Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
work with direct I/O, as that normally requires sector alignment.
.TP
.BI blockalign \fR=\fPint[,int] "\fR,\fB ba" \fR=\fPint[,int]
work with direct I/O, as that normally requires sector alignment.
.TP
.BI blockalign \fR=\fPint[,int] "\fR,\fB ba" \fR=\fPint[,int]
-At what boundary to align random IO offsets. Defaults to the same as
-'blocksize' the minimum blocksize given. Minimum alignment is typically 512b
+At what boundary to align random IO offsets. Defaults to the same as 'blocksize'
+the minimum blocksize given. Minimum alignment is typically 512b
for using direct IO, though it usually depends on the hardware block size.
This option is mutually exclusive with using a random map for files, so it
will turn off that option.
for using direct IO, though it usually depends on the hardware block size.
This option is mutually exclusive with using a random map for files, so it
will turn off that option.