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.Dd February 24, 2006
.Dt TIMER 4 sparc
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm timer
.Nd Timer driver for Sun SPARC computers
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Cd "timer0 at mainbus0 # sun4c"
.Cd "timer0 at obio0 # sun4m"
.Cd "timer0 at obio0 addr 0xef000000 # sun4/300"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
device is used to generate clocks for the
.Nx
kernel.
.Pp
The hardclock is provided by the timer register and the statistics
clock by CPU counter registers.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr sparc/clock 4
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
appeared in
.Nx 1.0 .