Module Name: src
Committed By: jruoho
Date: Thu Mar 25 15:17:38 UTC 2010
Modified Files:
src/share/man/man9: hardclock.9
Log Message:
Vaguely describe the frame-parameter. Beautify.
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diff -u src/share/man/man9/hardclock.9:1.2 src/share/man/man9/hardclock.9:1.3
--- src/share/man/man9/hardclock.9:1.2 Wed Apr 30 13:10:58 2008
+++ src/share/man/man9/hardclock.9 Thu Mar 25 15:17:38 2010
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: hardclock.9,v 1.2 2008/04/30 13:10:58 martin Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: hardclock.9,v 1.3 2010/03/25 15:17:38 jruoho Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2001 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd September 5, 2001
+.Dd March 25, 2010
.Dt HARDCLOCK 9
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -35,15 +35,23 @@
.Nd real-time timer
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Ft void
-.Fn hardclock "struct clockframe *"
+.Fn hardclock "struct clockframe *frame"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn hardclock
-function gets called
+function is called
.Xr hz 9
times per second.
-It performs different tasks:
-.Bl -bullet -compact
+It implements the real-time system clock.
+The argument
+.Va frame
+is an opaque,
+machine-dependent structure that encapsulates the previous machine state.
+.Pp
+The
+.Fn hardclock
+performs different tasks such as:
+.Bl -bullet -offset indent
.It
Run the current process's virtual and profile time (decrease the
corresponding timers, if they are activated, and generate
