Wire up exp/test-expression-parser

[fio.git] / fio.1

diff --git a/fio.1 b/fio.1
index 2fbdb00d2f9f1b41ac15c6a3f2d9471d35cae3b6..01c7cec03b5b345b3ac135608c5846844d145980 100644 (file)
--- a/fio.1
+++ b/fio.1
@@ -117,9 +117,12 @@ may override any parameter set in global sections.
 .SS Types
 Some parameters may take arguments of a specific type.
 Anywhere a numeric value is required, an arithmetic expression may be used,
-provided it is surrounded by parentheses.  Suffixes currently do not
-work with arithmetic expressions.  Supported operators are
-addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
+provided it is surrounded by parentheses.
+Supported operators are
+addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, modulus, and exponentiation.
+For time values in expressions
+units are microseconds by default.  This is different than for time
+values not in expressions (not enclosed in parentheses).
 The types used are:
 .TP
 .I str