nrfiles vs nr_files mixups

[fio.git] / fio.1

diff --git a/fio.1 b/fio.1
index 192e6a8cc97e00c367aeb480d708cb72a7e29bee..b0276c4cfb17f7b5cc33daa30e23a324d9a1b5c8 100644 (file)
--- a/fio.1
+++ b/fio.1
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ are likely to be issued. Default: true.
 .BI size \fR=\fPint
 Total size of I/O for this job.  \fBfio\fR will run until this many bytes have
 been transfered, unless limited by other options (\fBruntime\fR, for instance).
-Unless \fBnr_files\fR and \fBfilesize\fR options are given, this amount will be
+Unless \fBnrfiles\fR and \fBfilesize\fR options are given, this amount will be
 divided between the available files for the job. If not set, fio will use the
 full size of the given files or devices. If the the files do not exist, size
 must be given.
@@ -698,13 +698,16 @@ once that job has completed. In other words, everything is written then
 everything is read back and verified. You may want to verify continually
 instead for a variety of reasons. Fio stores the meta data associated with an
 IO block in memory, so for large verify workloads, quite a bit of memory would
-be used up holding this meta data. If this option is enabled, fio will verify
-the previously written blocks before continuing to write new ones.
+be used up holding this meta data. If this option is enabled, fio will write
+only N blocks before verifying these blocks.
 .TP
 .BI verify_backlog_batch \fR=\fPint
 Control how many blocks fio will verify if verify_backlog is set. If not set,
 will default to the value of \fBverify_backlog\fR (meaning the entire queue is
-read back and verified).
+read back and verified).  If \fBverify_backlog_batch\fR is less than 
+\fBverify_backlog\fR then not all blocks will be verified,  if 
+\fBverify_backlog_batch\fR is larger than \fBverify_backlog\fR,  some blocks
+will be verified more than once.
 .TP
 .B stonewall
 Wait for preceeding jobs in the job file to exit before starting this one.
@@ -991,7 +994,8 @@ Disk utilization.
 .PD
 .SH TERSE OUTPUT
 If the \fB\-\-minimal\fR option is given, the results will be printed in a
-semicolon-delimited format suitable for scripted use.  Note that the first
+semicolon-delimited format suitable for scripted use - a job description
+(if provided) follows on a new line.  Note that the first
 number in the line is the version number. If the output has to be changed
 for some reason, this number will be incremented by 1 to signify that
 change.  The fields are:
@@ -1053,12 +1057,24 @@ IO depth distribution:
 .B <=1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, >=64
 .RE
 .P
-IO latency distribution (ms):
+IO latency distribution:
 .RS
-.B <=2, 4, 10, 20, 50, 100, 250, 500, 750, 1000, >=2000
+Microseconds:
+.RS
+.B <=2, 4, 10, 20, 50, 100, 250, 500, 750, 1000
+.RE
+Milliseconds:
+.RS
+.B <=2, 4, 10, 20, 50, 100, 250, 500, 750, 1000, 2000, >=2000
+.RE
+.RE
+.P
+Error Info (dependant on continue_on_error, default off):
+.RS
+.B total # errors, first error code 
 .RE
 .P
-.B text description
+.B text description (if provided in config - appears on newline)
 .RE
 .SH AUTHORS
 .B fio