Add kb_base option to specify the base unit of a kilobyte
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
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IO's, instead of for every IO. Use rw=randread:8 to specify
that.
+kb_base=int The base unit for a kilobyte. The defacto base is 2^10, 1024.
+ Storage manufacturers like to use 10^3 or 1000 as a base
+ ten unit instead, for obvious reasons. Allow values are
+ 1024 or 1000, with 1024 being the default.
+
randrepeat=bool For random IO workloads, seed the generator in a predictable
way so that results are repeatable across repetitions.