doc: IO -> I/O, sync filecreate documentation

Change IO -> I/O and copy the filecreate description from the HOWTO to
the man page.

Signed-off-by: Sitsofe Wheeler <sitsofe@yahoo.com>

diff --git a/HOWTO b/HOWTO
index e7142c57b03df0e6f500b35ad95cf712d4c20617..72f972c768a61244708041bcf2c4a03528b65833 100644 (file)
--- a/HOWTO
+++ b/HOWTO
@@ -1815,9 +1815,9 @@ I/O engine
                        details of writing an external I/O engine.
 
                **filecreate**
                        details of writing an external I/O engine.
 
                **filecreate**

-                       Simply create the files and do no IO to them.  You still need to
+                       Simply create the files and do no I/O to them.  You still need to

                        set  `filesize` so that all the accounting still occurs, but no
                        set  `filesize` so that all the accounting still occurs, but no

-                       actual IO will be done other than creating the file.
+                       actual I/O will be done other than creating the file.

 
 I/O engine specific parameters
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 I/O engine specific parameters
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


@@ -2888,7 +2888,7 @@ Measurements and reporting
 
 .. option:: lat_percentiles=bool
 
 
 .. option:: lat_percentiles=bool
 

-       Enable the reporting of percentiles of IO latencies. This is similar
+       Enable the reporting of percentiles of I/O latencies. This is similar

        to :option:`clat_percentiles`, except that this includes the
        submission latency. This option is mutually exclusive with
        :option:`clat_percentiles`.
        to :option:`clat_percentiles`, except that this includes the
        submission latency. This option is mutually exclusive with
        :option:`clat_percentiles`.

diff --git a/fio.1 b/fio.1
index 96d8f1147da412380ace93492460906432c8fceb..787b596c18909bc44e0de37cbaa79f346d6588ce 100644 (file)
--- a/fio.1
+++ b/fio.1
@@ -1593,8 +1593,9 @@ absolute or relative. See `engines/skeleton_external.c' in the fio source for
 details of writing an external I/O engine.
 .TP
 .B filecreate
 details of writing an external I/O engine.
 .TP
 .B filecreate

-Create empty files only.  \fBfilesize\fR still needs to be specified so that fio
-will run and grab latency results, but no IO will actually be done on the files.
+Simply create the files and do no I/O to them.  You still need to set
+\fBfilesize\fR so that all the accounting still occurs, but no actual I/O will be
+done other than creating the file.

 .SS "I/O engine specific parameters"
 In addition, there are some parameters which are only valid when a specific
 \fBioengine\fR is in use. These are used identically to normal parameters,
 .SS "I/O engine specific parameters"
 In addition, there are some parameters which are only valid when a specific
 \fBioengine\fR is in use. These are used identically to normal parameters,


@@ -2567,7 +2568,7 @@ Enable the reporting of percentiles of completion latencies. This option is
 mutually exclusive with \fBlat_percentiles\fR.
 .TP
 .BI lat_percentiles \fR=\fPbool
 mutually exclusive with \fBlat_percentiles\fR.
 .TP
 .BI lat_percentiles \fR=\fPbool

-Enable the reporting of percentiles of IO latencies. This is similar to
+Enable the reporting of percentiles of I/O latencies. This is similar to

 \fBclat_percentiles\fR, except that this includes the submission latency.
 This option is mutually exclusive with \fBclat_percentiles\fR.
 .TP
 \fBclat_percentiles\fR, except that this includes the submission latency.
 This option is mutually exclusive with \fBclat_percentiles\fR.
 .TP