Add kb_base option to specify the base unit of a kilobyte

[fio.git] / fio.1

diff --git a/fio.1 b/fio.1
index fa54763dbc43fca5876f287fac908384d82b3d89..497db5393eba0233dbba3f3a06b0beb63ed17d42 100644 (file)
--- a/fio.1
+++ b/fio.1
@@ -172,6 +172,11 @@ to perform before getting a new offset can be specified by appending
 `:\fIint\fR' to the pattern type.  The default is 1.
 .RE
 .TP
 `:\fIint\fR' to the pattern type.  The default is 1.
 .RE
 .TP

+.BI kb_base \fR=\fPint
+The base unit for a kilobyte. The defacto base is 2^10, 1024.  Storage
+manufacturers like to use 10^3 or 1000 as a base ten unit instead, for obvious
+reasons. Allow values are 1024 or 1000, with 1024 being the default.
+.TP

 .BI randrepeat \fR=\fPbool
 Seed the random number generator in a predictable way so results are repeatable
 across runs.  Default: true.
 .BI randrepeat \fR=\fPbool
 Seed the random number generator in a predictable way so results are repeatable
 across runs.  Default: true.


@@ -523,7 +528,7 @@ sum of the \fBiomem_align\fR and \fBbs\fR used.
 .TP
 .BI hugepage\-size \fR=\fPint
 Defines the size of a huge page.  Must be at least equal to the system setting.
 .TP
 .BI hugepage\-size \fR=\fPint
 Defines the size of a huge page.  Must be at least equal to the system setting.

-Should be a multiple of 1MiB. Default: 4MiB.
+Should be a multiple of 1MB. Default: 4MB.

 .TP
 .B exitall
 Terminate all jobs when one finishes.  Default: wait for each job to finish.
 .TP
 .B exitall
 Terminate all jobs when one finishes.  Default: wait for each job to finish.


@@ -871,7 +876,7 @@ semicolon-delimited format suitable for scripted use.  The fields are:
 .P
 Read status:
 .RS
 .P
 Read status:
 .RS

-.B KiB I/O, bandwidth \fR(KiB/s)\fP, runtime \fR(ms)\fP
+.B KB I/O, bandwidth \fR(KB/s)\fP, runtime \fR(ms)\fP

 .P
 Submission latency:
 .RS
 .P
 Submission latency:
 .RS


@@ -889,7 +894,7 @@ Bandwidth:
 .P
 Write status:
 .RS
 .P
 Write status:
 .RS

-.B KiB I/O, bandwidth \fR(KiB/s)\fP, runtime \fR(ms)\fP
+.B KB I/O, bandwidth \fR(KB/s)\fP, runtime \fR(ms)\fP

 .P
 Submission latency:
 .RS
 .P
 Submission latency:
 .RS