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diff --git a/static/freebsd/man4/attimer.4 3.html b/static/freebsd/man4/attimer.4 3.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..a43f8daf --- /dev/null +++ b/static/freebsd/man4/attimer.4 3.html @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ +<table class="head"> + <tr> + <td class="head-ltitle">ATTIMER(4)</td> + <td class="head-vol">Device Drivers Manual</td> + <td class="head-rtitle">ATTIMER(4)</td> + </tr> +</table> +<div class="manual-text"> +<section class="Sh"> +<h1 class="Sh" id="NAME"><a class="permalink" href="#NAME">NAME</a></h1> +<p class="Pp"><code class="Nm">attimer</code> — <span class="Nd">i8254 + Programmable Interval Timer (AT Timer) driver</span></p> +</section> +<section class="Sh"> +<h1 class="Sh" id="SYNOPSIS"><a class="permalink" href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></h1> +<p class="Pp">This driver is a mandatory part of x86 kernels.</p> +<p class="Pp">The following tunables are settable from the + <a class="Xr">loader(8)</a>:</p> +<dl class="Bl-ohang"> + <dt id="hint.attimer."><var class="Va">hint.attimer.</var><var class="Ar">X</var><var class="Va">.clock</var></dt> + <dd>controls support for the event timer functionality. Setting this value to + <code class="Dv">0</code> disables it. The default value is + <code class="Dv">1</code>.</dd> + <dt id="hint.attimer.~2"><var class="Va">hint.attimer.</var><var class="Ar">X</var><var class="Va">.timecounter</var></dt> + <dd>controls support for the time counter functionality. Setting this value to + <code class="Dv">0</code> disables it. The default value is + <code class="Dv">1</code>.</dd> + <dt id="hw.i8254.freq"><var class="Va">hw.i8254.freq</var></dt> + <dd>allows overriding the default counter frequency. The same value is also + available at run-time via the <var class="Va">machdep.i8254_freq</var> + sysctl.</dd> +</dl> +</section> +<section class="Sh"> +<h1 class="Sh" id="DESCRIPTION"><a class="permalink" href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></h1> +<p class="Pp">This driver uses i8254 Programmable Interval Timer (AT Timer) + hardware to supply the kernel with one timecounter and one event timer, and + to generate sound tones for the system speaker. This hardware includes three + channels. Each channel includes a 16 bit counter which decreases with a + known, platform-dependent frequency. Counters can operate in several + different modes, including periodic and one-shot. The output of each channel + has platform-defined wiring: one channel is wired to the interrupt + controller and may be used as event timer, one channel is wired to the + speaker and used to generate sound tones, and one timer is reserved for + platform purposes.</p> +<p class="Pp">The <code class="Nm">attimer</code> driver uses a single hardware + channel to provide both time counter and event timer functionality. To make + this possible, the respective counter must be running in periodic mode. As a + result, the one-shot event timer mode is supported only when time counter + functionality is disabled.</p> +<p class="Pp">The event timer provided by the driver is irrelevant to CPU power + states.</p> +</section> +<section class="Sh"> +<h1 class="Sh" id="SEE_ALSO"><a class="permalink" href="#SEE_ALSO">SEE + ALSO</a></h1> +<p class="Pp"><a class="Xr">apic(4)</a>, <a class="Xr">atrtc(4)</a>, + <a class="Xr">eventtimers(4)</a>, <a class="Xr">hpet(4)</a>, + <a class="Xr">timecounters(4)</a></p> +</section> +</div> +<table class="foot"> + <tr> + <td class="foot-date">May 26, 2014</td> + <td class="foot-os">FreeBSD 15.0</td> + </tr> +</table> |
