fio: factor out FIO_NET_PORT

[fio.git] / HOWTO

diff --git a/HOWTO b/HOWTO
index da037d2b92cf18a682d13ac7210e8404a9b8e9e0..0a3351c3f120d5b264f5cca5bcb93e796ed5137b 100644 (file)
--- a/HOWTO
+++ b/HOWTO
@@ -627,6 +627,7 @@ iodepth_low=int     The low water mark indicating when to start filling
 
 direct=bool    If value is true, use non-buffered io. This is usually
                O_DIRECT. Note that ZFS on Solaris doesn't support direct io.
+               On Windows the synchronous ioengines don't support direct io.
 
 buffered=bool  If value is true, use buffered io. This is the opposite
                of the 'direct' option. Defaults to true.
@@ -644,7 +645,7 @@ fsync=int   If writing to a file, issue a sync of the dirty data
 
 fdatasync=int  Like fsync= but uses fdatasync() to only sync data and not
                metadata blocks.
-               In FreeBSD there is no fdatasync(), this falls back to
+               In FreeBSD and Windows there is no fdatasync(), this falls back to
                using fsync()
 
 sync_file_range=str:val        Use sync_file_range() for every 'val' number of