genfio: Splitting gen_template in 2 parts

[fio.git] / fio.1

diff --git a/fio.1 b/fio.1
index f54ea34b65b2276c0b2bc2d1e866f185a848ba94..91fd5311afe6f1166a2be31109470661465ef576 100644 (file)
--- a/fio.1
+++ b/fio.1
@@ -702,7 +702,12 @@ Pretend to spend CPU time for given number of microseconds, sleeping the rest
 of the time specified by \fBthinktime\fR.  Only valid if \fBthinktime\fR is set.
 .TP
 .BI thinktime_blocks \fR=\fPint
-Number of blocks to issue before waiting \fBthinktime\fR microseconds.
+Only valid if thinktime is set - control how many blocks to issue, before
+waiting \fBthinktime\fR microseconds. If not set, defaults to 1 which will
+make fio wait \fBthinktime\fR microseconds after every block. This
+effectively makes any queue depth setting redundant, since no more than 1 IO
+will be queued before we have to complete it and do our thinktime. In other
+words, this setting effectively caps the queue depth if the latter is larger.
 Default: 1.
 .TP
 .BI rate \fR=\fPint
@@ -1056,9 +1061,15 @@ simulate a smaller amount of memory. The amount specified is per worker.
 .TP
 .BI exec_prerun \fR=\fPstr
 Before running the job, execute the specified command with \fBsystem\fR\|(3).
+.RS
+Output is redirected in a file called \fBjobname.prerun.txt\fR
+.RE
 .TP
 .BI exec_postrun \fR=\fPstr
 Same as \fBexec_prerun\fR, but the command is executed after the job completes.
+.RS
+Output is redirected in a file called \fBjobname.postrun.txt\fR
+.RE
 .TP
 .BI ioscheduler \fR=\fPstr
 Attempt to switch the device hosting the file to the specified I/O scheduler.