81 lines
2.9 KiB
Groff
81 lines
2.9 KiB
Groff
.\" $NetBSD: hardclock.9,v 1.1 2001/09/09 03:07:10 wiz Exp $
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.\"
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.\" Copyright (c) 2001 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation
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.\" by Thomas Klausner.
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.\" This product includes software developed by the NetBSD
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.Dd September 5, 2001
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.Dt HARDCLOCK 9
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm hardclock
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.Nd real-time timer
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Ft void
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.Fn hardclock "struct clockframe *"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn hardclock
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function gets called
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.Xr hz 9
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times per second.
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It performs different tasks:
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.Bl -bullet -compact
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.It
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Run the current process's virtual and profile time (decrease the
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corresponding timers, if they are activated, and generate
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.Li SIGVTALRM
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or
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.Li SIGPROF ,
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respectively).
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.It
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Increment the time-of-day, taking care of any
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.Xr ntpd 8
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or
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.Xr adjtime 2
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induced changes and leap seconds, as well as any necessary
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compensations to keep in sync with PPS signals or external clocks, if
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support for this is in the kernel (see
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.Xr options 4 ) .
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.It
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Schedule softclock interrupts if any callouts should be triggered (see
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.Xr callout 9 ) .
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr adjtime 2 ,
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.Xr ntp_adjtime 2 ,
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.Xr signal 7 ,
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.Xr ntpd 8 ,
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.Xr callout 9 ,
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.Xr hz 9
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