Merge branch 'master' into gfio

[fio.git] / fio.1

diff --git a/fio.1 b/fio.1
index 5b65e07820b510a82dad344caeba567207bf9994..586edcc72500b966effe977197afc5fdd9817b5b 100644 (file)
--- a/fio.1
+++ b/fio.1
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ Background a fio server, writing the pid to the given pid file.
 .TP
 .BI \-\-client \fR=\fPhost
 Instead of running the jobs locally, send and run them on the given host.
+.TP
+.BI \-\-idle\-prof \fR=\fPoption
+Report cpu idleness on a system or percpu basis (\fIoption\fP=system,percpu) or run unit work calibration only (\fIoption\fP=calibrate).
 .SH "JOB FILE FORMAT"
 Job files are in `ini' format. They consist of one or more
 job definitions, which begin with a job name in square brackets and
@@ -240,6 +243,11 @@ 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 unified_rw_reporting \fR=\fPbool
+Fio normally reports statistics on a per data direction basis, meaning that
+read, write, and trim are accounted and reported separately. If this option is
+set, the fio will sum the results and report them as "mixed" instead.
+.TP
 .BI randrepeat \fR=\fPbool
 Seed the random number generator in a predictable way so results are repeatable
 across runs.  Default: true.
@@ -561,7 +569,7 @@ Also see the sync_file_range(2) man page.  This option is Linux specific.
 If writing, setup the file first and do overwrites.  Default: false.
 .TP
 .BI end_fsync \fR=\fPbool
-Sync file contents when job exits.  Default: false.
+Sync file contents when a write stage has completed.  Default: false.
 .TP
 .BI fsync_on_close \fR=\fPbool
 If true, sync file contents on close.  This differs from \fBend_fsync\fR in that
@@ -1138,6 +1146,12 @@ Some parameters are only valid when a specific ioengine is in use. These are
 used identically to normal parameters, with the caveat that when used on the
 command line, the must come after the ioengine that defines them is selected.
 .TP
+.BI (cpu)cpuload \fR=\fPint
+Attempt to use the specified percentage of CPU cycles.
+.TP
+.BI (cpu)cpuchunks \fR=\fPint
+Split the load into cycles of the given time. In microseconds.
+.TP
 .BI (libaio)userspace_reap
 Normally, with the libaio engine in use, fio will use
 the io_getevents system call to reap newly returned events.
@@ -1154,6 +1168,9 @@ used and must be omitted.
 .BI (net,netsplice)port \fR=\fPint
 The TCP or UDP port to bind to or connect to.
 .TP
+.BI (net,netsplice)nodelay \fR=\fPbool
+Set TCP_NODELAY on TCP connections.
+.TP
 .BI (net,netsplice)protocol \fR=\fPstr "\fR,\fP proto" \fR=\fPstr
 The network protocol to use. Accepted values are:
 .RS