Move BITS_PER_LONG define to arch

[fio.git] / HOWTO

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@@ -846,13 +846,14 @@ verify_interval=int       Write the verification header at a finer granularity
                        size of header_interval. blocksize should divide this
                        evenly.
 
-verify_pattern=int     If set, fio will fill the io buffers with this
+verify_pattern=str     If set, fio will fill the io buffers with this
                pattern. Fio defaults to filling with totally random
                bytes, but sometimes it's interesting to fill with a known
                pattern for io verification purposes. Depending on the
                width of the pattern, fio will fill 1/2/3/4 bytes of the
-               buffer at the time. The verify_pattern cannot be larger than
-               a 32-bit quantity.
+               buffer at the time(it can be either a decimal or a hex number).
+               The verify_pattern if larger than a 32-bit quantity has to
+               be a hex number that starts with either "0x" or "0X".
 
 verify_fatal=bool      Normally fio will keep checking the entire contents
                before quitting on a block verification failure. If this