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| author | David Gwynne <dlg@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2006-01-12 00:17:18 +0000 |
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| committer | David Gwynne <dlg@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2006-01-12 00:17:18 +0000 |
| commit | 5856e2eb9fa46f751b88b486cdc02248682ae8e5 (patch) | |
| tree | 140090ea3b9d49f96de7b07ccfc185fe4149c36d /share/man | |
| parent | 395ba22787c7fc5fe5b5d476be1da5c9cc482d04 (diff) | |
a manpage describing delay, for those of us who forget what its argument
means.
comments from various people, tweaks from jmc@
ok marco@
Diffstat (limited to 'share/man')
| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man9/Makefile | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man9/delay.9 | 32 |
2 files changed, 34 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man9/Makefile b/share/man/man9/Makefile index f23a25b3ef8..fd44cdcf4b4 100644 --- a/share/man/man9/Makefile +++ b/share/man/man9/Makefile @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ -# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.109 2005/12/04 19:08:33 pedro Exp $ +# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.110 2006/01/12 00:17:17 dlg Exp $ # $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.4 1996/01/09 03:23:01 thorpej Exp $ # Makefile for section 9 (kernel function and variable) manual pages. MAN= altq.9 audio.9 autoconf.9 boot.9 buffercache.9 bus_dma.9 bus_space.9 \ - copy.9 crypto.9 ctxsw.9 disk.9 disklabel.9 \ + copy.9 crypto.9 ctxsw.9 delay.9 disk.9 disklabel.9 \ dohooks.9 dopowerhooks.9 \ domountroothooks.9 doshutdownhooks.9 dostartuphooks.9 \ evcount.9 file.9 \ diff --git a/share/man/man9/delay.9 b/share/man/man9/delay.9 new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..1efe86bb328 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man9/delay.9 @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: delay.9,v 1.1 2006/01/12 00:17:17 dlg Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2006 David Gwynne <dlg@openbsd.org> +.\" +.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any +.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above +.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. +.\" +.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES +.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF +.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR +.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES +.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN +.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF +.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. +.\" +.Dd January 10, 2006 +.Dt DELAY 9 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm delay +.Nd busy wait for an interval +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In sys/param.h +.Ft void +.Fn delay "int delay" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Fn delay +is called in the kernel to busy wait for a period of time. +The +.Fa delay +argument specifies the period of time to wait for, in microseconds. |