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| author | brueffer <brueffer@FreeBSD.org> | 2004-09-18 12:33:01 +0000 |
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| committer | brueffer <brueffer@FreeBSD.org> | 2004-09-18 12:33:01 +0000 |
| commit | 6341e8a709a376a6d0bb73fabaa35798bda32522 (patch) | |
| tree | 56ba4468cd38aa60365676d59504a283d214bad4 /share/man/man4/polling.4 | |
| parent | 06ac376bea024a085d5072be82ad9f643399e95d (diff) | |
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Re-formulate the first sentence for better readability
MFC after: 3 days
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| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/polling.4 | 7 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/polling.4 b/share/man/man4/polling.4 index 02ec91e..9dcb6fa 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/polling.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/polling.4 @@ -36,10 +36,9 @@ .Sh DESCRIPTION Device polling .Nm ( -for brevity) refers to a technique to -handle devices that does not rely on the latter to generate -interrupts when they need attention, but rather lets the CPU poll -devices to service their needs. +for brevity) refers to a technique that +lets the operating system periodically poll devices, instead of +relying on the devices to generate interrupts when they need attention. This might seem inefficient and counterintuitive, but when done properly, .Nm |
