[PATCH] Change O_DIRECT vs buffered setup

[fio.git] / HOWTO

diff --git a/HOWTO b/HOWTO
index 1c8dd4ea3bc90681b4534c0d6a7e10d5ba5cc3c8..a9ee7ab12be207af57300370476e263af0e740a0 100644 (file)
--- a/HOWTO
+++ b/HOWTO
@@ -277,7 +277,10 @@ iodepth=int        This defines how many io units to keep in flight against
                concurrency.
 
 direct=bool    If value is true, use non-buffered io. This is usually
-               O_DIRECT. Defaults to true.
+               O_DIRECT.
+
+buffered=bool  If value is true, use buffered io. This is the opposite
+               of the 'direct' option. Defaults to true.
 
 offset=siint   Start io at the given offset in the file. The data before
                the given offset will not be touched. This effectively
@@ -347,7 +350,7 @@ startdelay=int      Start this job the specified number of seconds after fio
                jobs, and you want to delay starting some jobs to a certain
                time.
 
-timeout=int    Tell fio to terminate processing after the specified number
+runtime=int    Tell fio to terminate processing after the specified number
                of seconds. It can be quite hard to determine for how long
                a specified job will run, so this parameter is handy to
                cap the total runtime to a given time.