engine: pass in right protocol family on host lookup

[fio.git] / HOWTO

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@@ -384,6 +384,11 @@ unified_rw_reporting=bool  Fio normally reports statistics on a per
 randrepeat=bool        For random IO workloads, seed the generator in a predictable
                way so that results are repeatable across repetitions.
 
+randseed=int   Seed the random number generators based on this seed value, to
+               be able to control what sequence of output is being generated.
+               If not set, the random sequence depends on the randrepeat
+               setting.
+
 use_os_rand=bool Fio can either use the random generator supplied by the OS
                to generator random offsets, or it can use it's own internal
                generator (based on Tausworthe). Default is to use the
@@ -542,6 +547,11 @@ buffer_compress_chunk=int  See buffer_compress_percentage. This
                alternate random and zeroed data throughout the IO
                buffer.
 
+buffer_pattern=str     If set, fio will fill the io buffers with this pattern.
+               If not set, the contents of io buffers is defined by the other
+               options related to buffer contents. The setting can be any
+               pattern of bytes, and can be prefixed with 0x for hex values.
+
 nrfiles=int    Number of files to use for this job. Defaults to 1.
 
 openfiles=int  Number of files to keep open at the same time. Defaults to
@@ -1486,7 +1496,9 @@ that defines them is selected.
 [net] proto=str        The network protocol to use. Accepted values are:
 
                        tcp     Transmission control protocol
+                       tcpv6   Transmission control protocol V6
                        udp     User datagram protocol
+                       udpv6   User datagram protocol V6
                        unix    UNIX domain socket
 
                When the protocol is TCP or UDP, the port must also be given,