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Swap function names, so that xxx_bp() refers to the boot processor and

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xxx_ap() to the application processor. It doesn't make any sense to
have bp reference the application processor while ap references boot!

XXX The two function are now lexicographically mis-ordered.  If this
XXX is an issue, let me know and I will re-sequence them.
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.\" $NetBSD: tsc.9,v 1.5 2013/11/20 18:13:16 jruoho Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: tsc.9,v 1.6 2015/05/04 08:15:21 pgoyette Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2011 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 November 20, 2013
.Dd April 4, 2015
.Dt TSC 9 x86
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -93,9 +93,9 @@ function initializes the
as a
.Xr timecounter 9 .
The function is called early in the boot process when the processors attach.
.It Fn tsc_sync_ap "ci"
.It Fn tsc_sync_bp "ci"
The
.Fn tsc_sync_ap
.Fn tsc_sync_bp
function synchronizes the counter for the boot processor
.Pq Tn BP .
The supplied
@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ The
interface takes internally care of such issues as out-of-order execution,
where instructions are not necessarily performed in the order of execution,
possibly causing a misleading cycle count.
.It Fn tsc_sync_bp "ci"
.It Fn tsc_sync_ap "ci"
The
.Fn tsc_sync_bp
.Fn tsc_sync_ap
function synchronize the counter for the application processor
.Fa ci .
Interrupts must be off at machine-level when the function is called.