The 'bs' and 'bssplit' configuration variables accept separate numbers for read and write operations if you separate them with a comma. For example: bssplit=1k/39:8k/50:64k/11,1k/29:8k/50:64k/21 The documentation for 'bsrange' says it works the same way, but if I try to specify two ranges with a comma, I get an error when I run the app. E.g. if I put this line in the configuration file: bsrange=1k-16k,2k-32k I get this error output: fio: pid=26861, err=22/file:engines/sync.c:62, func=xfer, error=Invalid argument Here's my attempt at a patch for this: *** fio-1.57-orig/parse.c 2011-07-14 11:20:25.000000000 -0700 --- fio-1.57/parse.c 2011-07-23 11:38:12.000000000 -0700 *************** *** 453,458 **** --- 453,464 ---- strncpy(tmp, ptr, sizeof(tmp) - 1); + // Handle bsrange with separate read,write values: + p1 = strchr(tmp, ','); + if (p1) { + *p1 = '\0'; + } + p1 = strchr(tmp, '-'); if (!p1) { p1 = strchr(tmp, ':'); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe fio" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html