From: Robert Elliott <elliott@xxxxxxx> Make the descriptions of the pmemblk and dev-dax ioengines more symmetric. --- HOWTO | 10 ++++++---- fio.1 | 6 ++++-- 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/HOWTO b/HOWTO index 4354e46..9e1ffa6 100644 --- a/HOWTO +++ b/HOWTO @@ -903,11 +903,13 @@ ioengine=str Defines how the job issues io to the file. The following overwriting. The writetrim mode works well for this constraint. - pmemblk Read and write through the NVML libpmemblk - interface. + pmemblk Read and write using filesystem DAX to a file + on a filesystem mounted with DAX on a persistent + memory device through the NVML libpmemblk library. - dev-dax Read and write through a DAX device exposed - from persistent memory. + dev-dax Read and write using device DAX to a persistent + memory device (e.g., /dev/dax0.0) through the + NVML libpmem library. external Prefix to specify loading an external IO engine object file. Append the engine diff --git a/fio.1 b/fio.1 index f486276..56f2d11 100644 --- a/fio.1 +++ b/fio.1 @@ -811,10 +811,12 @@ and discarding before overwriting. The trimwrite mode works well for this constraint. .TP .B pmemblk -Read and write through the NVML libpmemblk interface. +Read and write using filesystem DAX to a file on a filesystem mounted with +DAX on a persistent memory device through the NVML libpmemblk library. .TP .B dev-dax -Read and write through a DAX device exposed from persistent memory. +Read and write using device DAX to a persistent memory device +(e.g., /dev/dax0.0) through the NVML libpmem library. .RE .P .RE -- 2.9.3 -- 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
