Remove repeated --readonly options in documentation

[fio.git] / fio.1

diff --git a/fio.1 b/fio.1
index b7abc4b6f97f639e024b470b721598084ed2447b..5b65e07820b510a82dad344caeba567207bf9994 100644 (file)
--- a/fio.1
+++ b/fio.1
@@ -50,9 +50,6 @@ List all commands defined by \fIioengine\fR, or print help for \fIcommand\fR def
 .BI \-\-showcmd \fR=\fPjobfile
 Convert \fIjobfile\fR to a set of command-line options.
 .TP
-.B \-\-readonly
-Enable read-only safety checks.
-.TP
 .BI \-\-eta \fR=\fPwhen
 Specifies when real-time ETA estimate should be printed.  \fIwhen\fR may
 be one of `always', `never' or `auto'.
@@ -1027,6 +1024,27 @@ given time in milliseconds.
 .BI disk_util \fR=\fPbool
 Generate disk utilization statistics if the platform supports it. Default: true.
 .TP
+.BI clocksource \fR=\fPstr
+Use the given clocksource as the base of timing. The supported options are:
+.RS
+.TP
+.B gettimeofday
+gettimeofday(2)
+.TP
+.B clock_gettime
+clock_gettime(2)
+.TP
+.B cpu
+Internal CPU clock source
+.TP
+.RE
+.P
+\fBcpu\fR is the preferred clocksource if it is reliable, as it is very fast
+(and fio is heavy on time calls). Fio will automatically use this clocksource
+if it's supported and considered reliable on the system it is running on,
+unless another clocksource is specifically set. For x86/x86-64 CPUs, this
+means supporting TSC Invariant.
+.TP
 .BI gtod_reduce \fR=\fPbool
 Enable all of the gettimeofday() reducing options (disable_clat, disable_slat,
 disable_bw) plus reduce precision of the timeout somewhat to really shrink the