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author | phantom <phantom@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-01-07 12:42:59 +0000 |
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committer | phantom <phantom@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-01-07 12:42:59 +0000 |
commit | c9f8dc6252494458c3afd6c6f7ea79ed605989a3 (patch) | |
tree | 69b0cf6cea645aeb9021794f2cc99906fd406da1 /share | |
parent | a422f054173f1b89b684acdc0fa13507acafe46b (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-c9f8dc6252494458c3afd6c6f7ea79ed605989a3.zip FreeBSD-src-c9f8dc6252494458c3afd6c6f7ea79ed605989a3.tar.gz |
Add new manpages for:
microtime(9)
nanotime(9)
getmicrotime(9)
getnanotime(9)
microuptime(9)
nanouptime(9)
getmicrouptime(9)
getnanouptime(9)
tvtohz(9)
Based on PR: docs/15889
Submitted by: Kelly Yancey <kbyanc@posi.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'share')
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man9/Makefile | 8 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man9/microtime.9 | 110 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man9/microuptime.9 | 101 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man9/tvtohz.9 | 58 |
4 files changed, 276 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man9/Makefile b/share/man/man9/Makefile index 89d7887..03ec9f7 100644 --- a/share/man/man9/Makefile +++ b/share/man/man9/Makefile @@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ MAN9= MD5.9 \ make_dev.9 microseq.9 mi_switch.9 namei.9 panic.9 physio.9 posix4.9 \ psignal.9 resettodr.9 rtalloc.9 rtentry.9 sleep.9 spl.9 \ store.9 style.9 suser.9 time.9 timeout.9 uio.9 \ - vget.9 vnode.9 vput.9 vref.9 vrele.9 vslock.9 + vget.9 vnode.9 vput.9 vref.9 vrele.9 vslock.9 \ + microtime.9 microuptime.9 tvtohz.9 MAN9+= device.9 device_add_child.9 device_delete_child.9 device_enable.9 \ device_find_child.9 device_get_children.9 \ @@ -99,4 +100,9 @@ MLINKS+=devclass_add_driver.9 devclass_find_driver.9 MLINKS+=BUS_READ_IVAR.9 BUS_WRITE_IVAR.9 MLINKS+=bus_generic_read_ivar.9 bus_generic_write_ivar.9 +MLINKS+=microtime.9 getmicrotime.9 microtime.9 nanotime.9 +MLINKS+=microtime.9 getnanotime.9 +MLINKS+=microuptime.9 getmicrouptime.9 microuptime.9 nanouptime.9 +MLINKS+=microuptime.9 getnanouptime.9 + .include <bsd.prog.mk> diff --git a/share/man/man9/microtime.9 b/share/man/man9/microtime.9 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c5ebfc5 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man9/microtime.9 @@ -0,0 +1,110 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2000 Kelly Yancey +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd January 3, 2000 +.Dt MICROTIME 9 +.Os FreeBSD +.Sh NAME +.Nm microtime , +.Nm getmicrotime , +.Nm nanotime , +.Nm getnanotime +.Nd get the current time +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Fd #include <sys/time.h> +.Ft void +.Fn microtime "struct timeval *tv" +.Ft void +.Fn getmicrotime "struct timeval *tv" +.Ft void +.Fn nanotime "struct timespec *ts" +.Ft void +.Fn getnanotime "struct timespec *tsp" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Fn microtime +and +.Fn getmicrotime +functons stores the system time as a +.Ft struct timeval +at the address specified by +.Fa tv . +The +.Fn nanotime +and +.Fn getnanotime +functions perform the same utility, but record the time as a +.Ft struct timespec +instead. +.Pp +.Fn Microtime +and +.Fn nanotime +always query the timecounter to return the current time as precisely as +possible. Whereas +.Fn getmicrotime +and +.Fn getnanotime +functions are abstractions which can alternately 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 +and +.Fn getnanotime +functions is to enforce the user's preference for timer accuracy versus +execution time. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr getmicrouptime 9 , +.Xr getnanouptime 9 , +.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 +and +.Nm nanotime +functions first appeared in +.Fx 3.0 +but existed in other incarnations since +.Bx 4.4 +.Sh AUTHORS +This manual page was written by +.An Kelly Yancey Aq kbyanc@posi.net . diff --git a/share/man/man9/microuptime.9 b/share/man/man9/microuptime.9 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..39fc7ac --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man9/microuptime.9 @@ -0,0 +1,101 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2000 Kelly Yancey +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd January 3, 2000 +.Dt MICROUPTIME 9 +.Os FreeBSD +.Sh NAME +.Nm microuptime , +.Nm getmicrouptime , +.Nm nanouptime , +.Nm getnanouptime +.Nd get the time elapsed since boot +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Fd #include <sys/time.h> +.Ft void +.Fn microuptime "struct timeval *tv" +.Ft void +.Fn getmicrouptime "struct timeval *tv" +.Ft void +.Fn nanouptime "struct timespec *ts" +.Ft void +.Fn getnanouptime "struct timespec *tsp" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Fn microuptime +and +.Fn getmicrouptime +functions store the time elapsed since boot as a +.Ft struct timeval +at the address specified by +.Fa tv . +The +.Fn nanouptime +and +.Fn getnanouptime +functions perform the same utility, but record the elapsed time as a +.Ft struct timespec +instead. +.Pp +.Fn Microuptime +and +.Fn nanouptime +always query the timecounter to return the current time as precisely as +possible. Whereas +.Fn getmicrouptime +and +.Fn getnanouptime +functions are abstractions which can alternately 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 microuptime +or +.Fn nanouptime ) . +.El +.Pp +The intent of the +.Fn getmicrouptime +and +.Fn getnanouptime +functions is to enforce the user's preference for timer accuracy versus +execution time. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr getmicrotime 9 , +.Xr getnanotime 9 , +.Xr microtime 9 , +.Xr nanotime 9 , +.Xr tvtohz 9 +.Sh DIAGNOSTICS +Buggy hardware can cause "calcru negative..." when kern.timecounter.method +is set to 0. +.Sh AUTHORS +This manual page was written by +.An Kelly Yancey Aq kbyanc@posi.net . diff --git a/share/man/man9/tvtohz.9 b/share/man/man9/tvtohz.9 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..641f165 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man9/tvtohz.9 @@ -0,0 +1,58 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2000 Kelly Yancey +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd January 3, 2000 +.Dt TVTOHZ 9 +.Os FreeBSD +.Sh NAME +.Nm tvtohz +.Nd convert time interval to tick count +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Fd #include <sys/time.h> +.Ft int +.Fn tvtohz "struct timeval *tv" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Fn tvtohz +function accepts a single argument +.Fa tv +which specifies the time interval over which to calculate the number +of system ticks that would elapse. +.Sh RETURN VALUES +Returns the integral number of system ticks expected to elapse in the given +interval, including the current tick. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr microtime 9 , +.Xr microuptime 9 , +.Xr timeout 9 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +function first appeared in +.Fx 3.0 +.Sh AUTHORS +This manual page was written by +.An Kelly Yancey Aq kbyanc@posi.net . |