fio: use LDFLAGS when linking dynamic engines

[fio.git] / fio.1

diff --git a/fio.1 b/fio.1
index e0458c22e25fc819bb0ed9754549b23e609b0b26..34aa874d2d4f512ee46ed3dd12cfaedededc46ec 100644 (file)
--- a/fio.1
+++ b/fio.1
@@ -2284,7 +2284,7 @@ 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
+Specify the type of write commands to issue. This option can take multiple
 values:
 .RS
 .RS
@@ -2292,12 +2292,15 @@ values:
 .B write (default)
 Write opcodes are issued as usual
 .TP
+.B write_and_verify
+Issue WRITE AND VERIFY commands. The BYTCHK bit is set to 00b. This directs the
+device to carry out a medium verification with no data comparison for the data
+that was written. The writefua option is ignored with this selection.
+.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.
+This option is deprecated. Use write_and_verify instead.
 .TP
-.B same
+.B write_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
@@ -2308,9 +2311,43 @@ 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.
+.TP
+.B same
+This option is deprecated. Use write_same instead.
+.TP
+.B write_same_ndob
+Issue WRITE SAME(16) commands as above but with the No Data Output
+Buffer (NDOB) bit set. No data will be transferred to the device with
+this bit set. Data written will be a pre-determined pattern such as
+all zeroes.
+.TP
+.B write_stream
+Issue WRITE STREAM(16) commands. Use the stream_id option to specify
+the stream identifier.
+.TP
+.B verify_bytchk_00
+Issue VERIFY commands with BYTCHK set to 00. This directs the device to carry
+out a medium verification with no data comparison.
+.TP
+.B verify_bytchk_01
+Issue VERIFY commands with BYTCHK set to 01. This directs the device to
+compare the data on the device with the data transferred to the device.
+.TP
+.B verify_bytchk_11
+Issue VERIFY commands with BYTCHK set to 11. This transfers a single block to
+the device and compares the contents of this block with the data on the device
+beginning at the specified offset. fio's block size parameter specifies the
+total amount of data compared with this command. However, only one block
+(sector) worth of data is transferred to the device. This is similar to the
+WRITE SAME command except that data is compared instead of written.
 .RE
 .RE
 .TP
+.BI (sg)stream_id \fR=\fPint
+Set the stream identifier for WRITE STREAM commands. If this is set to 0 (which is not
+a valid stream identifier) fio will open a stream and then close it when done. Default
+is 0.
+.TP
 .BI (nbd)uri \fR=\fPstr
 Specify the NBD URI of the server to test.
 The string is a standard NBD URI (see