Add kb_base option to specify the base unit of a kilobyte
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
diff --git a/fio.1 b/fio.1
index f4a3293..497db53 100644
--- a/fio.1
+++ b/fio.1
@@ -172,6 +172,11 @@
`:\fIint\fR' to the pattern type. The default is 1.
.RE
.TP
+.BI kb_base \fR=\fPint
+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.
+.TP
.BI randrepeat \fR=\fPbool
Seed the random number generator in a predictable way so results are repeatable
across runs. Default: true.