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diff --git a/doc/man3/OSSL_PROVIDER.pod b/doc/man3/OSSL_PROVIDER.pod index 2b014c4..bc4cc16 100644 --- a/doc/man3/OSSL_PROVIDER.pod +++ b/doc/man3/OSSL_PROVIDER.pod @@ -81,7 +81,12 @@ OSSL_PROVIDER_load() loads and initializes a provider. This may simply initialize a provider that was previously added with OSSL_PROVIDER_add_builtin() and run its given initialization function, or load a provider module with the given name and run its provider -entry point, C<OSSL_provider_init>. +entry point, C<OSSL_provider_init>. The I<name> can be a path +to a provider module, in that case the provider name as returned +by OSSL_PROVIDER_get0_name() will be the path. Interpretation +of relative paths is platform dependent and they are relative +to the configured "MODULESDIR" directory or the path set in +the environment variable OPENSSL_MODULES if set. OSSL_PROVIDER_try_load() functions like OSSL_PROVIDER_load(), except that it does not disable the fallback providers if the provider cannot be |