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authormarkm <markm@FreeBSD.org>2000-07-23 11:12:59 +0000
committermarkm <markm@FreeBSD.org>2000-07-23 11:12:59 +0000
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Remove references to the (removed) kern.timecounter.method sysctl.
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diff --git a/share/man/man9/microtime.9 b/share/man/man9/microtime.9
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@@ -69,19 +69,8 @@ Whereas
.Fn getmicrotime
and
.Fn getnanotime
-functions are abstractions which can alternately return a less precise, but
+functions are abstractions which return a less precise, but
faster to obtain, time.
-This behaviour can be toggled via the
-kern.timecounter.method sysctl variable:
-.Bl -tag -width ABC
-.It Dv 0
-sacrifice precision in favor of faster code execution
-.It Dv 1
-return the more precise time (the same as calling
-.Fn microtime
-or
-.Fn nanotime ) .
-.El
.Pp
The intent of the
.Fn getmicrotime
@@ -95,9 +84,6 @@ execution time.
.Xr microuptime 9 ,
.Xr nanouptime 9 ,
.Xr tvtohz 9
-.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
-Buggy hardware can cause "calcru negative..." when kern.timecounter.method
-is set to 0.
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm microtime
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