fio.1: Add ioengines heads up to the iodepth section

[fio.git] / fio.1

diff --git a/fio.1 b/fio.1
index f01bf3a4faa9ef4a50aeb80dac3658c545eb356c..ab147f28ce8a1bdc227c5ff23eb6fc77e14bab0c 100644 (file)
--- a/fio.1
+++ b/fio.1
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ are likely to be issued. Default: true.
 .BI size \fR=\fPint
 Total size of I/O for this job.  \fBfio\fR will run until this many bytes have
 been transfered, unless limited by other options (\fBruntime\fR, for instance).
-Unless \fBnr_files\fR and \fBfilesize\fR options are given, this amount will be
+Unless \fBnrfiles\fR and \fBfilesize\fR options are given, this amount will be
 divided between the available files for the job. If not set, fio will use the
 full size of the given files or devices. If the the files do not exist, size
 must be given.
@@ -379,7 +379,9 @@ Loads an external I/O engine object file.  Append the engine filename as
 .RE
 .TP
 .BI iodepth \fR=\fPint
-Number of I/O units to keep in flight against the file.  Default: 1.
+Number of I/O units to keep in flight against the file. Note that increasing
+iodepth beyond 1 will not affect synchronous ioengines (except for small
+degress when verify_async is in use).  Default: 1.
 .TP
 .BI iodepth_batch \fR=\fPint
 Number of I/Os to submit at once.  Default: \fBiodepth\fR.