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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 15:32:58 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 15:32:58 -0400 |
| commit | 5cb84ec742fd33f78c8022863fadaa8d0d93e176 (patch) | |
| tree | 1a81ca3665e6153923e40db7b0d988f8573ab59c /static/netbsd/man9/hz.9 | |
| parent | a59214f344567c037d5776879bcfc5fcc1d4d5f6 (diff) | |
feat: Added NetBSD man pages
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diff --git a/static/netbsd/man9/hz.9 b/static/netbsd/man9/hz.9 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..e32a2392 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/netbsd/man9/hz.9 @@ -0,0 +1,112 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: hz.9,v 1.9 2010/03/26 19:40:41 wiz Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2001 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation +.\" by Thomas Klausner. +.\" +.\" 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 NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. 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 FOUNDATION 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. +.\" +.Dd March 25, 2010 +.Dt HZ 9 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm hz , +.Nm tick , +.Nm tickadj , +.Nm stathz , +.Nm profhz +.Nd system time model +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In sys/kernel.h +.Pp +.Vt extern int hz; +.Vt extern int tick; +.Vt extern int tickadj; +.Vt extern int stathz; +.Vt extern int profhz; +.\" XXX: .Vt extern int schedhz; ? +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The essential clock handling routines in +.Nx +are written to operate with two timers that run independently of each other. +The main clock, running +.Va hz +times per second, is used to keep track of real time. +.Pp +In another words, +.Va hz +specifies the number of times the +.Xr hardclock 9 +timer ticks per second. +Normally +.Xr hardclock 9 +increments time by +.Va tick +each time it is called. +If the system clock has drifted, +.Xr adjtime 2 +may be used to skew this increment based on the rate of +.Va tickadj . +.Pp +The second timer is used to gather timing statistics. +It also handles kernel and user profiling. +If the second timer is programmable, +it is randomized to avoid aliasing between the two clocks. +The mean frequency of the second timer is +.Va stathz . +If a separate clock is not available, +.Va stathz +is set to +.Va hz . +.Pp +If profiling is enabled, the clock normally used to drive +.Va stathz +may be run at a higher rate +.Va profhz , +which is required to be a multiple of +.Va stathz . +This will give higher resolution profiling information. +.Pp +These system variables are also available as +.Em struct clockinfo +from +.Xr sysctl 3 +and +.Sy kern.clockrate +from +.Xr sysctl 8 . +The +.Va hz +is hardware-dependent; it can be overridden +(if the machine dependent code supports this) by defining +.Dv HZ +in the kernel configuration file (see +.Xr options 4 ) . +Only override the default value if you really know what you are doing. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr adjtime 2 , +.Xr callout 9 , +.Xr hardclock 9 , +.Xr microtime 9 , +.Xr time_second 9 |
