored
+with this selection.
+
.SS "I/O depth"
.TP
.BI iodepth \fR=\fPint