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@@ -170,7 +170,8 @@ Some parameters take an option of a given type, such as an integer or
 a string. The following types are used:
 
 str	String. This is a sequence of alpha characters.
-int	Integer. A whole number value, can be negative.
+int	Integer. A whole number value, can be negative. If prefixed with
+	0x, the integer is assumed to be of base 16 (hexidecimal).
 siint	SI integer. A whole number value, which may contain a postfix
 	describing the base of the number. Accepted postfixes are k/m/g,
 	meaning kilo, mega, and giga. So if you want to specify 4096,
@@ -568,6 +569,9 @@ loops=int	Run the specified number of iterations of this job. Used
 		to repeat the same workload a given number of times. Defaults
 		to 1.
 
+do_verify=bool	Run the verify phase after a write phase. Only makes sense if
+		verify is set. Defaults to 1.
+
 verify=str	If writing to a file, fio can verify the file contents
 		after each iteration of the job. The allowed values are:
 
@@ -587,6 +591,14 @@ verify=str	If writing to a file, fio can verify the file contents
 			crc7	Use a crc7 sum of the data area and store
 				it in the header of each block.
 
+			sha512	Use sha512 as the checksum function.
+
+			sha256	Use sha256 as the checksum function.
+
+			meta	Write extra information about each io
+				(timestamp, block number etc.). The block
+				number is verified.
+
 			null	Only pretend to verify. Useful for testing
 				internals with ioengine=null, not for much
 				else.
@@ -603,10 +615,27 @@ verifysort=bool	If set, fio will sort written verify blocks when it deems
 		fast IO where the red-black tree sorting CPU time becomes
 		significant.
 
-header_interval=siint	Write the verification header at a finer granularity
+verify_offset=siint	Swap the verification header with data somewhere else
+			in the block before writing. Its swapped back before
+			verifying.
+
+verify_interval=siint	Write the verification header at a finer granularity
 			than the blocksize. It will be written for chunks the
 			size of header_interval. blocksize should divide this
 			evenly.
+
+verify_pattern=int	If set, fio will fill the io buffers with this
+		pattern. Fio defaults to filling with totally random
+		bytes, but sometimes it's interesting to fill with a known
+		pattern for io verification purposes. Depending on the
+		width of the pattern, fio will fill 1/2/3/4 bytes of the
+		buffer at the time. The verify_pattern cannot be larger than
+		a 32-bit quantity.
+
+verify_fatal=bool	Normally fio will keep checking the entire contents
+		before quitting on a block verification failure. If this
+		option is set, fio will exit the job on the first observed
+		failure.
 		
 stonewall	Wait for preceeding jobs in the job file to exit, before
 		starting this one. Can be used to insert serialization