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diff --git a/static/netbsd/man9/microtime.9 3.html b/static/netbsd/man9/microtime.9 3.html deleted file mode 100644 index 0966aa13..00000000 --- a/static/netbsd/man9/microtime.9 3.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,121 +0,0 @@ -<table class="head"> - <tr> - <td class="head-ltitle">MICROTIME(9)</td> - <td class="head-vol">Kernel Developer's Manual</td> - <td class="head-rtitle">MICROTIME(9)</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">bintime</code>, - <code class="Nm">getbintime</code>, <code class="Nm">microtime</code>, - <code class="Nm">getmicrotime</code>, <code class="Nm">nanotime</code>, - <code class="Nm">getnanotime</code> — <span class="Nd">get the - current time</span></p> -</section> -<section class="Sh"> -<h1 class="Sh" id="SYNOPSIS"><a class="permalink" href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></h1> -<p class="Pp"><code class="In">#include - <<a class="In">sys/time.h</a>></code></p> -<p class="Pp"><var class="Ft">void</var> - <br/> - <code class="Fn">bintime</code>(<var class="Fa">struct bintime *bt</var>);</p> -<p class="Pp"><var class="Ft">void</var> - <br/> - <code class="Fn">getbintime</code>(<var class="Fa">struct bintime - *bt</var>);</p> -<p class="Pp"><var class="Ft">void</var> - <br/> - <code class="Fn">microtime</code>(<var class="Fa">struct timeval - *tv</var>);</p> -<p class="Pp"><var class="Ft">void</var> - <br/> - <code class="Fn">getmicrotime</code>(<var class="Fa">struct timeval - *tv</var>);</p> -<p class="Pp"><var class="Ft">void</var> - <br/> - <code class="Fn">nanotime</code>(<var class="Fa">struct timespec - *tsp</var>);</p> -<p class="Pp"><var class="Ft">void</var> - <br/> - <code class="Fn">getnanotime</code>(<var class="Fa">struct timespec - *tsp</var>);</p> -</section> -<section class="Sh"> -<h1 class="Sh" id="DESCRIPTION"><a class="permalink" href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></h1> -<p class="Pp">The - <a class="permalink" href="#bintime"><code class="Fn" id="bintime">bintime</code></a>() - and <code class="Fn">getbintime</code>() functions store the system time as - a <var class="Vt">struct bintime</var> at the addresses specified by - <var class="Fa">bt</var>. The <code class="Fn">microtime</code>() and - <code class="Fn">getmicrotime</code>() functions perform the same utility, - but record the time as a <var class="Vt">struct timeval</var> instead. - Similarly the <code class="Fn">nanotime</code>() and - <code class="Fn">getnanotime</code>() functions store the time as a - <var class="Vt">struct timespec</var>. The structures are described in - <a class="Xr">timeval(3)</a>.</p> -<p class="Pp" id="bintime~2">The - <a class="permalink" href="#bintime~2"><code class="Fn">bintime</code></a>(), - <code class="Fn">microtime</code>(), and - <a class="permalink" href="#nanotime"><code class="Fn" id="nanotime">nanotime</code></a>() - functions always query the timecounter to return the current time as - precisely as possible. Whereas <code class="Fn">getbintime</code>(), - <code class="Fn">getmicrotime</code>(), and - <code class="Fn">getnanotime</code>() functions are abstractions which - return a less precise, but faster to obtain, time.</p> -<p class="Pp" id="getbintime">The intent of the - <a class="permalink" href="#getbintime"><code class="Fn">getbintime</code></a>(), - <a class="permalink" href="#getmicrotime"><code class="Fn" id="getmicrotime">getmicrotime</code></a>(), - and - <a class="permalink" href="#getnanotime"><code class="Fn" id="getnanotime">getnanotime</code></a>() - functions is to enforce the user's preference for timer accuracy versus - execution time. They should be used where a precision of - 1/<i class="Em">HZ</i> (e.g., 10 msec on a 100<i class="Em">HZ</i> machine, - see <a class="Xr">hz(9)</a>) is acceptable or where performance is - priority.</p> -<p class="Pp">The system realtime clock is guaranteed to be monotonically - increasing at all times. As such, all calls to these functions are - guaranteed to return a system time greater than or equal to the system time - returned in any previous calls. Comparable functions exist to retrieve the - time elapsed since boot; see <a class="Xr">microuptime(9)</a>.</p> -</section> -<section class="Sh"> -<h1 class="Sh" id="CODE_REFERENCES"><a class="permalink" href="#CODE_REFERENCES">CODE - REFERENCES</a></h1> -<p class="Pp">The implementation of the - <a class="permalink" href="#microtime"><code class="Fn" id="microtime">microtime</code></a>() - family of functions is in <span class="Pa">sys/kern/kern_tc.c</span> as a - part of the <a class="Xr">timecounter(9)</a> framework.</p> -<p class="Pp">The implementation of the time counter sources used by the - <a class="Xr">timecounter(9)</a> is machine dependent, hence its location in - the source code tree varies from architecture to architecture.</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">settimeofday(2)</a>, - <a class="Xr">bintime_add(9)</a>, <a class="Xr">inittodr(9)</a>, - <a class="Xr">time_second(9)</a>, <a class="Xr">tvtohz(9)</a></p> -</section> -<section class="Sh"> -<h1 class="Sh" id="AUTHORS"><a class="permalink" href="#AUTHORS">AUTHORS</a></h1> -<p class="Pp">This manual page was written by <span class="An">Jeremy - Cooper</span> and - <br/> - <span class="An">Kelly Yancey</span> - <<a class="Mt" href="mailto:kbyanc@posi.net">kbyanc@posi.net</a>>.</p> -</section> -<section class="Sh"> -<h1 class="Sh" id="CAVEATS"><a class="permalink" href="#CAVEATS">CAVEATS</a></h1> -<p class="Pp">Despite the guarantee that the system realtime clock will always - be monotonically increasing, it is always possible for the system clock to - be manually reset by the system administrator to any date.</p> -</section> -</div> -<table class="foot"> - <tr> - <td class="foot-date">May 13, 2013</td> - <td class="foot-os">NetBSD 10.1</td> - </tr> -</table> |