add __load_ioengine() to separate ioengine loading from td context

[fio.git] / fio.1

diff --git a/fio.1 b/fio.1
index b8b3da2f94e495484b50b9e39ccc599bec98d1f6..97133dacbb846d286c8f2219a7f5178b42cc38f5 100644 (file)
--- a/fio.1
+++ b/fio.1
@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ read. The two zone options can be used to only do I/O on zones of a file.
 .TP
 .BI direct \fR=\fPbool
 If value is true, use non\-buffered I/O. This is usually O_DIRECT. Note that
-ZFS on Solaris doesn't support direct I/O. On Windows the synchronous
+OpenBSD and ZFS on Solaris don't support direct I/O. On Windows the synchronous
 ioengines don't support direct I/O. Default: false.
 .TP
 .BI atomic \fR=\fPbool
@@ -1572,7 +1572,9 @@ Read and write using device DAX to a persistent memory device (e.g.,
 .B external
 Prefix to specify loading an external I/O engine object file. Append
 the engine filename, e.g. `ioengine=external:/tmp/foo.o' to load
-ioengine `foo.o' in `/tmp'.
+ioengine `foo.o' in `/tmp'. The path can be either
+absolute or relative. See `engines/skeleton_external.c' in the fio source for
+details of writing an external I/O engine.
 .SS "I/O engine specific parameters"
 In addition, there are some parameters which are only valid when a specific
 \fBioengine\fR is in use. These are used identically to normal parameters,