Merge branch 'patch-1' of https://github.com/Nikratio/fio

[fio.git] / fio.1

diff --git a/fio.1 b/fio.1
index 48baebc5020bc00393dd7a3450bffd30c89a1f7c..b87d2309ac16704256f2deb1f08f96b0d8069ca2 100644 (file)
--- a/fio.1
+++ b/fio.1
@@ -1686,10 +1686,10 @@ also be set as number of zones using 'z'.
 .TP
 .BI filesize \fR=\fPirange(int)
 Individual file sizes. May be a range, in which case fio will select sizes
-for files at random within the given range and limited to \fBsize\fR in
-total (if that is given). If not given, each created file is the same size.
-This option overrides \fBsize\fR in terms of file size, which means
-this value is used as a fixed size or possible range of each file.
+for files at random within the given range. If not given, each created file
+is the same size. This option overrides \fBsize\fR in terms of file size, 
+i.e. \fBsize\fR becomes merely the default for \fBio_size\fR (and
+has no effect it all if \fBio_size\fR is set explicitly).
 .TP
 .BI file_append \fR=\fPbool
 Perform I/O after the end of the file. Normally fio will operate within the
@@ -2321,6 +2321,10 @@ Buffer (NDOB) bit set. No data will be transferred to the device with
 this bit set. Data written will be a pre-determined pattern such as
 all zeroes.
 .TP
+.B write_stream
+Issue WRITE STREAM(16) commands. Use the stream_id option to specify
+the stream identifier.
+.TP
 .B verify_bytchk_00
 Issue VERIFY commands with BYTCHK set to 00. This directs the device to carry
 out a medium verification with no data comparison.
@@ -2339,6 +2343,11 @@ WRITE SAME command except that data is compared instead of written.
 .RE
 .RE
 .TP
+.BI (sg)stream_id \fR=\fPint
+Set the stream identifier for WRITE STREAM commands. If this is set to 0 (which is not
+a valid stream identifier) fio will open a stream and then close it when done. Default
+is 0.
+.TP
 .BI (nbd)uri \fR=\fPstr
 Specify the NBD URI of the server to test.
 The string is a standard NBD URI (see