Make kb_base apply to parser k/m/g etc values

[fio.git] / fio.1

diff --git a/fio.1 b/fio.1
index f4a3293ad3aaf63c6c2f3a82966ab92a739b5627..b3925b5f19b766b3cdba94ceca463e01adcde58b 100644 (file)
--- a/fio.1
+++ b/fio.1
@@ -78,9 +78,10 @@ String: a sequence of alphanumeric characters.
 .TP
 .I int
 SI integer: a whole number, possibly containing a suffix denoting the base unit
-of the value.  Accepted suffixes are `k', 'M' and 'G', denoting kilo (1024),
-mega (1024*1024) and giga (1024*1024*1024) respectively. If prefixed with '0x',
-the value is assumed to be base 16 (hexadecimal).
+of the value.  Accepted suffixes are `k', 'M', 'G', 'T', and 'P', denoting
+kilo (1024), mega (1024^2), giga (1024^3), tera (1024^4), and peta (1024^5)
+respectively. The suffix is not case sensitive. If prefixed with '0x', the
+value is assumed to be base 16 (hexadecimal).
 .TP
 .I bool
 Boolean: a true or false value. `0' denotes false, `1' denotes true.
@@ -172,6 +173,11 @@ to perform before getting a new offset can be specified by appending
 `:\fIint\fR' to the pattern type.  The default is 1.
 .RE
 .TP
+.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.