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authorChad David <davidc@FreeBSD.org>2002-01-06 23:56:12 +0000
committerChad David <davidc@FreeBSD.org>2002-01-06 23:56:12 +0000
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Removed <sys/queue.h> from the list of required include files and
corrected the name of the function (get_cyclecount()). Requested by: bde
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Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=88974
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@@ -28,18 +28,17 @@
.Dt GET_CYCLECOUNTER 9
.Os
.Sh NAME
-.Nm get_cyclecounter
+.Nm get_cyclecount
.Nd get the CPU's fast counter register contents
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In sys/param.h
-.In sys/queue.h
.In machine/cpufunc.h
.In machine/cpu.h
.Ft u_int64_t
-.Fn get_cyclecounter "void"
+.Fn get_cyclecount "void"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
-.Fn get_cyclecounter
+.Fn get_cyclecount
functon uses a register
available in most modern CPUs
to return a value
@@ -64,7 +63,7 @@ Some CPUs
80386 and 80486)
do not have such a register,
so
-.Fn get_cyclecounter
+.Fn get_cyclecount
on these platforms
returns the number of nanoseconds
represented by the
@@ -92,7 +91,7 @@ register.
.Xr nanotime 9
.Sh HISTORY
The
-.Fn get_cyclecounter
+.Fn get_cyclecount
function first appeared in
.Fx 5.0 .
.Sh AUTHORS